Despite 2018 Sales Drop by 16.1%, New Listings down 12.7%, Avg. Selling Price down 4.3%, Home Prices higher in Toronto than rest of GTA & Condo Prices were up by 7.8%

Friday Jan 04th, 2019

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January 4, 2019 --Toronto Real Estate Board President Garry Bhaura announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported a total of 77,426 residential transactions through TREB's MLS® System in 2018.  This result represented a 16.1% decline compared to 92,263 sales reported in 2017.  Total new listings entered into TREB's MLS® System were down by 12.7% over the same period to 155,823.

The overall average selling price for 2018 transactions, at $787,300, was down by 4.3 per cent year-over-year for all home types combined across the TREB market area.

Home prices were up very slightly in the City of Toronto and down in the surrounding GTA regions.  This dichotomy reflects the fact that the condominium apartment segment, which accounted for a large proportion of sales in the City of Toronto, performed better from a pricing perspective than the detached market segment.  The average price for condominium apartment sales across the TREB market area was up by 7.8% year-over-year.

 

Summary of TREB MLS®  Sales and Average Price December 1 - 31, 2018

 

2018

2017

 

Sales

Average Price

New Listings

Sales

Average Price

New Listings

City of Toronto ("416")

1,473

762,627

1,426

1,953

740,721

2,133

Rest of GTA ("905")

2,308

742,237

2,882

2,923

730,922

4,156

GTA

3,781

750,180

4,308

4,876

734,847

6,289

 

TREB MLS® Sales & Average Price  By Home Type December 1 - 31, 2018

 

Sales

Average Price

 

416

905

Total

416

905

Total

             

Detached

340

1,250

1,590

1,145,892

891,095

945,580

Yr./Yr. % Change

-24.1%

-14.8%

-17.0%

-8.0%

-2.2%

-4.4%

Semi-Detached

116

226

342

939,859

661,186

755,707

Yr./Yr. % Change

-32.6%

-26.6%

-28.8%

4.0%

3.9%

3.2%

Townhouse

162

455

617

714,456

591,851

624,042

Yr./Yr. % Change

-18.2%

-31.1%

-28.1%

10.0%

2.9%

5.3%

Condo Apartment

848

337

1,185

594,381

454,135

554,497

Yr./Yr. % Change

-23.9%

-21.8%

-23.4%

11.4%

5.8%

9.9%

For more details and data use this link:  http://www.trebhome.com/market_news/release_market_updates/news2018/nr_market_watch_1218.htm


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