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It's funny how as the year 'winds down', the season winds up at the same time, eh? December is ridiculously busy - especially in my house, where we have two birthdays to squeeze in amongst all the other action. At work, it's staff parties; at...

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April 2016 was another record setting month in Toronto real estate. TREB reported 12,085 sales for the month, up 7.4% over April 2015. Once again, new listings were down, from 18,038 last April to 16,252 this year, a drop of 9.9%. The decline in new listings, combined...

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A strong December sales pace capped a record-setting sales year in the Toronto real estate market. With 4,945 sales reported to TREB last month (up 11.9% over the 4,418 reported for December 2014), the total for the year hit 101,299 - 9.2% more than 2014, and breaking the 100,000...

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June was another record month in the Toronto real estate market. Sales volume was up 18.4% to 11,992 transactions (over 10,132 in June, 2014), setting a new record for the month of June. Over the same period, new listings increased by 6.7%, to 17,746, but total active listings...

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Despite yet another growing wave of media fear-mongering about the Toronto real estate market, January was yet another strong month both for volume and prices. The number of sales was up 6.1% over January 2014, to 4,355 transactions; that strong activity helped drive the average sale price...

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The Toronto Real Estate Board reported on the October 2014 market stats today. Sales volume was up over October 2013 by 7.7%, to 8,552 transactions. New listings were up only 3.4% over the same period, continuing the now long-standing issue of insufficient supply in the Toronto...

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September 2014 saw 8,051 transactions reported in the Toronto Real Estate Board, an increase in sales volume of 11% year-over-year. New listings were up 5.8% (to 15,692), but total available listings were down 5.1% (from 20,194 to 19,165), so there wasn't enough supply to keep pace...

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As predicted, the summer market was much busier than usual. July saw a 10% increase in sales volume over July 2013, with 9,198 transactions reported on TREB, making it the second busiest July on record. The average sale price hit $550,700, up 7.5% over the...

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