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Housing Market Headed For Mild Correction, Royal LePage Warns David Paddon, Canadian Press January 08, 2013
The latest Royal LePage report on Canadian realestate shows average housing prices were up between 2% and 4% in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the same time last year. However, the same survey shows average prices for the three main categories of housing were down from the third quarter of 2012 — a period that included new mortgage rules that have discouraged many first-time buyers. The quarterly market update by the Torontobased real estate marketing firm forecasts a brief, mild dip in sales volume in the first half of this year, but not a major downturn. It says average prices for Canadian residential real-estate will rise a further 1% by the end of 2013, as some owners opt to delay selling their property until conditions improve. “Our sturdy domestic economy and encouraging employment trends have emboldened sellers, and some have opted to let market conditions adjust before listing,” said Phil Soper, Royal LePage’s president and chief executive. “Simply put, fewer home owners listed their properties in the second half of the year, which kept inventory levels lower, and supported home values.” The Toronto-based real-estate marketing firm notes that there are a wide range of conditions in cities across Canada. It says slower sales and a flattening of home prices in Vancouver and Toronto — Canada’s two largest and most-expensive real-estate markets — will have a significant impact and drag down the national averages this year. It says some markets, particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan where the resource-oriented
economies have been vibrant, are poised for significant growth in 2013. The Royal LePage quarterly House Price Survey looks at three categories of housing — detached bungalows, standard two-storey and standard condominiums — in 16 local markets and calculates national averages. The latest survey, based on sales between October and December, showed that national average price for detached bungalows was $356,790 — up 3.6% from a year earlier but down from the thirdquarter average of $377.773. A similar pattern of year-over-year increases but quarter-to-quarter declines were evident in the other national average categories. Many observers have noted that tighter mortgage rules brought in last July have made it more difficult for first-time buyers to borrow money, since they must qualify for a 25-year payback period. That’s down from 30 years. The national average price for two-storey houses was $390,444 in the fourth quarter, up 4% from a year earlier but down from $403,747 in the third quarter. The national average price for condos was $239,374, up 2% from a year earlier but down from $243,607 in the third quarter.
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OREA - Ontario Real Estate Association January 14, 2013
Municipalities in Ontario are gearing up to force the province to grant them the authority to charge a municipal land transfer tax (LTT) on home buyers. Currently allowed only in Toronto, this tax may potentially spread to other regions of Ontario. It threatens to increase the cost of home ownership province-wide. According to a recent study by the C.D. Howe Institute, this tax has resulted in a 16 percent drop in the volume of residential home sales in Toronto. It has meant that home buyers pay an average $15,000 up front every time they move, due to the municipal tax over and above the provincial land transfer tax. The spread of this tax to other regions of Ontario will increase the cost of home ownership across the province. As a REALTOR速, this will affect your business. Extending the power to levy the municipal LTT to other municipalities in the province would lower home values by adding thousands of dollars to the cost of residential transactions.
In addition, the municipal LTT would price many low- and middle-income Ontarians out of the real estate market entirely. The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) believes the municipal LTT is unfair because it forces a small segment of taxpayers -- home buyers -- to fund municipal services designed to benefit all citizens. OREA is urging the Ontario government to exclude LTT from any legislation that expands municipal taxing authority and to revoke this tax in the city of Toronto. For more information on this and other lobby issues at OREA, visit the Government Relations section of www.orea.com. I encourage each and everyone who have read this article to contact your local politician representatives to express your disagreement and displeasure over this pending issue which will ultimately affects every homeowner, now and in the future. Stand up; Speak up for your rights!
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Home Sales Pick Up Steam Toronto and Vancouver In January Susan Pigg, Toronto Star February 15, 2013
Home sales picked up steam in Canada’s two mostwatched cities in January, outpacing the rest of the country, according to figures from the Canadian Real Estate Association. Toronto saw month-over-month sales increases of 5.6 per cent, followed by Vancouver at 4.7 per cent, both markets that have seen considerable softening since tighter mortgage lending rules took effect last July. Prices held steady in Toronto in January over December, with the average house price coming in at just over $501,000. Vancouver saw a 3.5 per cent pickup after what had been a softening of prices. The average house in Vancouver sold for $746,585 in January compared to $721,028, according to CREA. “Things are becoming more interesting among local markets, with improving sales in Vancouver and
Toronto likely to come as something of a surprise to some,” said CREA president Wayne Moen in a statement released Friday. Year over year, however, sales were down 4.2 per cent in Toronto over January, 2012 which was an extraordinarily strong winter month for sales last year, partly because of unseasonably warm weather. National home sales were up 1.3 per cent in January from December, the first seasonally adjusted gain in five months, but down 5.2 per cent year-overyear. The notable exception was Calgary where sales soared by 20 per cent year over year. New listings were up in many major housing markets, led by the GTA, said CREA. While price gains slipped for most housing types in many major cities, detached houses still sold for about 4 per cent more, year over year, and even condos held steady with prices up 1.2 per cent.
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