The document provides housing market statistics for the Greater Toronto Area in December 2012 and for all of 2012. It reports that home sales were down year-over-year in December 2012 but that the average home price increased 6.5% to $478,739. For the full year 2012, sales were down slightly from 2011 but the average home price rose almost 7% to $497,298. The summary also indicates that price growth was strongest for detached homes and that market conditions remained tight for these property types.