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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times0 N2 k8 D$ V) W
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
- d1 X9 i% O! d/ G0 w2 cmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,. M# y" T) J7 L. c m) u( x
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
N5 e; R+ ]4 GSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,# p" E# O: Y |7 g$ s& C/ x1 t
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period' k p# f# c+ f; A. J8 j6 j
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
. I8 P; y6 l/ u \In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21" |7 Z' H6 r; o
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
, S j) }6 ~' d1 W' Hcent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.# l f+ y$ ~+ j+ y
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent* Z: s2 r6 [! b6 l
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and9 H5 |' {# `+ R: S3 I
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
% o4 |0 n8 J8 S# ]; n7 W' @House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
; n% Y N! m/ n0 h, R9 Z K) yof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
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0 ^2 ^& l3 g3 l: j$ S S7 U( dIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
* Y/ a7 _8 Z- O- ^0 k$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
: `: B \( r x7 W; IIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight7 I; Y0 O7 L; `2 ~
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.! N0 n$ P/ g/ J7 `' C* ]. |" R1 b. |
With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent; V9 y" B+ q# n L) E
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
1 e1 n7 E/ q7 p) i1 h9 nlisted.' L9 J$ K6 ^- Q& O- W! D( b3 O
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
% m" ~ U5 `/ d9 ]( @0 K8 e2 Z2 Hselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The8 X) S+ L4 l) d% f" @ X; X& R
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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