Toronto Real Estate Board Housing Market Charts - March 2014

1. Housing Market Charts – March 2014

2. Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® sales for the current year and the previous three years. The
recurring seasonal trend can be examined along with comparisons to previous years for each month.
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Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSSales
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
2011 2012 2013 2014

3. Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® new listings for the current year and the previous three
years. The recurring seasonal trend can be examined along with comparisons to previous years for each
month.
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Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSNew Listings
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
2011 2012 2013 2014

4. Explanation: This chart plots the monthly MLS® sales-to-new listings ratio (SNLR) for the current year and the previous
three years. The recurring seasonal trend can be examined along with comparisons to previous years for each month.
When the SNLR moves higher, annual average price growth generally increases – often at a rate well above inflation.
When the SNLR moves lower, annual average price growth generally declines and can become negative.
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0.90
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1.10
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSSales-to-New Listings Ratio
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
2011 2012 2013 2014

5. Explanation: This chart plots the monthly MLS® average home price for the current year and the
previous three years. The recurring seasonal trend can be examined along with comparisons to previous
years for each month.
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$350,000
$400,000
$450,000
$500,000
$550,000
$600,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSAverageResaleHome Price
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
2011 2012 2013 2014

6. Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® sales since January 1995. The blue line shows actual sales. The brown
line is the trend computed using a 12-month moving average, which exhibits no seasonal variations or other
irregular fluctuations. A substantial change in actual sales must occur to change the direction of the trend.
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10,000
12,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSSales
Monthly TimeSeries with Trend Line
Actual MLS® Sales
Trend (12-Month Moving Average)

7. Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® new listings since January 1995. The blue line shows actual new listings.
The brown line is the trend computed using a 12-month moving average, which exhibits no seasonal variations or other
irregular fluctuations. A substantial change in actual new listings must occur to change the direction of the trend.
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4,000
6,000
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10,000
12,000
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16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSNew Listings
Monthly TimeSeries with Trend Line
Actual MLS® New Listings
Trend (12-Month Moving Average)

8. Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® average price since January 1995. The blue line shows the actual average
price. The brown line is the trend computed using a 12-month moving average, which exhibits no seasonal variations or
other irregular fluctuations. A substantial change in actual average price must occur to change the direction of the
trend.
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225,000
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325,000
375,000
425,000
475,000
525,000
575,000
625,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSAveragePrice
Monthly TimeSeries with Trend Line
Actual MLS® Average Price
Trend (12-Month Moving Average)

9. Explanation: This chart plots the monthly sales-to-new listings ratio (blue line) with year-over-year average annual per
cent price change (brown line). When the sales-to-new listings ratio moves higher, average annual per cent change in
home prices generally trends higher. When the sales-to-new listings ratio moves lower, average annual per cent change
in home prices generally trends lower.
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20%
25%
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0.20
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1.00
1.20
AveragePriceAnnualPerCentChange
(BrownLine)
Sales-to-NewListingsRatio
(BlueLine)
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
TorontoMLSSales-to-New Listings Ratio Compared to
AverageAnnual PerCent Changein Home Price
Sales-to-New Listings Ratio
Average Price Annual Per Cent Change

10. Explanation: This chart plots the share of average household income that goes toward mortgage principal and interest, property taxes and utilities
for the average priced home in the GTA subject to the following assumptions:
1. Average annual or year-to-date home price as reported by TREB
2. 20 per cent down payment
3. Average 5-year fixed mortgage rate (Statistics Canada); 25-year amortization
4. Average property tax rate reported by/estimated from the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending
5. Average utilities cost reported by/estimated from the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending and components of the Consumer Price Index
6. Average household income reported by the Census of Canada. Years in between Censuses estimated using interpolation (years up to 2005) or annual growth in average weekly earnings reported by
Statistics Canada in the Labour Force Survey (2006 onward).
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55%
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board Data and Calculation; Statistics Canada
TREB Affordability Indicator
Share of Average Household Income Used for Mortgage Principal and Interest,
PropertyTaxes and Utilities on the Averaged Priced GTA Resale Home