Durham Region's real estate market is blooming at a faster pace than the flowers but, given the miserable weather we had, that's not all too surprising.
Prices are trending upward over March, and there is more inventory for buyers in a stark contrast from last year's craziness where scant inventory led to frenzied bidding wars across the region.
Durham Region prices dropped 13.2% compared to April of 2017, but they increased 1.9% over March 2018 levels. Making comparisons to last year isn't reflective of a typical sales cycle, however, as prices, volume and days on market were all well off norms through the end of spring last year.
Average prices for all of TREB are still higher than August's low, as shown in the following chart (burgundy line), though the numbers since October are following a more typical price trend that we saw in the previous year (as prices were mostly rising regardless of season). Most of the areas in Durham Region (blue line) and Oshawa (purple) have increased since their low point in July, with varying performance since then.
Oshawa is at a high point since it's July low, showing good price performance compared to most GTA cities over the same period.
The Toronto Real Estate Board's (TREB) latest market statistics show the average Durham property at $609,813 - up from last month's 598,412 by $11,401.
Sales volume fell 37.4% with 930 units sold versus 1485 last April, but well up from last month, when there were 846 transactions.
The average selling price of homes in the GTA this April was $804,584. This represents a 12.6% decrease since April 2017. Sales volume was down 33%.
Inventory - Balance Brings Back Negotiating
Active listings within the board increased 40.8%, which shows a shift in market fundamentals. The jump in inventory is helping to make the market more balanced - more inventory means less bidding wars as supply rises.
In Durham, the increase was 62% with 1915 active listings over just 1182 last year. This helps to explain why prices dropped from last year's levels.
The increase still isn't enough to make it a buyer's market, though. The average property in Durham still sold for 99% of asking. That's still close to being on par with the entire GTA, and is partly due to Durham having the lowest average prices in the region.
The current trend shows 2.2 months of inventory.
What are homes selling for in Durham Region Cities?
The MLS Home Price Index helps to normalize the statistics, by adjusting sales statistics to represent typical homes within MLS areas. When using these numbers, Oshawa showed a composite annual drop of 7.1%, compared to the TREB average of -5.15%.
Inventory levels continue at moderate levels with 2.5 months of inventory on hand across the board. This means that a current sales levels, all of the property would be bought up in the GTA in 2.5 months (if no new listings were added). In Durham, there is 2.2 months inventory.
The average listing in Durham spent 20 days on the market. The TREB average was 20 days.
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