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The region saw 4,996 existing homes sold last month, up 8.5% compared with last year, and up 3.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis compared with August.

The rise in sales came as prices dipped and as lower interest rates improved affordability.

“With every rate cut, a growing number of GTA households will afford a long-term investment in home ownership, including first-time buyers,” said board president Jennifer Pearce in a statement.

She said the recently introduced changes to mortgage rules set to take effect in December, including longer amortization periods and a higher price cap on insured mortgages, will help lead to further increases in sales.

The average selling price for a Toronto-area home was down one percent in September compared with a year earlier at $1,107,291, while the seasonally adjusted price was down 0.1% to $1,116,811 compared to August.

The composite benchmark price, meant to represent the typical home, was down 4.6% year-over-year.

New listings more than made up for the increase in sales, rising 10.5% to 18,089, leaving the sales-to-new listings ratio unchanged from last year.
And while sales rose, the amount of time it took to make a sale was up 43.3%, now taking about 43 days to sell a home.

The rise in sales also varied considerably by property type, with detached home sales up 10.5% from last year, while the struggling condo market saw sales up only 0.8%.

Sales remained well below their historical average, and the situation isn’t expected to reverse in the short term, said National Bank economist Alexandra Ducharme in a note.

“Despite the start of the Bank of Canada’s monetary easing cycle, affordability conditions remain extremely difficult in Toronto. This, combined with a rapid deterioration of the labor market that we expect to continue, does not point to an imminent convincing rebound in home sales.”

However, she said the continued easing of interest rates and mortgage rules could help in the coming months.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2024.
By Ian Bickis
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