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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times$ R' J: T" H6 n4 A2 c- f/ _5 W2 M8 o
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market, [; H( F# ^% e4 m Z7 o& o
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,: Y+ z6 B, s g: d
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
6 f# {( g: M. {+ b6 iSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,/ f- w3 O3 |, v! `3 Z
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period# P( O: B, q) G0 v. H
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
/ |8 ~3 Y+ ~& E M, h( FIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
/ K2 D' M2 z& u5 m. g' u( [- wper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
, l, f; u( u& b" o$ jcent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.5 u# Q* a% I' m/ I) C: Q3 `8 {
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent
/ B( @ W1 U: ~0 ndecrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and' o X! i- t, C/ n- W# V, x4 L" a
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006./ H% W6 ?6 ^2 @( ]' m5 g V
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price8 `, j# c6 J9 G a
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
- ]8 N' M( k6 d' x o! operiod in 2007.
+ j8 S. z! O7 T2 s1 `6 W" yIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
, `: _3 R' c ]$ l5 u& _$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007./ R5 N, m9 x( K/ x
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight5 n! h$ J+ ^9 L: A- o0 p! N
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
J' [& H) K' E5 K8 J) RWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
$ ^) E2 N& i$ o' n$ u" H+ A. n& x4 Lmore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were$ | S: G1 `+ }1 S% N3 F
listed.* C5 i, [$ p+ c- D$ u8 ?$ d
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
5 I, ~! J- ?, n$ z" d/ y1 @selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
" S- w. ^; U* @) tlist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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