GTA home prices dropped for fourth consecutive month in June
June sales of Toronto homes fell by just over 41 per cent compared with the same month last year as higher borrowing costs weighed on the market, the region's real estate board said Wednesday.
About 6,474 homes changed hands last month, down from 11,053 during the prior June, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said. June sales were also down compared to May.
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While the board attributed some of the decrease between May and June to seasonal trends, it said the figure and year-over-year sales suggest the current, cooler market conditions will persist.
“Home sales have been impacted by both the affordability challenge presented by mortgage rate hikes and the psychological effect wherein homebuyers who can afford higher borrowing costs have put their decision on hold to see where home prices end up,” Kevin Crigger, the board's president, said in a release.
“Expect current market conditions to remain in place during the slower summer months.”
Crigger's prediction comes as several of the country's biggest housing markets - Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary - have eased in recent months.
Realtors and economists attribute the phenomenon to rising interest and mortgage rates as well as inflation, which recently hit 7.7 per cent, the highest it's been in almost 40 years. The Bank of Canada has teased further hikes could be on their way.
Those conditions mean less purchasing power for prospective buyers, but the market is still shifting in their favour because homes are sitting for sale longer and often not garnering the frantic bidding wars they would have months ago.
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Though homes sold for less on average in June than those that changed hands in May, prices were still up from last year.
The average home price in the region stretched to $1,146,254 last month, a roughly five per cent increase from June 2021. June's average was an almost six per cent drop from May 2022.
The year-over-year increases in prices were seen across every category of housing and stretched to areas surrounding Toronto.
Average prices in the 416 - a nickname for the City of Toronto that excludes its suburbs - reached $1,737,012 for detached homes, $1,027,050 for townhouses and $771,267 for condos.
In suburban regions of the GTA, known as the 905, the average price was more than $1,361,862 for a detached home, $906,311 for a townhouse and $692,598 for a condo.
As prices crept up from June 2021, real estate agents have noticed many have held off listing their properties, preferring to wait for the market to turn again.
The number of properties listed during June was almost unchanged from last year, the board found.
New listings rose by one per cent to 16,347 last month from June 2021. They also dropped 12 per cent from May 2022.
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