January 2026 Dear Friend, 3,697 homes sold in December, bringing the years total to 62,433homes, 2/3 of what they should be in a normal market. One of the major drivers of the real estate market is confidence in the economy and confidence in the future. Unfortunately, 2024 and 2025 have been plagued with uncertainty. The US leadership, the economy, higher borrowing rates and of course, the crises in the Middle East and the Ukraine. All of these factors led to a lack of confidence and... [read more]

Dear Friend,   A decent month of sales for GTA realtors as 5,010 homes sold through the MLS system. With a listing inventory of about 25,000 homes, it shows that buyers have a good variety of homes to look at before they buy and this also means that 4 homes are NOT selling! More on that later. The Toronto Real Estate Board reported an average selling price in November as $1,039,458, and it’s interesting to break down that average into different... [read more]

January 2023 Dear Friends, December’s 3,117 sales ended 2022 with a total of 75,140 homes sold at an average price of $1,189,850, compared to 2021’s average price of $1,095,333. While the average price is up from a year ago, it does not tell the whole story. In fact, prices have been adjusting downward since they rose by 25%-28% in last year’s February/March timeframe. Two major factors come into play on the above statistics. One: as we entered 2022, a buying frenzy... [read more]