TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 16, 2011) - There were 3,214 sales through the TorontoMLS® system during the first 14 days of August, representing more than a 22.5 per cent increase compared to the same period in August 2010. Year-to-date sales through the 14th of August were all but caught up to last year's total – down by half a per cent compared to 2010.
"The unsettled situation in financial markets over the past few weeks did not appear to sap the confidence of GTA home buyers during the first half of August," said Toronto Real Estate Board President Richard Silver. "Revised forecasts for future Bank of Canada interest rate decisions coupled with the recent announcement by the US Federal Reserve, suggest that interest rate hikes in Canada are on hold at least until sometime in 2012. This is a positive for affordability and should help sustain buyer confidence moving forward."
The average selling price was up by almost seven percent annually during the first 14 days of August to $440,150.
"The rate of price growth reported for the first two weeks of August continued to point to sellers' market conditions in the GTA," said Jason Mercer, TREB's Senior Manager of Market Analysis. "However, it should be noted that new listings grew at a slightly greater pace than sales. A better supplied market in the second half of 2011 will result in prices growing at a more sustainable pace."
Summary of TorontoMLS® Sales and Average Price | ||||||
August 1st - 14th | ||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||
Sales | Average Price | Sales | Average Price | |||
City of Toronto ("416") | 1,201 | $ | 443,078 | 1,008 | $ | 427,106 |
Rest of GTA ("905") | 2,013 | $ | 438,404 | 1,614 | $ | 402,868 |
GTA | 3,214 | $ | 440,150 | 2,622 | $ | 412,186 |
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board | ||||||
TorontoMLS® Sales & Average Price By Home Type | |||||||||||||
August 1st - 14th, 2011 | |||||||||||||
Sales | Average Price | ||||||||||||
416 | 905 | Total | 416 | 905 | Total | ||||||||
Detached | 352 | 1,123 | 1,475 | 597,963 | 525,118 | 542,502 | |||||||
Yr./Yr. % Change | 24 | % | 25 | % | 25 | % | -7 | % | 9 | % | 4 | % | |
Semi-Detached | 106 | 216 | 322 | 505,214 | 369,707 | 414,315 | |||||||
Yr./Yr. % Change | -8 | % | 22 | % | 10 | % | 12 | % | 7 | % | 7 | % | |
Townhouse | 130 | 337 | 467 | 386,328 | 338,470 | 351,792 | |||||||
Yr./Yr. % Change | 21 | % | 10 | % | 13 | % | 8 | % | 11 | % | 11 | % | |
Condo Apartment | 601 | 268 | 869 | 355,513 | 266,186 | 327,964 | |||||||
Yr./Yr. % Change | 23 | % | 43 | % | 28 | % | 12 | % | 4 | % | 9 | % | |
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board |
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