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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times* {- W1 X, S7 s5 S: |9 g
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
7 @* P& F0 L1 mmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
" F3 c4 D8 Q+ B5 x+ L! D! D4 zToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.% \ y$ R8 \" }* n1 x/ z, G
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007, f7 I- a- }' K$ I. S7 D
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
0 Y# m, l' p( C5 H; Oin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
3 {/ N6 v9 @4 S6 ~3 EIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
/ j; h3 d: Q, t, l uper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per0 B6 \; q+ Y5 t% {
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.) `- k' h! h1 M( F" ^; w
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent- [8 Z z9 ]$ m+ f
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and6 F; L- y; ^1 F$ v2 i1 M! T* h
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.9 w; @$ B |) n# K2 I; \ A5 j
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price+ f$ u+ ~7 }. } G
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable$ e5 b A% e# O* y
period in 2007.
$ {* F) l3 a$ e: L# m6 `" {( jIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the5 {* _! g' C0 W7 L! L, a. L
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007. i2 x7 i5 p8 K1 n: a7 W) ^) u
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
7 j9 ?8 Y2 g M; mper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
4 L' I0 J( U! \3 F O# J% KWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent1 p" G0 }% q- X1 O/ S" e: d: W. U
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
+ [0 Q5 ~5 |' @' z( ~listed.
# J9 w. b, Y g: X“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
( O6 P# V! X1 F! d# }selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The5 l: G. r$ L, F0 [ s& c
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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