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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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/ h. }! [# A, m" ]# G) JTORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market5 W; [: Y$ ~& n& {, P3 z |+ U0 W
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,9 M; y1 [9 z2 E% w
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
y h8 A4 E7 {' L6 ISales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,; S3 c$ O0 R0 B6 s4 m
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
' C" D2 r# t/ k [( ?/ l; e% _in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.# a" R* n# z% c
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 219 O$ }4 n4 D* j1 b8 T
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
5 X( f1 Z' p" `! @" y5 [cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
1 }' V/ A8 | Z) H% z' z yIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent; V% x, ?) M& H$ _
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and
. T! O( e! V+ v1 I- M0 c( [& Rdown eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
4 M" `/ a, n) M: THouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
+ _( g. |: ?9 |; c5 c" xof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
( G8 d" A/ ~3 d* ]period in 2007.
0 v+ r) F J* k# [9 F, r+ l1 o* Z: TIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
2 g5 e7 P6 }- F# e+ u$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
* R" I% O2 N+ ^% i$ d9 @6 Z6 WIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
5 R0 J5 p/ w7 p3 E7 f& R3 Uper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.0 O. Q! T& Y2 `7 `5 V
With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent) ` [# u! b @9 t M
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
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$ g1 j) c4 e& [; H( Y7 G& S“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
+ q/ Z/ z. P' b8 a, C: lselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The+ G B e/ V2 T4 V: Q6 N7 G
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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