{"id":7007,"date":"2017-09-25T10:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=7007"},"modified":"2017-09-20T08:41:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:41:30","slug":"real-estate-national-sales-numbers-went-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/09\/real-estate-national-sales-numbers-went-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate National Sales Numbers Went Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The existing housing policy regime in Ontario has not stopped sales activity from intensifying in Toronto, a development that has in turn contributed to sales volume growth on a national basis last month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to statistics released last week by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales rose by 1.3% from July to August. Ontario sales posted a 14.3% month-over-month increase in the same time frame, despite the dampening presence of the foreign home buyers\u2019 tax and the Ontario Fair Housing Plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cExperience shows that home buyers watch mortgage rates carefully and that recent interest rate increases will prompt some to make an offer before rates move higher, while moving others to the sidelines,\u201d CREA president Andrew Peck said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTime will tell whether the monthly rise in August sales activity marks the beginning of a rebound, particularly in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region and other higher-priced urban centres,\u201d CREA chief economist Gregory Klump added. \u201cThe picture will become clearer once mortgages that were pre-approved prior to recent interest rate hikes expire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the number of new listings nationwide fell by 3.9% in August, marking a third straight monthly decline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe national result largely reflects a reduction in newly listed homes in the GTA, Hamilton-Burlington, London-St. Thomas and Kitchener-Waterloo, as well as the Fraser Valley,\u201d CREA reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca\/news\/despite-current-gta-policies-national-sales-numbers-went-up-in-august-231217.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Despite Current GTA Policies, National Sales Numbers Went Up in August<\/a> by Ephraim Vecina | Canadian Real Estate Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The existing housing policy regime in Ontario has not stopped sales activity from intensifying in Toronto, a development that has in turn contributed to sales volume growth on a national &hellip; 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