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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times1 }" ]% i% {- y' i0 x2 w- J
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
: }2 k0 d- b' g; u; Xmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,& K/ f$ A1 S. }; u4 l% p8 x4 [; ?
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
1 _) E+ h Q0 ]/ U) ^/ S4 _" `Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,# k8 \% ~; A/ p5 M$ D0 L* o1 @
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
5 _2 _# ~1 U& H9 ~7 R# l* Zin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.$ R7 e$ b, g0 G9 o4 L- _( S' l
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
1 y1 E" v! m1 v, G* Q3 r- Eper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per8 n* ]6 Y' o$ P% u2 Q% ?
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
2 j: D% F( K; v5 }0 H0 BIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
* b* H, H# C/ f. Z M& X* gdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and
# Q# {( V6 f- G' u; F, ]down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
/ |0 R d" _; d) ]" THouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price9 H9 a$ \8 O" S6 ~$ f5 N* Y6 {- [" A2 x1 X
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable) V$ n- `; e2 O/ ]7 A$ Y: F) U- d
period in 2007.
4 ?' }: v# g6 @5 wIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the% M- x, x4 L! ]0 Q/ s; _
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
) ^9 m$ Y) M1 A0 {* Y3 o5 qIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
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( G6 N* | t7 h0 Y$ OWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
7 ?) I: N# g7 ~more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
9 c: s" K w( O& v$ Ilisted.0 N7 z9 v3 _: x& O+ l- ^3 O
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,+ D6 U" ]3 o1 ?: k; F6 z
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The* J X$ \3 A1 Y8 }6 |* e
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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