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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times9 F! r, d/ g E1 D" P l% |' J3 G7 Y
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
- p0 @% s6 u E" Y: A/ k" b$ \moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,& H; c6 Y2 l) N" E( [4 c; u2 @
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
9 f1 x; J x" E/ Z5 e2 E( kSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,7 z! h" |; J8 W$ K
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period/ V/ S! G B4 L5 n! W
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.1 |, K4 B1 b, H7 P, n; I
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
$ K5 o, _/ W: d/ F1 P. \per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per7 L9 B- c1 s& `8 r0 A
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.4 @9 @/ I3 [) c8 Z. ~- T% L) W
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent3 Y& [, X' i7 q. @, g0 k
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and. w& g2 J3 s: ^9 ?' p$ S8 m
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.. _8 J, A3 P6 Q2 n6 V4 `$ {4 j
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
! j# {# r$ S% t, q7 V+ L0 c- R2 R* yof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
8 |; ~1 @ B! Kperiod in 2007.
* W1 G6 e# I8 o) C) fIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
3 ?1 h$ c- E5 U5 u; S5 T- Y. }$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
2 c( h& H2 g! a( m: gIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
0 O7 L/ n8 A# b7 mper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
6 }+ B1 f3 ?( V# @ |With 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
) p" ]0 u2 ?4 v9 q8 Ymore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were. ^6 X" l5 {$ {" U
listed.
8 o- f' K3 X! N$ X. P; V& E% {“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
- q$ y7 P& k9 e/ X# k$ Y5 D% P+ dselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
8 ~( o2 o: T& s6 [) _2 ylist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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