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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times; a! X9 t$ Z3 J h
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market1 C: u- }- O1 e/ h
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,) v4 V7 e/ P+ ~7 z
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
g9 }/ d; t! \' uSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,- l' }. {. q+ S, z4 T
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
# V, ]0 ?* r# C: {1 P, Q6 Win 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
/ P3 B1 h& z8 E0 v3 h" y) }& M2 n; NIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21 u( n% |+ I' _: W1 L; c
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per1 X3 b" n$ j% A) ~4 x
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
/ ?+ \& f h" e& \In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent/ c# N) X3 v K
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and) K8 S1 L6 r* \( N$ M, E* _5 c. \3 E
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
; K3 B7 a2 A8 M! A" }# t7 m8 yHouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price. ~. d8 A; B4 J4 A. O
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
" F! E) Y/ x% ~1 V0 P; Aperiod in 2007.
6 h+ D/ a: c, KIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the3 D4 T# _8 h6 \
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
2 r1 m9 r$ h7 r- t h! IIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
# {+ u9 G+ T& @% j4 B7 oper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
/ r4 ~2 M% u9 KWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent% Y: K e6 p0 n% _
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were3 Y5 z! W7 I- N* ^/ H3 Q9 `
listed.+ \7 e: R2 y7 L% { t N& ?7 w& P
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
& m7 K( K6 K- D8 f) M! P* ?& fselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
* ^9 F2 q' E6 d. T9 y- Tlist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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