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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times# b% K4 _1 A" V( E' B' `
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
' E# O) ^9 I! E/ s' ]0 j" dmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,: r- _8 O5 X0 T; M
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
+ w, [" V/ P- XSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,
' t _* j- M, m, ]2 S- \" Cwhen 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period3 `9 B B5 j$ b& v# W& V
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
( P: e( L% [7 e* @In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
9 e9 N$ l3 o' \: j: g! V7 R, h9 [* }per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
/ z- v/ r8 ?) y6 Y& p2 A7 H6 Acent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
: f) T9 \& p* t# M% c% ]In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
$ J4 r0 O: Q |$ E2 `- `# @8 A kdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and8 }2 F( m; Q2 ^! B! ^. [
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
/ M" ~. _- d" H( J2 t" LHouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
7 ~2 G8 b/ r! D [* lof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable. X# ]6 v, B% K
period in 2007.6 Y; t- y- p1 {0 ]) o
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the+ ?4 O6 G6 V4 Y% s: ^' e" A
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
, D; k0 q( W+ }4 P, @0 r' M% y5 N+ rIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
. c4 v# Y# |2 M, }7 p0 C- W7 fper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
9 q( |+ o/ P/ f3 t3 VWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent7 P n% P+ {; \* B0 F, D8 W/ B
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were. z n3 G( {7 E8 y: ~
listed.' d5 w, {/ Z+ O6 @
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,/ h; H, F8 A' ~4 L' @
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The9 K* B3 u2 E! ~1 o; p
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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