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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times7 _7 C3 t/ e" L, d: B4 ]: t
8 Q$ v" j- q1 CTORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market3 E1 s8 ~+ l' S7 a6 D2 x6 y
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
3 a7 v* U- @! H+ |" f5 g8 S+ UToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today." @& D4 e) X9 w! ~, D+ p$ W6 m+ k: p
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,
$ L: z* k- F1 z, E) j6 A7 \when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
9 d1 [% s# z9 k# {) ?' Pin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
( r9 p+ @5 T+ d5 m) b# MIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21$ a9 m/ v0 V$ L5 Q" \( b( ~8 y
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per7 e% X! q) q9 ]3 W; B
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.3 d2 M F# ?/ C
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent2 S9 b0 u+ p9 {$ k! Y3 d+ [( Q' y, G
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and
0 W }; a3 F* P5 H6 @down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006./ j: f7 L3 T4 E) B9 T
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price
# _ r) a1 I9 g' a+ f; a; ^; \6 p: Yof a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
. o- y) S7 m: H2 ~period in 2007.8 k* g7 E6 C5 K' H2 L7 ]
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
7 U) g O% X$ v# {$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
& j8 q9 [) c5 MIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight2 Y! w# v9 A$ p6 s, d# q2 f
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
$ @! l5 `6 Z' \/ r: H; IWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
! E* X" k' v2 n7 a3 p# \* amore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
5 ~8 E# V0 B6 Xlisted.9 s) {; B% m9 e
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
% |/ g& C' Z1 x: uselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The8 ~% i* n/ N: ^1 l L9 ?7 U
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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