Market Reports

The Toronto Real Estate Board pegged the median price of a home at $366,000 last month. That figure is a 3.4 per cent increase over the November 2009 median of $353,800. The median is the point at which half the homes cost less, and half cost more. It is considered less distortion-prone than the...
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OTTAWA  – National resale housing activity continues its return to normal levels, having risen in November 2010 for the fourth consecutive month, according to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Seasonally adjusted national home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards climbed 4.8...
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Ontario Housing Outlook 2010-2012 Housing market activity in Ontario is forecast to rise into the first half of 2011 after declining sharply from an early year record setting pace. A gradual improvement in economic growth, employment levels and continuing low mortgage rates will boost 2011 sales slightly above 2010 levels by 5%, before pulling...
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OTTAWA— The seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of housing starts was 187,200 units in November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This is up from 167,800 units in October. “Housing starts moved higher in November primarily due to a strong increase in urban multiple starts in Ontario,” said Bob Dugan, Chief Economist at CMHC’s Market...
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TORONTO, December 3, 2010 feet of leased space, up 25 per cent from the 468,350 leased square feet recorded in November 2009. “Commercial real estate transactions have increased alongside economic recovery. Renewed business investment will be one of the drivers of this growth over the next year. The commercial real estate market will benefit...
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TORONTO, December 3, 2010 — Greater Toronto REALTORS reported 6,510 existing home sales in November – down 13 per cent from 7,446 sales in November 2009. New listings were also down 13 per cent annually to 8,642. On a month-over-month basis, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales increased for the fourth straight month...
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TORONTO, November 16, 2010  Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 3,076 sales through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) during the first two weeks of November 2010.This represented a 16 per cent decrease compared to the 3,666 sales recorded during the same period in November 2009. Year-to-date sales amounted to 78,526 – up slightly from the 2009...
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OTTAWA – National resale housing activity rose for the third consecutive month in October 2010, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Seasonally adjusted national home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards climbed 4.6 per cent in October 2010. The monthly rise...
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Canadian housing starts fell 9.2% to an annualized pace of 167,900 units in October, marking the fifth monthly decline in the six months since reaching an almost two-year high in April (at 205,600 annualized units). Market expectations were for a much smaller 2.4% decrease in the level of starts to 182,000 annualized units. With...
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  The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lowered its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®)Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2010 and 2011. Sales activity in the third quarter of 2010 began on a weak footing, but gained traction as the quarter progressed. Improving momentum for...
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TORONTO, November 3, 2010 — through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in October 2010. This represented a 21 per cent decrease compared to the 8,476 sales recorded in October 2009. Through the first ten months of the year, sales amounted to 75,582 – up one per cent compared to the January through October period...
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