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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
% l2 i/ e; K% b) V( Jmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
! F- F: f$ w+ k, yToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today./ O' e/ {/ I! ?! r) C
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,/ {9 }# @7 g. E( S9 f
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
. I0 b: P8 Q# Zin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.0 x3 f$ y) c8 _+ `# j5 W! ?1 j
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
, Z2 F0 i w, U# R4 Jper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per a9 X9 Y" e: {) B0 D- g
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.& I* ~% S) K+ i1 k5 w2 k
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent' x! w, t, s1 P% Z$ e# Z4 J
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and: ?. i6 Z% W" g3 A9 F* R+ i, ^( p
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.4 {3 x" n$ W! X/ \
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price: o2 j5 | _ K* s
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable# p0 r4 W* {6 E7 d
period in 2007.0 M* C. @8 L% |% r' y) l' N
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
# O) F7 A& v$ ~ D7 b( F) b$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
) r, d# ?# l) pIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
3 B" K/ e) g9 f7 {$ {per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
- J: D2 F5 o) lWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent& o# p2 Z+ C( B1 |$ C0 L2 q* a3 t
more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were5 D% }. b+ {' t4 L
listed.7 h0 X8 n7 @& t$ g4 ~) c! y. r j5 \
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
7 X6 Y4 A. W4 W' t9 hselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
2 D0 ^* k, F6 jlist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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