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Report Mid-Month Resale Housing Figures For July 2010
TREB reported 2,790 sales through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) during the first two weeks of July 2010. This represented a 37 per cent decrease compared to the 4,437 sales recorded during the same period in 2009. New listings decreased Read More...

Posted Monday, July 19, 2010 3:34 PM by Varun Mathur | 1 Comments

Stellar month for High Rise sales in March
Stellar month for High Rise sales in March High Rise sales for March totaled 2,483 units, making it the third highest monthly High Rise total in the past decade - trailing only June 2007 and July 2007. Once again, a driving factor behind the strong sales Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:33 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

Dramatic rebound characterizes Canada's luxury home segment in 2010
Luxury home sales soared in the first quarter of 2010 as affluent purchasers moved to take advantage of favourable market conditions across the country, according to a report released today by RE/MAX. The RE/MAX Upper End 2010 Report, highlighting sales Read More...

Posted Monday, April 26, 2010 8:57 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

4601 Sales In First Two weeks Of April 2010
4,601 sales through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) during the first two weeks of April Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,601 sales through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) during the first two weeks of April. This represented Read More...

Posted Monday, April 19, 2010 11:16 AM by Varun Mathur | 2 Comments

Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to 1/4 per cent, which the Bank judges to be the effective lower bound for that rate. The Bank Rate is correspondingly lowered Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:34 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

March Resale Housing Results Bring Positive News
In March 2009 Toronto Real Estate Board reported 6,171 sales – down seven per cent from March 2008, representing the smallest year-over-year decline in the last five months. The average price for March transactions was $362,052 – down less Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:35 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

Bank of Canada lowers overninght lending rate by 1/2 percentage point
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-half of a percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is correspondingly lowered, and the Bank Rate is now 3/4 per cent. The Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:00 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

Home Buyer Incentives in 2009 Federal Budget
Yesterday's federal budget has several incentives for home buyers & home owners as well: 1.Home Buyers Plan - 1st time homebuyers can now withdraw $25,000 from their RRSPs without any penalty or taxes. This has been increased from the previous Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:11 PM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

74,552 Sales in 2008!
Total residential sales for the year 2008 were 74,552 as reported by Toronto Real Estate Board. This is down from the previous year's total of 93,193 is 2007 and 83,084 recorded in 2006. The average price in 2008 averaged $379,347 as compared to $376,236 Read More...

Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 12:57 PM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

GTA Resale Housing Market Continues to Reflect Economic Times - TREB
The Greater Toronto Area resale housing market reported 5,155 sales in October, Toronto Real Estate Board announced today. This represents a 35 per cent decline from the 7,915 sales reported in October 2007 and a 25 per cent decrease from the 6,876 transactions Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:31 PM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

Investment in home improvement, key in competitive housing market ~ Remax
An increasingly competitive housing environment is prompting a significant number of Ontario homeowners to invest in renovation before listing their homes for sale, according to a recent survey by RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada. The RE/MAX Survey of Home Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:31 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

GTA Resale Housing Contiues At Steady Pace In June
Prices continued their upward trend in the first half June. The GTA average price is currently $398,542, up four per cent over the $384,576 average from the same timeframe a year ago and up 11 per cent from the $358,648 recorded at mid-June 2006. In the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:22 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

One in three Torontonians would consider buying a condo purely for investment purposes
Slightly more than one-third of Torontonians (34%) would consider owning a condo solely for investment purposes rather than as their primary residence. 8% have already made this kind of investment. Across Canada, condo popularity is steadily increasing. Read More...

Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 7:27 AM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

Sales moderate in April but prices up by 6% in Toronto
April statistics show that 8,762 houses sold in the Greater Toronto Area. “The market continues to experience a supply and demand situation and to-date it remains a sellers market," The GTA market was down 7 per cent from last April’s Read More...

Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 10:04 PM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments

Sales Break 6,000 In Spite Of Winter Weather
While snow fell in almost record amounts, Toronto Real Estate Board Members recorded a respectable 6,015 sales during the month of February, TREB President Maureen O'Neill announced today. "While sales were down over 2007 (11 per cent), they Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:36 PM by Varun Mathur | 0 Comments