Greater Toronto Area home sales increased in October 2013 compared to October 2012, while new listings decreased. The average home price rose over 7% year-over-year. Demand has been strong for ground-oriented homes listed under $1 million, while supply of these homes has been constrained. The Board expects inventory levels and average home prices to continue growing in 2014 despite low supply, supported by ongoing low interest rates.

1. NEWS RELEASE
GTA REALTORS® RELEASE MONTHLY RESALE MARKET FIGURES
TORONTO, November 6, 2013 – Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 8,000
home sales through the TorontoMLS system in October 2013 – up from 6,713
transactions reported in October 2012. Over the same period, new listings on the
TorontoMLS system were down.
“The GTA home ownership market has been broadly characterized by a rebound in
sales since the summer. Market conditions have been tighter in some market segments
more so than others. Ground-oriented homes listed for below one million dollars in
some areas of the GTA have been especially popular with buyers, while listings for
these home types have been constrained,” said Toronto Real Estate Board President
Dianne Usher.
“The supply of listings for many home types and price points has either been down
year-over-year or at least not up by the same annual rate as sales. The additional Land
Transfer Tax in the City of Toronto and the removal of the government guarantee on
high ratio mortgages for home purchases over one million dollars have arguably led
many homeowners not to list,” continued Ms. Usher.
The average selling price for TorontoMLS sales in October 2013 was $539,058– up by
more than seven per cent in comparison to the average price of $502,127 in October
2012. The MLS® Home Price Index (MLS® HPI) Composite Benchmark was up by 4.5
per cent year-over-year.
“Growth in the average selling price and the MLS® HPI Composite Benchmark will
continue through 2014. Inventory levels for ground-oriented home types will be low
from a historic perspective and home ownership demand will stay strong as affordability
remains in check due to the continuation of accommodative borrowing costs,” said
Jason Mercer, the Toronto Real Estate Board’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis.
CONTINUED…
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Summary of TorontoMLS Sales and Average Price October 1 - 31, 2013
2013
2012
Sales
Average Price
New Listings
Sales
Average Price
New Listings
City of Toronto ("416")
3,190
$593,807
5,349
2,673
$538,120
5,837
Rest of GTA ("905")
4,810
$502,748
7,761
4,040
$478,313
7,848
GTA
8,000
$539,058
13,110
6,713
$502,127
13,685
TorontoMLS Sales & Average Price By Home Type October 1 - 31, 2013
Sales
416
Detached
905
Average Price
Total
416
905
Total
1,125
Yr./Yr. % Change
Semi-Detached
Yr./Yr. % Change
Townhouse
Yr./Yr. % Change
Condo Apartment
Yr./Yr. % Change
2,695
3,820
873,509
607,849
686,087
23.6%
15.4%
17.7%
12.4%
6.3%
9.0%
331
514
845
642,112
417,124
505,255
-2.4%
15.5%
7.8%
11.7%
6.7%
7.4%
355
915
1,270
473,240
378,688
405,118
26.3%
20.7%
22.2%
4.0%
6.0%
5.5%
1,347
560
1,907
384,441
295,166
358,225
20.4%
35.6%
24.5%
7.2%
4.3%
5.9%
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consumers in the Greater Toronto Area. The Toronto Real Estate Board is Canada’s largest real
estate board.
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