Toronto Real Estate Board President Dianne Usher announced that “home buyers remained confident in purchasing Toronto condos during the first three months of 2014. This included first-time buyers and seasoned home owners looking to change their housing situation. Despite the Toronto condo market being well-supplied, strong sales growth translated into a robust increase in the average selling price.”

Toronto real estate agents reported 4,454 condos sold through the Toronto MLS system in Q1 2014 – up 9% compared to 4,085 sales reported in Q1 2013. The average selling price for Q1 2014 transactions was up by 5.6% year-over-year to $351,213. The City of Toronto accounted for 70% of all condo apartment transactions, with 3,121 sales reported. The average selling price in the City was $376,226.

Comment: Wait… isn’t the Toronto condo market supposed to slowing down, or crashing? Oh yeah, no, it isn’t.

The supply of Toronto condos for sale listings also edged up in the first three months of 2014. New listings reported during the quarter were up by 3.1% year-over-year. Active listings at the end of the quarter were up by 1.8%.

Comment: At least one segment is seeing more listings.

“The number of new Toronto condominium completions was up substantially in 2014. Because of this, we could see stronger growth in listings in the second half of 2014 as some investors choose to list their units for sale. If this occurs, buyers would benefit from more choice in the marketplace and thus could have more negotiating power with regard to price,” said Jason Mercer, TREB’s Senior Manager of Market Analysis.

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Laurin Jeffrey is a Toronto real estate agent with Century 21 Regal Realty.
He did not write these articles, he just reproduces them here for people who
are interested in Toronto real estate. He does not work for any builders.
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