Hamilton area bucks trend as GTA home sales plummet in May


Toronto house price fall signals market is cooling
But the GTA's slide is in contrast to the continuing hot market in the Hamilton-Burlington area, which boasted 3,208 new listings in May, a whopping 41 per cent increase from the same month last year, and nearly 35 per cent higher than its 10-year average.

TORONTO — Sales of existing homes across the Greater Toronto Area dropped a whopping 20.3 per cent in May from a year ago, while the average home price in the region fell about six per cent from April, results based on the first full month of data. Measure to cool the Toronto housing market along with a jump in new listings sent prices 6% lower from April to May, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board. Prices were still up 29% year-over-year but a glut of new listings threatens to unwind more …

Toronto's overheated housing market has cooled rapidly since the Ontario government announced a suite of new housing measures in April, with average prices dropping 6 per cent in May, while the number of homes sold fell by 12 per cent during the month.

Toronto house price fall signals market is cooling

Toronto's housing market: Sustained chill or Vancouver-style rebound?

The average price of a home in the Greater Toronto Area fell 6.2 percent from just a month ago, signalling a slight cooling of the market since the Ontario government imposed new housing rules to tame Toronto's housing bubble. Home prices, however …

Toronto's housing market: Sustained chill or Vancouver-style rebound?
Toronto's housing market: Sustained chill or Vancouver-style rebound?

House prices in Toronto slipped across the board in May, suggesting that authorities are succeeding in efforts to deflate a market pumped up by ultra-low interest rates and flows of foreign money. Prices for homes in Canada's biggest city have risen …

A large drop in the rate of GTA home sales in May—20.3% behind the same period in 2016—is being weighed against the positives of a substantial increase in new listings. Market reports in recent months have stressed the impact of low inventory on …

GTA home sales plummet in May after foreign buyers' tax

Has the searing Greater Toronto Area housing market lost some of its sizzle? ​. According to the latest statistics from the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), the annual pace of increase for the City of Toronto house prices rose by nearly 15 per cent …
Home sales across the Greater Toronto Area plummeted in May, the first full month of activity since Kathleen Wynne's Liberal government took aim at the red-hot real estate market. The Toronto Real Estate Board said on Monday 10,196 properties changed
Toronto house price fall signals market is cooling
Toronto house price fall signals market is cooling

“Home buyers definitely benefited from a better supplied market in May, both in comparison to the same time last year and to the first four months of 2017,” said Larry Cerqua, president of the Toronto Real Estate Board. next play/pause pre 1/1 … . TORONTO, June 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toronto Real Estate Board President Larry Cerqua announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 10,196 sales through TREB's MLS® System in May 2017 – down by 20.3 per cent compared

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Toronto's housing market feels chill from provincial measures

The Toronto housing market has taken a breather after the Ontario government unveiled a raft of measures aimed at cooling torrid activity. The average sale price in the Greater Toronto Area was $863,910 in May, a 6.2-per-cent drop from the previous …

Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged 20.3 per cent last month compared with a year ago, according to the latest data from the country's largest real estate board, a sign that recent efforts to cool the searing market are having the desired … . TORONTO — The Toronto Real Estate Board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged last month by 20.3 per cent as prices continued to climb. The board says the average selling price for all properties in May was $863,910, an increase of 14.9. Toronto's housing fever is showing signs of cooling as price gains slowed and new listings surged in May, the first full month reflecting a new tax on foreign buyers and a crisis at mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc. The number of new listings … . TORONTO, June 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toronto Real Estate Board President Larry Cerqua announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS®, including TREB Commercial Network Members, reported 377,352 square feet of combined industrial,

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