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Total sales for 2011 amounted to 89,347 – up four per cent in comparison to 2010, reported TREB.“Low borrowing costs kept buyers confident in their ability to comfortably cover their mortgage payments along with other major housing costs,” said TREB President Richard Silver. “If buyers had not been constrained by a shortage ...

 Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 7,922 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in July 2011, representing a 23% increase over July 2010. Total sales through the first seven months of this year amounted to 55,863 – down by 1.3% compared to the same period in 2010. After adjusting for seasonal fluctuations, the July figure ...

Construction starts of housing in GTA expected to increase in 2012 after recording a decrease this year.This year, the expected decrease is being blamed on continued strong competition from the resale market and elevated multi-family housing inventories.  The number of sales and the average selling price reported by Greater Toronto ...

Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,337 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in January 2011. This result was 13 per cent lower than the record result reported in January 2010. The average selling price for January 2011 sales was $427,037, representing an increase of over four per cent compared to the average of $409,058 reported ...

Greater Toronto REALTORS(R) reported 2,509 sales through the Multiple Listing Service(R) (MLS(R)) during the first two weeks of December 2010. This represented a 19 per cent decrease compared to the 3,079 sales recorded during the same period in December 2009. Year-to-date sales amounted to 84,316 - down one per cent from the 2009 total of ...

According to a new survey by TD Canada Trust, more than two-thirds of repeat homebuyers expect their next house purchase won't be their last. Twenty-three per cent of the more than 1,000 participants -- all repeat homebuyers -- said they plan to move again within six years. One in five repeat buyers has owned more than five homes. All ...

Sales of houses on Toronto MLS are down on a year-over-year basis, which isn’t a surprise. The decline was predicted. Each says last year’s sales were higher than expected because many buyers were brought into the market before the threat of higher fixed mortgage rates became a reality this year, skewing sales figures, thus the large ...

Canadian homeowners are in the best shape when it comes to financial fitness, according to a survey conducted by Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Company Canada. The survey found 65% of homeowners pay off their credit card balances in full each month compared to 48% of non-homeowners. Those more likely to pay off their credit card balance ...

The average Canadian's debt-to-income ratio amounted to 145% after the home prices hiked five times, the average persons' after-tax income. The report from Vanier Institute said that the mortgage arrears were up by 50%, although the absolute number of arrears was still ultra-low by international standards. The media suggests increase in ...

Greater Toronto REALTORS reported 3,079 existing home transactions in the first two weeks of December compared to 1,487 in 2008. The strong growth represents both increased home ownership demand and the fact that we are comparing the recovery phase of the sales cycle this December with the contraction phase experienced last winter. Year-to-date ...