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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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1 ]2 G1 C9 B' b- _% q2 _; h; R* m" YTORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market% G* L/ ]3 Q# X$ f7 P- {+ J& o
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,, A5 |: R- T+ ^, E: `
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
0 T3 q' T( M' ^Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,7 k- C, _2 y: I, `
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
0 F9 G+ u/ u0 V k% J9 @in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
9 h- p4 L+ P- R7 M( oIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
d# \6 E) |; Y! Yper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per- H1 m% b5 s8 ~$ g" E* V: |! [9 c5 D/ T
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
1 v0 S1 I/ K, M! M0 ~In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
9 p: a. _% k( `& I" m; z9 gdecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and9 V2 X- M2 ]8 s# l2 D- S, D o
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.
$ |' D! [; w( b& EHouse prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price1 F) a+ f. R! k, h# t( {* I
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
5 p# b3 j" a! {' q. ~1 ?+ B0 bperiod in 2007.
. m z& u. E# k( ~In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
: k' S6 k5 K, s* ^" N& ?+ l5 X$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
/ [, a9 X( E0 h& A X3 u1 t8 {! lIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
1 a3 E' l1 [) F. J/ P5 M4 G; hper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
& J" Q/ `+ z; n+ [With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
+ _7 K$ h" A) `$ X: S; V [more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were; c* `: f/ M( Z0 k* q5 m0 u3 k
listed.
/ \+ x- G. u' h“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
) d4 p4 P' K' D' Q& Vselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The0 n7 X7 q9 j- n) }+ T5 j" s: L
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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