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GTA REALTORS® Release Mid-Month Resale Housing Figures
May 16, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 4,476 transactions through the TorontoMLS system during the first 14 days of May.  This result represented a decline of 9.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2012.  Sales declines were larger for the City of Toronto, at 11.4 per cent, versus the surrounding regions where sales were down by 8.6 per cent year-over-year.



GTA REALTORS® Release Monthly Resale Housing Figures
May 3, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 9,811 sales through the TorontoMLS system in April 2013, representing a dip of two per cent in comparison to 10,021 transactions in April 2012.  Both new listings during the month and active listings at the end of April were up on a year-over-year basis.



GTA Commercial REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures
May 3, 2013 -- Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) Commercial Division Members reported 628,624 square feet of leased space in April 2013 – a 7.3 per cent year-over-year decline in comparison to 678,004 square feet leased in April 2012.



Competition Tribunal Dismisses Case against TREB
April 16, 2013 -- On April 15, the Competition Tribunal announced that it has dismissed an Application initiated by the Commissioner of Competition against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), and ordered costs payable by the Commissioner of Competition to TREB.



GTA REALTORS® Release Mid-Month Resale Housing Figures
April 16, 2013 -- Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,260 sales through the TorontoMLS system during the first 14 days of April, representing a slight dip of less than one per cent compared to the same period in 2012.  The reported sales figure did benefit from one extra working day compared to last year, because Good Friday in 2012 fell in April.



GTA REALTORS® Release Rental Market Report
April 16, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported a substantial increase in the number of condominium apartments rented through the TorontoMLS system in the first quarter of 2013.  There were 4,277 condominium apartments rented – up by almost 13 per cent on a year-over-year basis.



GTA REALTORS® Release Condo Market Report
April 16, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 4,133 condominium apartment sales through the TorontoMLS system during the first quarter of 2013.  This result was down by approximately 17 per cent in comparison to the first quarter of 2012.



GTA REALTORS® Release Monthly Resale Housing Figures
April 3, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 7,765 transactions through the TorontoMLS system in March 2013 – down 17 per cent compared to 9,385 transactions in March 2012. While the year-over-year dip in March sales followed the trend that has unfolded since mid-way through 2012, it is also important to note that the Good Friday holiday was in March this year versus April in 2012. Generally speaking, there are fewer sales reported on statutory holidays and weekends.



GTA Commercial REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures
April 3, 2013 -- Toronto Real Estate Board Commercial Division Members reported 4,547,945 square feet of space leased through the TorontoMLS system in the first quarter of 2013. This represented a decrease of 4.5 per cent in comparison to Q1 2012. Leased industrial space – the key market segment for TorontoMLS leasing – amounted to 3,563,287 square feet, or 78 per cent of total leased space in Q1.



Toronto Real Estate Board Says Land Transfer Tax Should Be Scrapped, Not Capped
March 20, 2013 -- In light of a proposal to cap the Toronto Land Transfer Tax, being considered by the City of Toronto’s Executive Committee today, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) is restating its strong belief that this tax should be phased-out.



GTA REALTORS® Release Mid-Month Resale Housing Figures
March 18, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 3,594 transactions through the TorontoMLS system during the first 14 days of March 2013 – down 11.5 per cent compared to the same period last year.  The number of new listings was up by less than two per cent.



GTA REALTORS® Release Monthly Resale Housing Figures
March 5, 2013 -- Greater Toronto Area (GTA) REALTORS® reported 5,759 sales through the TorontoMLS system in February 2013 – a decline of 15 per cent in comparison to February 2012. It should be noted that 2012 was a leap year with one extra day in February. A 28 day year-over-year sales comparison resulted in a lesser decline of 10.5 per cent.



GTA Commercial REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures
March 5, 2013 -- Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) Commercial Division Members reported 460,884 total square feet of leased space through the TorontoMLS system in February (based on lease transactions for which pricing was disclosed). This result represented a year-over-year increase of 16 per cent in comparison to February 2012.

 



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