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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times' F6 G4 F4 ^+ _; d) q1 Q3 d
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
$ U( _8 k7 }0 f, P$ ]! ?5 E, `moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,5 v* U/ s' D$ S+ H# o$ f
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.) Z* [/ Q# G7 ~' ]& B2 {" x' O9 v
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,6 D! N7 t: b0 q; F( O" |
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period3 |" L8 t8 T" U. j: u% y; t
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
* u- [7 R) W6 BIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
% S# _2 \8 i6 \: @* |2 Lper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per9 L- m. @- {9 \1 Y6 s
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
7 @! L* t/ X; hIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent ~- o6 m5 T1 X o
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and1 h8 f5 x2 c' x0 m5 W: x+ K
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.0 u1 S4 Q" D6 F
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
O) b' K( m1 w+ Jof 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. q2 Z' j6 e- s3 c3 l% K6 u O
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
/ l) b$ A( k3 _& I; Q+ ~. VIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
, R/ @* h- o' c- r! Pper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
* P( U7 I" c1 xWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent% |$ H5 O0 B: X1 R& _$ ]. R5 ^8 A
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were K- a! P& |) L' y; K
listed.
% F$ b: A4 D2 }$ y“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
/ m) M% [' N7 U0 \selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
& ~! n4 P7 p6 E( T9 {$ zlist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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