Some of Canada’s largest real estate boards and associations have reported strong activity in home sales as the summer buying season gathers pace:
- Greater Toronto Real Estate Board: July sales at a record 9,880, up 8 per cent from a year earlier. Condos up 14.4 per cent across the GTA. Average selling price up 10.6 per cent year-over-year to $609,236.
- Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver: July sales 3,978, up 30 per cent from a year earlier. Benchmark price $700,500, up 11.2 per cent year-over-year.
- Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors: July sales 570, up 1.1 per cent from a year earlier. Average sale price $344,523, up 2.1 per cent year-over-year.
- Ottawa Real Estate Board: July sales 1,436, down 0.3 per cent from a year earlier. Average sale price for condo-category homes $255,102, down 2.6 per cent year-over-year. Average sale price for other property types $394,889, up 4.5 per cent year-over-year.
- Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors: July sales 628, up 4.15 per cent from a year earlier. Average selling price $206,201, up 3.81 per cent.
- Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors: July sales 444. Average selling price $357,304.
