JANUARY’S STRONG START: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET?
The new decade has picked up right where 2019 left us. Home sales in January 2020 were up by 15.4 per cent compared to those of January 2019. Taking seasonal adjustment into account, sales were up by 4.8 per cent compared to December 2019 sales numbers. The number of sales competing with the dip in […]
A FAST-PACED NOVEMBER: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET?
The Toronto Real Estate Board reported a 14.2 per cent increase in sales in November 2019 compared to November 2018. With reports of 7,090 sales throughout November, sales were up year-over-year as a result in all segments of the market. Moreover, the number of new listings entered into TREB’s MLS System in November 2019 compared […]
A COMPETITIVE OCTOBER: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET?
The Toronto Real Estate Board reported a total of 8,491 residential sales within the GTA in October 2019. Demonstrating a 14 per cent increase compared to the sales reported in October 2018. Year-over-year, sales were up in the GTA for all major home types. Moreover, the trend of annual sales growth, due primarily to the […]
A STEADY SEPTEMBER: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET?
The Toronto Real Estate Board announced a reported 7,825 sales in September 2019 which represented a strong annual growth of 22 per cent compared to 2018. Although the sales still don’t surmount the sales reported in September 2016, the Toronto Real Estate Market is definitely heating up. As a result of the inevitable seasonal adjustment, […]
Mortgage Stress Test Rates Drop for The First Time Since 2016
While the Bank of Canada’s mortgage rates in the OSFI Stress Test has proved to live up to its name since implemented back in January 2018. Last Friday, however, the banks finally decided to lower their mortgage rates for the first time in almost 3 years. The central bank’s five-year benchmark qualifying rate has dropped […]
A FAVOURABLE MAY: WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET?
The Toronto Real Estate Board announced that Greater Toronto Area reported 9,989 transactions in May 2019. While this result indicates a substantial increase of 18.9 per cent compared to the 15-year low back in May 2018, we still need to consider that the result is still below the average for May sales over the previous […]