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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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9 d/ _% [4 u( g! D: B- STORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market8 B8 j$ T+ v# e2 o$ ?5 {
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,3 N* m9 q8 D% a- a. e8 A
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
1 E7 { k- X, i2 _8 Q7 HSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,
. x; ]8 v. Y2 K$ c) G- E* Pwhen 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period2 P+ ^7 A- v! O
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.4 \- k4 N* E' G# @0 a6 K
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21& t4 ^8 I% e( r! I3 S
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per' S1 }. M) s$ D" i/ f* q) f2 n
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.6 s1 c9 Y+ Z( O) c, S, g
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
* i1 \ F" @. P8 Odecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and- F1 L& f( h' v
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.- s0 r) \0 m* i, T; c8 C% W. |
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
1 D, }4 w' X1 B+ |; E @+ _of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
7 w1 d- O7 m7 t2 m2 p% cperiod in 2007.. P; o6 x6 H: L* C$ ^; k! s
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the% N0 p& [2 j7 e3 t6 I$ v" `1 Z
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
( A# M% Y4 a, j0 NIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight: M2 g: @, E0 ^" p4 Z% N' F
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.+ ^: ?, p/ h0 I. Q
With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent' f% O4 b: S' k0 v2 ]
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were9 D$ F# ^1 i6 ~; L- [
listed.
4 q' e7 z* i, r% D7 {* R1 w. a“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,, \% b8 E- \ Q. f1 X m
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
2 v/ g: C" u6 m: T3 @list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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