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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market4 p8 r+ B! @% K9 O) v) d2 A) m
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
7 t0 J$ W/ X1 m- t) `6 }' vToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
9 B$ B3 x* _0 K: a' H' bSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,% w9 {; e2 H, }$ f8 Y2 J8 q
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period2 d2 k$ `9 J' e" v9 I* r& j
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
% S* F4 _. V) d- q) bIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
( f. c. e9 A4 B" s: Jper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
5 V% V& U ~8 X, _cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
( L5 d N/ F) \6 FIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent- ^" ]: [0 A' o/ @. S9 Y4 y9 i
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and d" t9 G" G, S
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
, j, Y8 _* n% x+ x2 @House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
- v. o/ Z2 H4 W& m& fof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
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In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
1 Q' x1 Z! ?' ~: Z9 k+ q$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
9 [6 I7 L; R2 k0 C% h! a7 FIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight0 d. S" C8 e4 a8 P
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
0 Z4 |' P" ?- U0 eWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent% x0 C' U; N7 G+ ?
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were7 y9 N- h1 r; W$ M4 j# y. L* h
listed.
5 [! ]( i, X$ E) G4 W/ N“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
4 Q2 w$ Q* Z8 d, P7 W/ s; J; sselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
) c4 }( f2 y* L" {. Olist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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