Here's your Toronto real estate market report for January. It's a slow start for 2019. Below is what I saw in the January stats. As always, these are just selected highlights. The full set of market charts is available on SlideShare. 1) 416 weighing down the GTA (for a change) In TREB's January Market Watch report they note "It is encouraging to see the slight increase in January transactions on a year-over-year basis, even with the inclement weather... [read more]

Here's your Toronto real estate market report for February. Another slow month has TREB campaigning for changes to boost sales. Below is what I saw in the February stats. As always, these are just selected highlights. The full set of market charts is available on SlideShare. 1) February should've been better I took the same title for a point in January and changed the month: the same story. You all know the big hullabaloo over the stress test on insured mortgages (20%... [read more]

Here's your Toronto real estate market report for March. Overall GTA-wide sales numbers were flat, but drilling down on that, the 416 was actually down 9% over 2018. Below is what I saw in the March stats. As always, these are just selected highlights. The full set of market charts is available on SlideShare. This month I'll concentrate on condos (which are 61% of sales volume in the 416). 1) Sales are staying slow This is the 5th month in a row that condo sales... [read more]

Here's your Toronto real estate market report for April. Overall GTA-wide sales numbers were up a whopping 16.8% over 2018, but as always, we like to dig a little deeper. Below is what I saw in the April stats. As always, these are just selected highlights. The full set of market charts is available on SlideShare.  1) Don't get too excited just yet over sales Okay, it is encouraging that both 416 condos and freeholds (i.e. non-condo ownership) broke streaks of 5... [read more]

Here's your Toronto real estate market report for May. On the heels of April GTA-wide sales numbers being up 16.8% over 2018, May is up 18.9%. But as always, we like to dig a little deeper. Below is what I saw in the May stats. As always, these are just selected highlights. The full set of market charts is available on SlideShare.  1) The return of lowrise sales Zooming in on that +18.9% increase in GTA sales over last May, it was up 13.1% in the 416 and 22.6% in the... [read more]