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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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: L3 b8 @7 C8 Y6 GTORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market7 l: O$ J* O7 m$ Y
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,7 x6 e% M- l7 y$ I; d) a2 k/ H
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.! `2 S/ J2 p/ Q0 D3 N
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,3 [+ C$ f4 t+ c/ E" a! P/ F2 U# s
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period7 h' K. n- b# Z1 j
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
. e, }5 w R: b% d- u4 Q1 YIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
' `& I! [) C- ]; |per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per x; }; o5 N" c5 v
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.! p. n+ n7 I: z3 z2 d* L
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
/ k, J0 `6 D4 g& c) Q% [7 qdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and5 Q* w9 X8 p: a, v$ S2 G! J/ H7 }
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
1 @! ~% h$ E/ U& d$ k9 _! vHouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
* S, p' z# a9 m @of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable6 ?" r% A( L; ]( f0 k7 K- ^6 k
period in 2007.
; |/ z, n. \0 s7 C6 M; _7 L/ H0 gIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
% H+ u! p+ z- i" B6 I8 M/ Y7 W$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
4 w+ t1 t+ z) T1 B n+ HIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
+ {, E- n) `% [per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.( ~/ g+ k6 a* J% M8 G0 P
With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
2 c- N* V+ o' o! l- A3 l+ \ amore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were3 t) d4 u0 r2 s L# Y: l/ |$ A' g
listed.$ `+ Y( P3 m; |) a1 M6 q3 @) R
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
5 P+ P3 ?8 P1 E, H- X' qselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
n1 s# X! v5 j$ Zlist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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