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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 market% P6 j- U$ J/ _) |# d# C
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
% T# }! N8 M" f+ D; @, L# VToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.& H O8 I! c1 E! }
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,
4 ]: i8 L3 l6 [; z. n q4 p swhen 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
, i( Y/ M% E5 x0 o' B \& Kin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.8 d; x; t* d: }, u
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21! t* Q7 {: N& _6 r
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
% l! J: C5 u* {cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
5 y8 n. G4 I! w9 WIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
- P8 k% S0 V3 h+ f0 l; Pdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and& _0 `) ~" e# t* T3 c8 A ?6 `
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.) m1 T+ @3 i$ I4 Z. e* t8 l9 ~8 c
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
8 t8 C4 ^3 g# ?of 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
# e# ^/ y: T. J, M$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
% ?2 b O7 L& v5 e8 tIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
* j7 W6 t4 h9 Dper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
& y9 g% h) E) J! W- w/ JWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
1 e A2 p d( t/ f. omore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
' O; x e2 }% zlisted.
6 u! |4 H9 D. o5 g7 H“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,- h1 _6 d( V+ t" e$ @6 d0 d
selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The% M7 o: I3 q. b5 \
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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