The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) has released its housing figures for July. With 5,391 home sales reported through the local MLS, transactions were up 3.3% compared to the same time last year. This represents the first year-over-year increase in sales activity since February.
Though sales were up from last year, buyers continued to benefit from more choice in the GTA marketplace, with the annual growth in new listings outpacing sales. The 16,296 new listings are an 18.5% increase over last July, with active listings rising 55.4% year-over-year to 23,877. Housing inventory now sits at 4.4-months.
The rise in housing inventory worked to push prices down from last year. The average selling price of $1,106,617 represents a 0.9% decrease from 2023. The MLS Home Price Index (HPI) Composite Benchmark, which serves as a measure inflation in the market, was down 4.96% year-over-year (-4.23% in Toronto).
The average July sale took place in 24 days on market at 99% of the listing price, with 70.71% of all transactions sitting between $600,000 and $1,500,000. Sales of homes over $2,000,000 accounted for 6.53% of the sales mix, down from 8.14% in June.
Looking at prices by housing type: Detached homes sold for an average of $1,425,927, representing a 0.1% decrease from last July, and a month-over-month decrease of 3.7%. The average price for semi-detached homes was $1,067,576 (-3.3%/-3.2%), townhomes sold on average for $914,975 (-3.4%/-2.8%), and the average price of condos was $718,698 (-2.2%/-1.3%).
As we hit the midway mark of summer, buyers are benefitting from increased housing supply and a slight relief in selling prices. Following a second interest rate reduction in July, and with the anticipation of additional cuts to come, expect sales to accelerate as buyers benefit from lower monthly mortgage payments.
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