This document contains charts summarizing housing market trends in Toronto from 2011-2014. It includes charts showing monthly MLS sales, new listings, the sales to new listings ratio, and average home prices over time. These charts allow comparisons over multiple years and identification of seasonal trends. Higher sales to listing ratios are generally associated with greater price growth. Additional charts show long term trends in sales, listings, and prices since 1995. One chart correlates the sales to listing ratio with average annual price changes. The final chart tracks housing affordability over time based on the share of average household income required for a mortgage, taxes and utilities on a typical home.

1. Housing Market Charts – January 2014

2. TorontoMLS Sales
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
12,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

3. TorontoMLS New Listings
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
25,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

4. TorontoMLS Sales-to-New Listings Ratio
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
1.10
1.00
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
2011
2012
2013
2014
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

5. TorontoMLS Average Resale Home Price
Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison
$600,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
$550,000
$500,000
$450,000
$400,000
$350,000
$300,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

6. TorontoMLS Sales
Monthly Time Series with Trend Line
12,000
Actual MLS® Sales
10,000
Trend (12-Month Moving Average)
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

7. TorontoMLS New Listings
Monthly Time Series with Trend Line
22,000
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
Actual MLS® New Listings
Trend (12-Month Moving Average)
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

8. TorontoMLS Average Price
Monthly Time Series with Trend Line
575,000
525,000
475,000
Actual MLS® Average Price
Trend (12-Month Moving Average)
425,000
375,000
325,000
275,000
225,000
175,000
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

9. Sales-to-New Listings Ratio
(Blue Line)
1.20
Sales-to-New Listings Ratio
Average Price Annual Per Cent Change
1.00
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
-5%
-10%
-15%
Average Price Annual Per Cent Change
(Brown Line)
TorontoMLS Sales-to-New Listings Ratio Compared to
Average Annual Per Cent Change in Home Price
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board
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.

10. TREB Affordability Indicator
Share of Average Household Income Used for Mortgage Principal and Interest,
Property Taxes and Utilities on the Averaged Priced GTA Resale Home
55%
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board Data and Calculation; Statistics Canada
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:
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Average annual or year-to-date home price as reported by TREB
20 per cent down payment
Average 5-year fixed mortgage rate (Statistics Canada); 25-year amortization
Average property tax rate reported by/estimated from the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending
Average utilities cost reported by/estimated from the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending and components of the Consumer Price Index
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).