■Market Watch-April, 2014

Sales and Average Price Up in March

TORONTO, April 3, 2014 - Toronto Real Estate Board President Dianne Usher announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported strong year-over-year increases in TorontoMLS home sales and the average selling price in March 2014. Home ownership affordability, backstopped by low borrowing costs, continued to be a key factor underlying this growth.

A total of 8,081 sales were reported in March 2014 – up by 7.2 per cent in comparison to March 2013. Sales growth was much stronger in March compared to the first two months of the first quarter. Sales for Q1 as a whole were up by three per cent compared to the first three months of 2013.

“Sales activity in the GTA accelerated last month. Compared to last year, a greater number of buyers found affordable home ownership options, as evidenced by sales growth for all major home types. Against this backdrop, however, overall inventory at the end of March remained lower than last year. This means competition between buyers increased, which is why the average selling price continued to climb,” said Ms. Usher.

The average selling price for March 2014 sales was $557,684 – an increase of almost eight per cent compared to the average reported for March 2013. The average price for the first quarter of 2014 was up by 8.5 per cent year-over-year.

“With borrowing costs remaining low, and in fact declining, strong home ownership demand will continue to butt up against a constrained supply of listings. Strong price growth will be the result for the remainder of 2014. If the pace of price growth experienced in the first quarter is sustained, TREB may revise its outlook for the average selling price,” said Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis.


Source: www.torontorealestateboard.com


   Ms. Usher

4月マーケットウォッチ略訳
■数字で見る2014年3月
総売上物件数：　8,081件　（前年同期に比べ7.2％増加）
平均販売価格：　557,684ドル　（前年同期に比べ約8％増加）

■トロント不動産委員会取締役社長ダイアン・アッシャー氏のコメント
「３月は前年同期に比べてより活発な販売活動がありましたが、３月末の時点で市場にでている売り物件数は昨年同期の数字と比べると低いまま。これはバイヤー間の競争を意味し、今後も平均販売価格の上昇が続くでしょう。」