condo sales – Realty Point https://www.realtypoint.ca Your Brokerage Personalized Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:01:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.22 https://i2.wp.com/www.realtypoint.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/photo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 condo sales – Realty Point https://www.realtypoint.ca 32 32 66259786 Real Estate in the News https://www.realtypoint.ca/real-estate-in-the-news-99/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:30:52 +0000 http://www.realtypoint.ca/?p=4294 Foreign ownership of condos down in big cities: CMHC
A report by CMHC says foreign ownership of condominiums in some of Canada’s largest cities has moved lower compared with last year. Foreign ownership was the highest in Vancouver and Toronto at 2.2 per cent and 2.3 per cent, respectively. However, that was down from 3.5 per cent in Vancouver and 3.3 per cent ...]]>
This week’s top real estate news in Ontario and how your real estate business could be affected.

Foreign ownership of condos down in big cities: CMHC
A report by CMHC says foreign ownership of condominiums in some of Canada’s largest cities has moved lower compared with last year. Foreign ownership was the highest in Vancouver and Toronto at 2.2 per cent and 2.3 per cent, respectively. However, that was down from 3.5 per cent in Vancouver and 3.3 per cent in Toronto in 2015.

Ontario to increase land transfer tax rates
Ontario is increasing land transfer tax (LTT) rates on all types of real property for the first time since 1989. This change would be effective January 2017. Recently, the province’s Bill 70, The Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures), 2016, received first reading on November 16, and highlights several changes to the Land Transfer Act (LTTA). For commercial, industrial and multi-residential properties, the tax rate will increase from 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent, for the portion of the consideration above $400,000. Due to a grandfathering clause, this hike would not apply to agreements of purchase and sale on or before November 14, 2016. For one or two single-family residences, a tax rate would increase from 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent on the portion of the value of consideration above $2 million.

Toronto Condo Inventory Disappearing Over 60% Faster Than Last Year
TREB recorded an average selling price of $359,451 for a suburban condo. In the 416, the average price was $459,199. Both areas appreciated at an annual rate of 12.9%.

Why new GTA low-rise home prices fell $54,702 in October
The drop is a result of the mix of new homes that builders made available for buyers, says the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), a development industry group that releases monthly data from Altus Group. “Builders brought more semi-detached homes and townhomes to market in October than in previous months, and they are smaller and more affordable than single-detached homes,” says Bryan Tuckey, president and CEO of BILD, in a news release.

Here are the top buyer’s and seller’s real estate markets in Canada
At 103.73 per cent, Cambridge — about an hour and a half from Toronto via Highway 401 — boasts Canada’s highest sales-to-new listings ratio, widely considered a gauge of whether a market is balanced, or is in either buyer’s or seller’s territory. The ratio, expressed as a percentage, is calculated by dividing the number of sales in a given month by the number of listings that appeared on the market during that same period. A ratio between 40 and 60 per cent suggests a balanced market, while anything above indicates a seller’s market. Last month, the 10 highest ratios (including Cambridge’s) were in Ontario. The others were Guelph and Woodstock-Ingersoll, both with ratios in the low 90s, as well as Northhumberland Hills, Kitchener-Waterloo, Kawartha Lakes, Oakville-Milton, Hamilton Burlington, Niagara Falls-Fort Erie, and Welland, which ranged from the high to low 80s.

Vancouver approves empty homes tax
Most Vancouver homeowners, including snowbirds, will not have to pay the Empty Homes Tax. Principal residences — whether of the registered owner or his/her family member— are not subject to the tax, nor are properties that are rented for six months of the year or more, in periods of at least 30 consecutive days.

Going to extremes to sell a house: How far is too far?
Forget the Tim’s gift cards, Air Miles and freshly baked cookies at open houses. Real estate agents are going to extreme lengths to sell homes. Sleepovers are becoming a popular trend. Giving a prospective buyer the chance to spend a night in a house they are debating purchasing gives them an authentic feel for what it would be like to live there. A bottle of wine and a box of snacks make the night even better. Touring a home for an hour or two and taking photos is great but nothing beats sleeping in a place to get a true picture. This is the ultimate “try before you buy” example.

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Real Estate in the News https://www.realtypoint.ca/real-estate-in-the-news-83/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:30:25 +0000 http://www.realtypoint.ca/?p=4001 Toronto mayor not in a hurry to decide about intervention in housing
Toronto’s mayor said that the city government in not in a rush to decide about intervention in the red-hot housing market’s situation. Also read “This is the main driver of Toronto and Vancouver home prices (and it’s not foreign investment)“.
Here’s where Toronto detached home prices are rising fastest
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This week’s top real estate news in Ontario and how your real estate business could be affected.

Toronto mayor not in a hurry to decide about intervention in housing
Toronto’s mayor said that the city government in not in a rush to decide about intervention in the red-hot housing market’s situation. Also read “This is the main driver of Toronto and Vancouver home prices (and it’s not foreign investment)“.

Here’s where Toronto detached home prices are rising fastest
The average price of a Toronto detached home in the first six months of 2016 hit $1,230,340, up by 10 per cent or more in 90 per cent of the city’s neighbourhoods when compared to the same period last year.

GTA condo sales surge 17.4 per cent: TREB
In Q2 2016, the average selling price of a condominium apartment was $415,326, which is a 7.1 per cent increase from prices one year ago. The MLS Home Price Index apartment benchmark price increased by 7.9 per cent by the end of the second quarter.

Don’t Even Think About Taxing Foreign Buyers In Toronto
“Housing affordability concerns all of us who live in the region,” says the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. “Implementing a new real estate tax, however, with just eight days’ notice and no consultation with the professionals who serve home buyers and sellers every day needlessly injects uncertainty into the market.” Silver foresees similar challenges in Toronto, should a foreign buyers’ tax be implemented there. “Knee-jerk” is also how the realty industry in Vancouver feels about the B.C. government’s action.

TREB wins extension days before deadline to publish home sales data online
Judge Mary J.L. Gleason made the order on Wednesday, days before TREB’s Aug. 3 deadline to make sales figures, pending sales and broker commissions more widely available.

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Real Estate in the News https://www.realtypoint.ca/real-estate-in-the-news-46/ Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:30:12 +0000 http://www.realtypoint.ca/?p=2818 Stay up-to-date with all real estate news updated continually on our Facebook page.
Realtors warn land transfer tax could double across Ontario
The Ontario Real Estate Association, in a release Tuesday, warned homebuyers that the province is moving ahead with a plan to allow all other municipalities to levy a land transfer tax.
Toronto experiencing a traditional fall market – with some unusual bumps
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Real estate news stories that we’ve been following this week.

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Realtors warn land transfer tax could double across Ontario
The Ontario Real Estate Association, in a release Tuesday, warned homebuyers that the province is moving ahead with a plan to allow all other municipalities to levy a land transfer tax.

Toronto experiencing a traditional fall market – with some unusual bumps
Houses are still selling briskly in some cases and sitting in others. One house that didn’t get a single bid on offer night drew three competing buyers a week or so later – with a higher asking price.

Condominium Apartment Starts to Dominate GTA Housing Construction in 2015 & 2016
Housing starts are set to reach 32,400 units in 2015 and remain virtually unchanged in 2016. Condominium apartment starts will dominate construction activity in both years. Existing home sales will reach 93,400 units in 2015 and 90,000 in 2016.

CMHC expects housing market to moderate, starts and sales to slow 2016 and 2017
CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan says the gains in provinces like Ontario and B.C. have offset the slowdown in oil-producing provinces like Alberta. Also read “Interest Rate Update: Hike May Come Mid-2017“.

Sales plateauing in most markets
In its monthly Metro Resale Snapshot, the Conference Board of Canada reported only 15 of the 28 areas reporting a monthly increase. Markets around Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe cooled in August, but B.C. markets continued to surge. Volumes in resource-dependent Saskatchewan and Alberta are weak.

Spike in unsold Toronto condos not a sign of ‘increased vulnerability’, economist says
The number of new, unsold condos in Toronto swelled from less than 1,000 in December, 2014, to nearly 3,000 in May, 2015, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation and CIBC say. But in the case of the GTA, CIBC Deputy Chief Economist Benjamin Tal says the fluctuating numbers aren’t necessarily a reason to panic.

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