BILD and RealNet Canada revealed their January new Toronto Home and Condo statistics for 2011.
In the Greater Toronto Area new home total sales were down by 13.5 per cent but new Condominium sales were up reaching the second highest level since 2000.
Read their report below:
TORONTO, Feb. 22 /CNW/ - The first statistics on the GTA new housing market for 2011 reveal a good start to the New Year, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today.
According to RealNet Canada Inc., BILD's official source of new home market information, there were 2,335 new homes and condominium suites sold in the Greater Toronto Area in January. While total sales were down 13 per cent from the January prior, high-rise sales reached their second highest level in the last 11 years (since 2000).
BILD President and CEO Stephen Dupuis indicated that 2,335 unit sales in January is quite respectable considering that most builders are using that month to sell inventory as they prepare to launch new phases and projects in February and March
."January is not a heavily weighted month in the grand scheme of things, but sales of over 2,300 units in January bodes well for the Spring market," Dupuis said.
| January '11 | Low Rise | High Rise | Total | ||||||
| Region | 2010 | 2011 | % Change | 2010 | 2011 | % Change | 2010 | 2011 | %Change |
| Durham | 216 | 166 | -23.1% | 7 | 8 | 14.3% | 223 | 174 | -22.0% |
| Halton | 123 | 212 | 72.4% | 46 | 25 | -45.7% | 169 | 237 | 40.2% |
| Peel | 309 | 262 | -15.2% | 73 | 90 | 23.3% | 382 | 352 | -7.9% |
| Toronto | 78 | 43 | -44.9% | 824 | 675 | -18.1% | 902 | 718 | -20.4% |
| York | 540 | 412 | -23.7% | 119 | 133 | 11.8% | 659 | 545 | -17.3% |
| GTA | 1,266 | 1,095 | -13.5% | 1,069 | 931 | -12.9% | 2,335 | 2,026 | -13.2% |
| Jan-Jan | 1,266 | 1,095 | -13.5% | 1,069 | 931 | -12.9% | 2,335 | 2,026 | -13.2% |
Source: RealNet Canada Inc.
With more than 1,350 members, BILD, formed through the merger of the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association and Urban Development Institute/Ontario, is the voice of the land development, home building and professional renovation industry in the Greater Toronto Area. BILD is proudly affiliated with the Ontario and Canadian Home Builders' Associations.
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