Gordon Shirbon
Broker

Coldwell Banker Terrequity Realty, Brokerage
Independently owned and operated

211 Consumers Rd., Ste. 105 , Toronto, ON M2J 4G8

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Posts tagged with: competition bureau

Competition in Real Estate

February 18, 2010

My colleagues have always been surprised that a bunch of Federal Lawyers would know anything about competition (actually being Government Employees that they would know anything at all much less about competition). We work in an industry that has an attrition rate approaching 90%.  Of new people coming into our industry 80% do not renew their registration after 2 years and the other 10% are gone in a further 2 years. Does that sound like there is a shortage competition?

The Feds should perhaps try talking to the Oil Companies, Cable Companies, Cell Phone Service Providers, Banks or Insurance Companies where the public perception is that there is an obvious lack of competition or are their campaign contributions too generous or lobbyists too well funded?

Tagged with: competition bureau crea mls

 

 

 

 

April 2012 – GTA MLS Sales.

 

 Toronto, May 3, 2012 – GTA Realtors® reported 10,350 MLS sales for April 2012, 18% higher than the 8,778 sales recorded in April 2011. Sales of single-detached homes were up by 22 % for an average sale price of  $650,147.

The average transaction price for April 2012 was $517,556 – up 8.5 % over April 2011. Condo apartments were up by 4% to $339,978.

Affordability remains good and despite the usual hand wringing by the big banks over consumer indebtedness, interest rates look to remain low for the foreseeable future. 

 Summary of TorontoMLS Sales and Average Price

                                                             March 1 - 31

                                                     2012

                                  2011

                             Sales    

    Average Price

              Sales

Average Price

City of Toronto ("416")

3,682

$548,354

3,610

$498,050

Rest of GTA ("905")

6,008

$477,006

5,376

$428,155

GTA

9,690

$504,117

8,986

$456,234

 

 

 2011 MLS

 

 

 TORONTO, January 5, 2012 The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 4,718 MLS transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in December 2011. This gave a total of 89,347 for the year – up four per cent in comparison to 2010 and is the second best year on record under the current Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) boundaries. This despite an extended shortage of listings. . We could have sold more had we the product and possibly kept the year on year price increase below 8%. An increase from the $431,276 of 2010 to $465,412 in 2011. A more sustainable 4% increase is forecast for 2012 to an average price in the $480,000’s

 

 

 

 Summary of TorontoMLS® Sales and Average Price

December 1-31

2011

     2010

                                                    Sales

                                                Ave. Price

                     Sales

         Ave. Price

City of Toronto "416"

1,948

$474,270

1,818

$463,580

Rest of GTA "905"

2,770

$435,378

2,468

$411,383

GTA

4,718

$451,436

4,286

$433,523

                   

 

 

 




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