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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market2 s6 W+ H# H r9 Z9 h6 i6 i
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,7 V( s5 W! ~$ ^' Q* s
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
8 T0 H7 A2 @! r1 [' A# O; SSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,6 P0 i* _1 L' h& K
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
" Z( R: h+ C1 \9 H+ rin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
0 v/ `9 [8 ?/ cIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
: `7 \# W+ _. E2 e# wper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per( ]4 N* }( Z/ T$ w) g
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
6 \* H; P: G! X+ z, H. p7 o/ uIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
' {9 \/ `: D& A3 f) i8 Xdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and% o/ _3 R; w8 q* p, e
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
" f4 W i% c) M4 ^# Y) @) a& Y X' OHouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
$ o% w% @" D' A2 o: C7 V7 Cof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
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* r/ h8 \: [4 I5 [0 m: wIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
7 W+ x2 }7 P* o) |& |: ~, t$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.% k# M& H2 b" E- Y) A7 N
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight% Y$ y- Z3 t0 H6 v
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007./ f- ?3 Y& ~- O- F
With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent# }" {+ w' A; J) B
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
; |' |3 j% i+ _: h( c6 flisted.
+ I W$ B+ j" X2 D“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
, J, i o! W4 j+ g- w1 B/ Eselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The* O- y, H4 m; m% f
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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