TREB Affordability Indicator Share of Average Household Income Used for Mortgage

Explanation: This chart plots the share of average household income that goes toward mortgage principal and interest, property taxes and utilities for the average priced home in the GTA subject to the following assumptions:
1.Average annual or year-to-date home price as reported by TREB
2.20 per cent down payment
3.Average 5-year fixed mortgage rate (Statistics Canada); 25-year amortization
4.Average property tax rate reported by/estimated from the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending
5.Average utilities cost reported by/estimated from the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending and components of the Consumer Price Index
6.Average household income reported by the Census of Canada. Years in between Censuses estimated using interpolation (years upto2005) or annual growth in average weekly earnings reported by Statistics Canada in the LabourForce Survey (2006 onward).
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board Data and Calculation; Statistics Canada TREB Affordability Indicator Share of Average Household Income Used for Mortgage Principal and Interest, Property Taxes and Utilities on the Averaged Priced GTA Resale Home




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TREB Sales-to-New Listings Ratio Compared to Average Annual Per Cent Change in Home PriceSales-to-New Listings Ratio Average Price Annual % change

Explanation: This chart plots the monthly sales-to-new listings ratio (blue line) with year-over-year average annual per cent price change (brown line). When the sales-to-new listings ratio moves higher, average annual per cent change in home prices generally trends higher. When the sales-to-new listings ratio moves lower, average annual per cent change in home prices generally trends lower.
Average Price Annual Per Cent Change(Brown Line)Sales-to-New Listings Ratio(Blue Line)Source: Toronto Real Estate BoardTREB MLS®


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Average Price Monthly Time Series with Trend Line Actual MLS® Average PriceTrend (12-Month Moving Average) Toronto Real Estate Board TREB MLS®

This chart plots monthly MLS® average price since January 1995. The blue line shows the actual average price. The brown line is the trend computed using a 12-month moving average, which exhibits no seasonal variations or other irregular fluctuations. A substantial change in actual average price must occur to change the direction of the trend.


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New Listings Monthly Time Series with Trend Line Actual MLS® New ListingsTrend (12-Month Moving Average) TREB MLS®

Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® new listings since January 1995. The blue line shows actual new listings. The brown line is the trend computed using a 12-month moving average, which exhibits no seasonal variations or other irregular fluctuations. A substantial change in actual new listings must occur to change the direction of the trend.
Source: Toronto Real Estate Board


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Monthly Time Series with Trend Line Actual MLS® SalesTrend (12-Month Moving Average) TREB MLS® Sales

Explanation: This chart plots monthly MLS® sales since January 1995. The blue line shows actual sales. The brown line is the trend computed using a 12-month moving average, which exhibits no seasonal variations or other irregular fluctuations. A substantial change in actual sales must occur to change the direction of the trend.

Source: Toronto Real Estate Board


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TERB Average Annual and Median Prices back to 2001

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Housing Market Indicators, Sales, new listings, active listings and days on the market

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Toronto Real Estate Board TREB MLS® Average Resale Home Price Monthly with Three Previous Years for Comparison

This chart plots the monthly MLS® average home price for the current year and the previous three years. The recurring seasonal trend can be examined along with comparisons to previous years for each month.





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Prices up Number of sales down in GTA real estate marketplace for mid February 2011

The volume of sales is down in the GTA because inventories are down. There is high demand, this is why prices are increasing, but low inventories of good homes for sale. If you are interested in selling this year, now is the time to do it!

Bottom line: We need more listings on the market!

See the mid month report from TREB below.

All the best,
Mark



GTA REALTORS(r) Report Mid-Month Resale Housing Market Figures

TORONTO, February 17, 2011 -- Greater Toronto REALTORS(r) reported 3,084
sales during the first two weeks of February 2011 - a 13 per cent decrease
compared to the first two weeks of February 2010.

"We are on pace for a strong sales result in February, but transactions will
come in lower than the record result reported last February. Sales remain
strong because the GTA resale market contains a diversity of housing types
catering to a wide array of home ownership needs," said Toronto Real Estate
Board (TREB) President Bill Johnston.

The average price for transactions during the first 14 days of February was
$451,257, representing a five per cent increase compared to the first two
weeks of February 2010.

"Average selling price growth for existing homes is expected to range
between three and five per cent this year. Tighter market conditions over
the last four months have pushed price growth to the top end of this range,"
said Jason Mercer, TREB's Senior Manager of Market Analysis.

I hope this finds you Happy and Healthy!

All the Best!

Mark

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By 2020 Average GTA house prices could be $638,000!

This graph shows the actual increase in residential sale prices in the GTA and the estimated prices based upon a 4% annual increase.

Current Average price for a single family home in the GTA is $427,000

Estimated average price by year 2015 is $525,000!

By 2020 average price estimate is $638,000!

Of course these are only estimates, but it shows that if the current trend continues prices will be well over $600,000 by 2020

Read more about this

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Mark