“The record result in June is testament to the fundamentally sound housing market in the GTA,” said the Toronto Real Estate Board’s newly appointed President Tom Lebour. “An increasing number of households have been confident in purchasing a home in the region’s affordable and diverse resale housing market.”

The average price for June transactions was $403,972 – up by two per cent compared to the same month last year.

“The re-emergence of seller’s market conditions has exerted upward pressure on home prices,” explained Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. “Look for sales to remain high relative to listings in the second half of the year. This will keep home prices growing.”

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“Households in the GTA have become more confident in purchasing a home over the past three months,” said TREB President Maureen O’Neill. “Affordability, due in part to very low borrowing costs, has played a key role.”

The average price for MLS® sales was $407,716, up by two per cent compared to last year. “Heightened interest in ownership housing this spring has solidified resale home prices,” according to Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. “The number of home buyers has been high relative to the number of listings, pushing the average price above last year’s level.”

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“The resale housing market in the GTA has remained resilient in the face of challenging times
globally,” according to TREB President Maureen O’Neill. “Many home buyers have taken
advantage of extremely low mortgage rates.”

The average price for April transactions was $395,609 – down less than one per cent compared
to the same month last year.

“The average resale home price has moved in line with last year’s level because of tighter
market conditions experienced this Spring,” stated Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of
Market Analysis. “Home sales have increased strongly relative to new listings, bolstering home
prices.”

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“Conditions in the resale housing market have improved markedly this spring,” according to
TREB President Maureen O’Neill. “Home purchases have increased as households have taken
advantage of low interest rates and slightly lower home prices.”

The average price for April transactions was $385,641 – down three per cent from last year.

“The rate of average price decline continued to diminish last month. This is due in large part to a
tightening in the resale market,” stated Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market
Analysis. “The level of sales relative to new listings increased in April.”

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“In lock-step with the favorable March results, resale housing market conditions in the first half of April were markedly improved compared to the winter time,” said TREB President Maureen O’Neill.

“Households that were on the sidelines at the beginning of the year are now taking advantage of lower interest rates and lower home prices.”

The average price for MLS® sales was $383,161, down four per cent from $399,117 last year.

“The average home price in the GTA stabilized as resale market conditions tightened over the past two months,” according to Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. “Existing home sales increased relative to new listings.”

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“The Greater Toronto housing market has stood up very well given the challenging economic times the world has experienced in recent months,” commented TREB President Maureen O’Neill.

“In fact, over the past two months, the situation in the housing market has improved.” The seasonally-adjusted annual rate of sales increased to 65,600 in March – up 36 per cent from the ten-year low reached in January. 

“Sales in March increased at a rate over and above what would be expected from the normal spring-time bump,” said Jason Mercer TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. “A greater number of households have taken advantage of increased affordability in the housing marketplace.”

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Mid-month March MLS® sales increased compared to the 2,044 sales experienced in the first half of February.

MLS® sales follow a recurring seasonal trend, with transactions generally increasing between January and May and then decreasing between June and December.

“As we move into the spring market, it appears that we are seeing stronger demand for ownership housing in the Greater Toronto Area,” said TREB President Maureen O’Neill. “Buyers are reacting to the market’s strong foundation of affordability.”

 The average price for MLS® sales was $365,499 compared to $385,405 last year. “Affordability has improved over the past few months due to a combination of lower home prices, near record lows for mortgage rates and rising earnings,”1 according to Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. 

1 Average weekly earnings for the Toronto CMA, as reported by Statistics Canada, have been rising on a year-over-year basis over the past year. For example, in February 2009, average weekly earnings rose by approximately 2.5 per cent compared to February 2008.

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“A considerable number of transactions continued to take place in February 2009. Motivated buyers and sellers, who were aware that market conditions changed over the past few months, were able to negotiate transactions acceptable to both parties,” said Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill.

On a month-over-month basis, sales and average price were above January levels of 2,670 and $343,632 respectively. The housing market is seasonal. Traditionally, in the first half of every year, sales and average price climb to their highest levels in late spring before trending lower from July onward.

“While the economic downturn has had an impact, the GTA housing market is resting on a solid foundation. Current home prices and mortgage rates suggest that GTA homes have become more affordable on average,” according to Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. “A greater number of home buyers could take advantage of this affordability once their positioning in the economy becomes more certain.”

 Typically the spring real estate market tends to experience more activity and with the Canadian economy experiencing a period of low mortgage rates and strong immigration, this trend could continue. According to Statistics Canada, Canada welcomed 247,202 permanent residents in 2008, 70,000 more than in 1998, and well within the government’s planned range of 240,000 to 265,000 new permanent residents for 2009.

The TREB President pointed out that Greater Toronto REALTORS® are an integral part of the real estate transaction process. “TREB Members are uniquely positioned to help home buyers and sellers adapt to changing market conditions,” added Ms. O’Neill. “In addition, TREB continues to advocate public policies that do not threaten affordability but support home ownership in the GTA such as lower taxation and less regulation.”

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“While sales have been lower, the housing sector remains one of the pillars of the GTA economy,” said TREB President Maureen O’Neill. “Each existing home transaction generates, on average, more than $33,000 in spin-off spending on renovations and other housing-related items. This spin-off spending translates into jobs.”

“The City of Toronto needs to do its part to encourage homeownership by reducing the tax burden on existing and potential home owners,” said TREB President Maureen O’Neill. “To this end, Greater Toronto REALTORS® are calling on the City to roll back the municipal land transfer tax. We presented our views to the City’s Budget Committee yesterday.”

The average home price in the GTA was $364,748 compared to $385,735 in mid-month February last year.

“It is interesting to note that while the average price was down, the annual rate of price decline slowed compared to the previous four months,” according to Jason Mercer, the Toronto Real Estate Board’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis. “If this trend continues into the spring, it could point towards average home prices leveling off between $360,000 and $370,000.”

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The current state of the economy requires every level of government, including the City, to take action,” said Maureen O’Neill, President of the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB). “Not only does the City need to consider what it can do to help, but also what it is already doing that is hurting the economy. Clearly, the Toronto Land Transfer Tax is hurting the economy.”

 TREB is telling the City that the re-sale housing market is critical to Toronto’s economy and that the best action the City can take for this sector is to roll back the Toronto Land Transfer Tax. A recent study conducted by the C.D. Howe Institute and Economics Professors from the University of Toronto determined that the Toronto Land Transfer Tax is having a significant impact on Toronto’s real estate market, reducing housing sales by 16 per cent and values by 1.5 per cent in 2008 alone.

 A separate recent study, conducted for the Canadian Real Estate Association, determined that every re-sale housing transaction in Ontario generates over $33,000 in economic spin-off activity on things like renovations, furniture, and appliances. Based on these studies, TREB estimates that the Toronto Land Transfer Tax has already cost the City’s economy about $200 million in consumer spending. The Tax has also reduced Toronto home owners’ net worth by $3.5 billion in lost equity when selling their homes, with less credit available to them from equity lines of credit, thereby reducing spending and economic activity.

“Buying and selling homes is crucial to our economy; thousands of jobs depend on it,” said O’Neill. “It was encouraging to see the City recognize this for new housing with its recent action on development charges, and we hope it will do the same for re-sale housing by reversing destructive tax policies, like the Toronto Land Transfer Tax.”

According to the study conducted for the Canadian Real Estate Association, one out of every 100 jobs depends on spending associated with re-sale housing transactions. This means that approximately 14,000 jobs in Toronto and 30,000 jobs in the GTA depend on re-sale housing transactions. TREB believes that, by impacting the real estate market, the Toronto Land Transfer Tax is risking these jobs.

 TREB is calling on the City to focus its efforts on options recommended by the Mayor’s Fiscal Review Panel last year.

“The Mayor’s Fiscal Review Panel made it clear that the City has choices other than taxes. According to the Panel, there are, literally, hundreds of millions of dollars in savings and innovative options available to the City,” said O’Neill. “Toronto taxpayers deserve to know what actions have been taken to implement the recommendations of the Mayor’s Fiscal Review Panel.”

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