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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times+ I* W& {9 _! n: Q
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market6 r$ g- s) X3 j: q% l$ s: }
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
! {: _7 _/ B M) CToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.; H$ S' Q7 b4 h3 ]. C6 h' _" f
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,$ { }0 K/ Q6 c6 M9 O" e: {8 V
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period1 ?' m- c9 o, y1 f
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
6 L6 N7 F. g+ ]6 wIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
: t: ?5 `' h1 q# q& }' f; hper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per7 t% H9 a% P3 p) F1 ]" L
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
& U" l) Z9 Z J; q8 d3 E( wIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
& R3 h+ l8 }6 f- |0 d _* zdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and/ f7 F* Q( S$ N2 v+ z
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.+ H t# ^" t, A& v! ]
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price; z( _$ }3 J# B7 \9 ]! ?& p
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
9 S$ _9 {9 T* @! K0 x/ ?) [- Kperiod in 2007.
0 P4 h( V1 Y! x5 ?! pIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the: c- E+ Q: J+ K# b. `0 k7 ^& ^
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.4 T' x- ~6 s! H' A% }& m
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight* a- k0 }- s0 c8 L; {7 I4 j
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
% ]1 h' R4 H7 s+ Z; GWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
3 {3 s4 j5 M, v: D, b. ~5 @more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were0 B3 m7 ]/ ?' _9 Z
listed.5 x! @7 L8 Y% T3 p0 l
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,% z- {' W2 c8 Y* w) w% ]
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
( `0 r" S# R/ `( k8 o/ W( m. C/ klist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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