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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times. q! f( T' E% ]" L4 g
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market5 q9 {0 K; b2 P6 m5 C; j; u! o
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
# e# ~9 W! d! ?/ u% z* tToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.: n! M' s! {" V$ p5 r) \- u. K) m
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,) x& M4 _! \$ f7 E9 h# v) \
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period* Y7 b) D1 V! c' c: b* ], E8 Z
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
. u& t; s) j2 j4 |In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
+ n1 c0 }* X/ m( T. f( fper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
* M* w* ?5 m7 d. Q. Wcent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
$ Z, G$ Z, Z1 D# Q" I; qIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
) z' v8 B6 y2 E/ x" wdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and4 f& U* Y, t: A
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
3 C4 ^/ X, h+ `" ?House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price( d+ O5 m5 M/ |$ D- u
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
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3 R* c5 t7 _' i$ w* m: V" BIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the7 S$ A3 u; ~9 a) F, ^& t; J5 |- {
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007. r3 ]7 I0 A9 M
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight" s% S) C( h4 `) a) t d& R5 x
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
; M7 c0 p5 M- a! S7 ]$ cWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
* @: {# s' _1 X7 y6 K" j: umore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
% i( q* u; g. }+ \ olisted.
" S' s1 Y- Z" n1 c# [4 [“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,* m/ B1 W) t6 p' s( x, p/ T
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The# v& Y7 L! V/ R
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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