Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,718 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in December 2011. The December result capped off the second-best year on record under the current Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) boundaries. Total sales for
2011 amounted to 89,347 – up four per cent in comparison to 2010.
“Low borrowing costs kept Buyers confident in their ability to comfortably cover their mortgage payments along with other major housing costs,” said TREB President Richard Silver.
“If Buyers had not been constrained by a shortage of listings over the past 12 months, we would have been flirting with a new sales record in the Greater Toronto Area,” added Silver.
The average selling price in December was $451,436 – up four per cent compared to December 2010. For all of 2011, the average selling price was $465,412, an increase of eight per cent in comparison to the average of $431,276 in 2010.
“Months of inventory remained below the pre-recession norm in 2011. Very tight market conditions meant substantial competition between Buyers and strong upward pressure on selling prices,” said Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis.
“TREB’s baseline forecast for 2012 is for an average price of $485,000, representing a more moderate four per cent annual rate of price growth. This baseline view is subject to a heightened degree of risk given the uncertain global economic outlook,” continued Mercer.
| Sumary of TorontoMLS® Sales and Average Price | ||||||
| December 1 31 | 2011 |
2010
| ||||
Sales | Ave.Price | Sales | Ave. Price | |||
City of Toronto "416" | 1,948 | $474,270 | 1,818 | $463,580 | ||
Rest of GTA "905" | 2,770 | $435,378 | 2,468 | $411,383 | ||
GTA | 4,718 | $451,436 | 4,286 | $433,523 | ||
TorontoMLS® Sales & Average Price By Home Type | ||||||
| December 1-31, 2011 | Sales | Ave. Price | ||||
416 | 905 | Total | 416 | 905 | Total | |
Detached | 581 | 1,512 | 2,093 | 701,846 | 525,360 | 574,351 |
Yr./Yr. % Change | 4% | 12% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 3% |
Semi-Detached | 202 | 289 | 491 | 517,152 | 365,417 | 427,842 |
Yr./Yr. % Change | 20% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 9% | 10% |
Townhouse | 199 | 517 | 716 | 372,164 | 333,359 | 344,144 |
Yr./Yr. % Change | 3% | 20% | 15% | -7% | 8% | 2% |
Condo Apartment | 943 | 363 | 1,306 | 351,104 | 275,173 | 330,000 |
Yr./Yr. % Change | 7% | -3% | 4% | 3% | 9% | 5% |
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Jason Mercer
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