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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times% d/ M4 a6 N0 d$ P3 @
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
# v c9 r! M/ dmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
. f# Z/ |0 u5 u- TToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.7 o& _; n3 o. z
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,% t3 D3 w8 @! Y
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
! P6 h3 I; U: t/ G% x, Rin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.+ q/ y0 F' A' V& b7 d
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21% d; q* f; k2 A- @, `
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per7 B/ h; z% @; j D7 R
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.' j+ P9 {4 @! S0 \. r
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent3 O4 e3 ` f! b. e8 ?/ D
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and
! O) T4 {" O, y3 m) k# R7 edown eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.' T( X/ {6 S3 E, y2 }8 M' p: D1 _
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price, W: v+ E% M! h
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable" v& A u% ^- e% j6 o2 _0 E+ N2 Z
period in 2007.' @0 F0 f5 B" n S5 u/ n
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the0 ~/ W) |7 V$ I5 n" K
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.8 C3 \! |4 i; J
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
5 J- R/ R! ?* K5 L) qper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
7 ~0 q7 k: @ h" Q! tWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
: s2 E; _* t: t+ tmore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were
; ~- A, }- ]& X$ Q- M! Mlisted.
% \ C; @5 W) \“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
, y& f; B! u7 W' bselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The; K6 W- V# ?6 [0 ~
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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