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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times1 |6 v. q5 r0 A; G& F! f' ]
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market( a- b) m( W3 E& k: w
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,
) U6 \8 K1 T: A6 Z: X6 C2 e2 kToronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
, E1 L% ?& @0 v8 MSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,
7 W& F! Y' s# l A5 i+ k6 ` i9 cwhen 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period3 ]6 C" R6 K- x! R8 P
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.. R3 V! A2 n! z/ H
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
+ V& t1 U7 D u$ V# Cper cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
# c) ?( k- a7 }- r- ecent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.3 m, x i. G5 _4 A8 Y; h6 c
In the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent0 H( M1 R' h% c2 M9 {
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and2 o0 ?' Z/ q6 C* r4 ~% G6 @
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.% M& h) v; x- _8 V/ E, I* s
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price/ D$ j* X! J* v1 m* v. A
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable
/ U' Q* w& I! o @ [period in 2007.
, J! p6 H4 J( `5 O9 rIn the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the
* r1 ]( j) B* J9 v; l4 H. U$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.
% }! R; x1 ~1 Y& d7 W" l8 C! SIn the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight
" ?4 D' J0 Q# z) Eper cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
. r' \# g- t9 A/ w/ Q8 F, QWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
0 ]) R1 \: w1 Bmore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were0 H5 A2 k4 C1 R0 V/ d2 v9 n
listed.- a9 h( _2 E8 E# ^
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
- Z, ^4 Q: u' T" x" h% Cselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The! U+ p# H# ~6 _, [: B: ^7 i/ d
list to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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