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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times9 r$ }& H( X/ J: y* b7 ~
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
% L3 }( v# x# w2 y* n; @moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
@5 y+ Y) @; O1 NToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.% @4 k( d. d/ d9 Z$ e2 ^" k/ E1 d8 {
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,& T1 A$ }, H# A6 x2 L& G/ V
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
" _) V6 ~+ }5 {8 v3 z. ]( D: kin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
8 ^& B6 n" p: [2 Y4 d' }! r( _/ d0 YIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
* H( h% ^: P+ G, Fper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per R: F% H7 z& p0 o
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
) T9 O: ^0 j2 n9 e6 B5 jIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
_5 c L y: U. s1 u' N4 adecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and" ~% T/ B' F# r3 O8 c! c
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006./ H% a; Y: N( v4 W& p0 G5 Y, q2 }
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price1 P. G$ U$ ?2 b# F3 Y3 }
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable% a) `( q5 y3 N" w5 _; q0 ?
period in 2007.$ g! O( y5 a9 B9 |" k% ]
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
* S: u7 g( M& j* j- `$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.+ l7 ^! G- V9 q+ U% H5 p
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight1 f" N" b+ A) K
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
" Z# i! G# O! M+ X J5 b' wWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
/ J; c" \; o/ a$ Qmore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
) h7 }) r4 L- c' t& @$ @, F8 c9 Qlisted.5 ?/ X5 n! Z U3 R" Q" a
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,9 Y1 b6 _7 `4 R* s1 `
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
+ L2 @0 a2 s4 e5 h/ a5 ]0 S8 ^3 [list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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