How Are Real Estate Prices Doing This Month in Brampton?
Published October 18, 2018 at 2:17 pm
It’s no surprise to hear that it can be prohibitively expensive to purchase a home in some of the Greater Toronto Area’s most in-demand cities.
It’s no surprise to hear that it can be prohibitively expensive to purchase a home in some of the Greater Toronto Area’s most in-demand cities.
However, if you take a look across the country, the issue of real estate prices is not confined to just the GTA alone.
The ever volatile real estate market in Canada is proving itself to be so once again, as prices fell across various regions this past month, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.
As shown in this graph from the CREA, national home sales dropped slightly between August and September of 2018.
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The decline was in more than half of all local markets, such as several in the GTA / Greater Golden Horseshoe Region.
Newly listed homes rose by three per cent, lead by the GTA and Lower Mainland areas of British Columbia.
Within the GTA, home prices rose in the following areas:
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Prices rose in Guelph at an eight per cent increase.
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In the Niagara region, prices rose by 5.9 per cent.
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In the Hamilton / Burlington area, they rose 6.1 per cent.
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In the Oakville / Milton, prices rose by 1.4 per cent.
And here are the regions were home prices dipped, in Ontario and beyond:
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Barrie and the surrounding area saw prices drop 3.6 per cent.
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In Alberta, prices dropped by 2.6 per cent in Calgary and Edmonton.
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In Saskatchewan, prices dropped in Regina by 4.7 per cent and in Saskatoon by 1.9 per cent.
Home prices rose by 6.9 per cent year on year in Ottawa (led by an 7.9 per cent increase in two-storey single family home prices), by 6.1 per cent in Greater Montreal (led by a seven per cent increase in townhouse / row unit prices) and by 3.4 per cent in Greater Moncton, New Brunswick (led by a 10.3 per cent increase in apartment unit prices).
“The balance between the number of home buyers and suitable homes varies depending on location, housing type and price range,” said CREA President Barb Sukkau. “Differences in market balance will likely come into sharper focus as interest rates rise and cause this year’s new mortgage stress-test to become even more restrictive.
“Sales activity may get all the press but it’s the balance between that and the number of homes for sale that sets the tone for pricing environment,” said Gregory Klump, CREA’s Chief Economist. “In markets with an abundant supply of homes and slower sales activity, buyers have the upper hand when it comes to negotiations over price.”
“However, in places where buyers are keen to make a purchase but there’s a shortage of homes for sale, sellers are in the driver’s seat when it comes to price. It will be interesting to see how supply and demand respond to rising interest rates amid this year’s new “stress-test.”
Looks like it’s time for people to consider moving up to Barrie or out west.
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