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Best January Ever!

By
Real Estate Agent with Royal LePage

As reported on my Podcast at http://www.tuneinrealestate.com/

 

Hi, my name is Jarrett Hunter and I am a downtown Toronto realtor with Royal LePage.  This is the market information for January 2007 for my area which is downtown Toronto - best defined as the area south of Bloor Street to the lake, west of the Don Valley Parkway and east of Dufferin Street. - I like to refer to it as "the Core."

 

The Toronto Real Estate Board reported that this was our best January ever!  Statistics are derived from the Toronto MLS system and reports a 13% increase over January of last year and a 6% increase over sales of January 2002 which was our previous record holder. We had a total of 761 active listings with a total sales volume of 295 of which 233 of these were condominiums.

 

I am expecting that January's record breaking performance will be a good indicator of the year ahead.  The average days that a property was on the market before selling was 40.  The average selling price? $334,123 - which is about a 6% increase over December's average price. So, another year is off with a bang. Interest rates are still holding steady and buyer interest is still quite high. A great time to think about making your next move.

 

If you require any more specific information, or, want to discuss your own particular real estate needs, feel free to contact me directly via e-mail (Jarrett@jarrett.ca) or call me on my direct line at (416) 410-2300.

Comments (2)

Lucie Quigley
HOLT modern Home Staging - Halifax, NS
Hi Jarrett, You should post some of your blogs in the group "What's the buzz in Ontario".
Mar 09, 2007 04:29 AM
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Toronto Housing market has been hyper active for years. Orchestrated bidding wars, with agents setting terms such as when they will accept offer has created situations for buyers that are unreasonable.

I know individuals who have made more then 4 offers and lost all of them, included in there costs are 7 home inspections, bank charges for certified chequesa and lots of peropls time.

It is a seller's market, but what is happening is as much a benefit for agents. It's time for buyers to reverse the trend. STOP bidding against yourself, how many time have you upped an offer before even presenting it. Don't do it.

Every offer should have at least one condition and that is home inspection, unless the vendor has a recent one, don't put in an offer without this condition.

Be safe, don't get caught with an offer greater then the value of the property, the bank or CMHC can refuse the morgage (yes, even if you are pre-approved) if the amount paid is deemed to be greater then the value of the property. Then what???

Apr 04, 2007 08:57 AM
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