March Sales Down by 39.5%, Number of New Listings Dropped by 12.4% but Sales & Prices Are Expected To Go Up in the 2nd Half of 2018

Wednesday Apr 04th, 2018

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Toronto Real Estate Board President Tim Syrianos announced today that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 7,228 residential transactions through TREB’s MLS® System in March 2018. This result was down by 39.5% compared to a record 11,954 sales reported in March 2017 and down 17.6% relative to average March sales for the previous 10 years.

The number of new listings entered into TREB’s MLS® System totaled 14,866 – a 12.4% decrease compared to March 2017 and a three per cent decrease compared to the average for the previous 10 years.

“TREB stated in its recent Market Outlook report that Q1 sales would be down from the record pace set in Q1 2017,” said Mr. Syrianos. “The effects of the Fair Housing Plan, the new OSFI mandated stress test and generally higher borrowing costs have prompted some buyers to put their purchasing decision on hold. Home sales are expected to be up relative to 2017 in the second half of this year.”

The overall average selling price was down by 14.3% compared to March 2017.

Detached home sales, which generally represent the highest price points in a given area, declined much more than other home types. In addition, the share of high-end detached homes selling for over $2 million in March 2018 was half of what was reported in March 2017, further impacting the average selling price.

“Right now, when we are comparing home prices, we are comparing two starkly different periods of time: last year, when we had less than a month of inventory versus this year with inventory levels ranging between two and three months. It makes sense that we haven’t seen prices climb back to last year’s peak. However, in the second half of the year, expect to see the annual rate of price growth improve compared to Q1, as sales increase relative to the below-average level of listings,” said Jason Mercer, TREB’s Director of Market Analysis.

 

Condominium Sales is the only segment witnessing Price Growth both in 416 and 905

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

 

 

2018

2017

 

 

Sales

Average Price

New Listings

Sales

Average Price

New Listings

 

City of Toronto ("416")

2,797

817,642

4,438

4,224

897,856

5,715

 

Rest of GTA ("905")

4,431

763,674

10,428

7,730

924,563

11,263

 

GTA

7,228

784,558

14,866

11,954

915,126

16,978

 

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

 

Sales

Average Price

 

416

905

Total

416

905

Total

             

Detached

706

2,414

3,120

1,293,903

921,515

1,005,779

Yr./Yr. % Change

-41.1%

-47.7%

-46.3%

-17.1%

-17.9%

-17.1%

Semi-Detached

236

450

686

1,032,358

651,967

782,831

Yr./Yr. % Change

-28.5%

-31.6%

-30.6%

-5.0%

-12.4%

-8.8%

Townhouse

260

865

1,125

735,650

609,375

638,558

Yr./Yr. % Change

-27.8%

-35.9%

-34.2%

-3.5%

-11.7%

-9.5%

Condo Apartment

1,573

610

2,183

590,184

449,967

551,003

Yr./Yr. % Change

-32.0%

-34.7%

-32.7%

7.1%

2.1%

6.1%

                           

 


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