Real Estate Monthly Market Update – September’2022

Whether you are buying or selling a house, it is important to know the current real estate market trends and the market performance to make the right decision. So here is the real estate market update for the month of September 2022. 

Highlights:

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) housing market continued its adjustment to higher borrowing costs in September 2022. Sales for the month reached 5,038 but were down by 44.1% compared to September 2021. 

“We must ensure that the temporary dip in housing demand is not allowed to mask the critical shortage of homes available for sale in the GTA. Candidates running in the upcoming Ontario municipal elections must ensure home buyers and renters have adequate housing options in the years to come. Municipal council decisions have a direct impact on housing affordability, in terms of the protracted development approval processes, high development fees, and other related policies that preclude timely housing development,” said TRREB President Kevin Crigger.

“Elected councils must also reconsider existing policies that preclude homeowners from listing their homes for sale, including significant added upfront costs like the land transfer tax. Potential new policies like mandatory home energy audits could also create unnecessary interference and delays in the home selling process and dissuade some homeowners from listing their homes for sale,” said TRREB CEO John DiMichele.

“Hovering just below $1.1 million, the average selling price may have found some support during the last couple of months of summer. With new listings down quite substantially year-over-year and well-below historic norms, some home buyers are quite possibly experiencing tighter market conditions in some GTA neighborhoods. October

generally represents the peak of the fall market, so it will be important to see where price trends head over the next month,” said TRREB Chief Market Analyst Jason Mercer.

 Year-Over-Year Summary:

The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) Composite benchmark was up on a year-over-year basis by 4.3%. Over the same period of time, the average price dipped by 4.3% to $1,086,762. The average price was up compared to August 2022. New listings were also down on a year-over-year basis by 16.7% to 11,237. This was the lowest number of new listings reported for the month of September since 2002. This is especially troublesome given that the stock of homes in the GTA increased markedly over the last 20 years.

Area-wise: 

Apart from the overall real estate market trend, it is important to know the area-wise trend as well to invest in the right place.