Only three houses were sold in North Riverdale in February, and all three sold well over the list price. All of them sold on the day set up for offers, all within 6 days of listing.
Average selling price was $1,852,677, and the listings sold, on average, for 131% of the asking price.
The highest ratio of selling price to listing price was 144%, paid for a small 2-storey semi-detached home with 1 car parking space off a back lane on a lovely street just south of Withrow Park.
The most money paid over asking price was $611,031, for a 3-storey detached house east of the park.
Six houses were listed in February. One renovated semi-detached 3-storey house, listed close to the end of the month, did not sell on the offer date, and was immediately re-listed at $200,000 more and sold in 2 days getting 98% of the new listing price. Two more, listed on February 28th, sold on the offer day at the beginning of March.
South Riverdale
South Riverdale had 22 MLS sales and 24 new listing in February. Four of the new listings were terminated, and one of the terminated listings was immediately re-listed $300,000 higher and sold for 98% of the new price on the day the new listing was signed.
Average selling price was $1,166,477, and the listings sold, on average, for 124% of the asking price, ranging from 98% to 151%. Three listings sold below asking, one received full asking price, and remaining eighteen sold above asking.
The most money paid over the listing price, $502,000, was received for a 3-bedroom renovated detached house with one car parking on a quiet leafy street south of Gerrard.
Fourteen houses sold within first week on MLS, with the shortest time of one day (the house sold on the day listing was signed was actually exposed to the market for 7 days with the previous listing in place). The longest time necessary to market a listing was 29 days, for a 3-unit semi on a busy street. Three of the listings were sold with a bully offer.
for the period of time between January 1, 2017 and January 17, 2017
January is typically a slow month in real estate sales, with kids at home during the first week, grown-ups recovering still from holiday activities, and uncooperative weather. Last year ended with a very low listing inventory and buyers eagerly awaiting new listings. We were hoping that, with a relatively mild and snow-free weather, more properties will be coming on the market early in 2017. But, so far, it didn't happen.
When compared to a year ago, number of listings and sales are a bit lower in both freehold and condominium ownership types, but not by a huge amount. Where we see a very big difference is in the proportion of listings sold above the asking price. In freehold houses 47% of listings were sold above asking this year, compared to 24% in 2016. But the largest difference is in condo sales - while only 6% were sold over asking in the first 17 days of 2016, this year 35% went over asking.
I compared the listing and sales information for the same 17 days in 2016 and 2017 in the City of Toronto (416 area).
Freehold properties
508 houses were listed in 2017, and of these new listings 115 sold firm, and 19 were sold conditionally. Additionally, 126 older listings were sold, to a total of 241 sales.
Listed
Sold
Below
asking
Full
price
Over
asking
Highest
% over
Highest
$ over
2017
508
241
106
21
114
198%
$570,000
2016
602
257
153
43
61
136%
$587,000
Condominium residences
including condo apartments, condo townhouses, co-op and co-ownership apartments
1058 new condo listings were added to the MLS system between January 1 and January 17, 2017. Out of these new listings 148 have been sold and 224 are sold conditionally. All of condo unit sales are conditional on the buyer's lawyer reviewing the buildings Status Certificate documents.
Additionally 247 of the existing listings from 2016 were sold, to a total of 395 sales.
In the Globe Real Estate from last Friday (October 7, 2016) in
Done Deals
section a sale of a single family residence at 24 Ridley Blvd. is reported sold.
While the list price is reported correctly as $1,595,000, the report provides the sale price as $2,650,000. If you read the article, you would have also noticed that this house received two competing offers.
How is it possible, you may ask, that with only two competing offers the house sold for more than one million over the asking price? Yes, the four bedroom detached centre hall home is handsome, but neither the location, lot size, facade, nor its interior are truly outstanding and remarkable... And a corner lot, while providing good light for the interior, does not appeal to every buyer. The house is also situated extremely close to its neighbour to the south, which makes the original part of the interior feel more like a semi-detached structure.
As it turns out, the article was wrong. Sale price for this house was $1,650,000, only $55,000 over the list price. And, while receiving $55,000 more than the asking price is nothing to sneeze at, in today's real estate market in Toronto it is nothing out of the ordinary.
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Market Watch - August 2016 real estate sales in Toronto
In the video published on September 7th, 2016, Toronto Real Estate Board Senior Manager, Jason Mercer, talks about the real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area in August. With August over, and the kids back at school, we are at an unofficial end of summer.
August sales have been very strong, and substantially more properties have been reported sold than in August 2015. Part of the reason lies in the fact that there were two more working days in August this year, and majority of sales are reported on working days. Greater Toronto Area Realtors reported 9,813 sales in August, 1,870 more than last year.
Relatively strong regional economy, low borrowing costs and growth in average earnings are some of the factors behind the strong demand for house ownership. Very limited listings supply, with number of new listings down by 1.2%, resulted in strong competition between prospective buyers, and very strong price growth in all property types. In comparison with August 2015 the average price of all property types increased by 17.7%. The highest price increase - 23.3% - was again reported for detached homes in the 905 area. In the City of Toronto detached house prices increased by 18.3%.
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Greater Toronto Area house and condo sales in July
In the video published on July 6th, 2016, Toronto Real Estate Board Senior Manager, Jason Mercer, discusses the real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area in June. At the end of June the spring market came officially to a close. Looking at the sales in the first half of the year it isn't surprising that it was the best June on record in the Toronto MLS system. 7.5% more properties were reported sold in the Greater Toronto Area, comparing to June 2015. In the City of Toronto the increase in the number of sales was 4.6%. New listings were down by 3.5%, and listing inventory decreased by 31.4%.
Strong demand houses and condos continues, and, with a very limited supply, the competition between prospective buyers is fierce. Average price of all property types increased, in comparison with June 2015, by 16.8%. The highest price increase was reported for detached homes in the 905 area. In the City of Toronto detached house prices increased by 19.6%.
It is summer, and - looking back to spring real estate market - the hopes for more listings did not materialize, fierce competition between buyers resulted in bidding wars and many house and condo sales well over the asking price.
I was told by one of agents met at an open house that many of our colleagues set a listing price by $200,000 below the market value. They justify that saying that prospective buyers expect the listings to sell $200,000 or more over the asking price, so they will not consider looking at homes close to the upper limit of their budget. Seems like a vicious circle to me. One longs for the times when professionalism meant conducting a thorough research and setting a listing price that was within a reasonable range from the market value.
Last week of June saw a 46% decline in new freehold listings and a 17% decline in sales. That, of course, meant even more competition for a limited supply, and 70% of listings were sold at or above list price.
New condo listings declined as well, by 25.5%, with 19% fewer sales, and 35.5% sales at or above asking price.
Real Estate Activity in the Annex, Toronto, in 2015
61 properties were sold on MLS in the Annex in 2015. Among these were 6 attached homes (or freehold townhouses), 36 semi-detached, 14 detached houses, 1 duplex, 1 triplex, 1 fourplex, 1 multiplex, and 1 vacant lot.
Average sold price for these listings was $1,767,153, ranging from $700,000 for a 2-storey renovated 2-unit semi on a busy street to $5,300,000 for a 3-storey, 8-bedroom estate home on a 81 by 106 feet lot, currently housing four elegantly appointed units with over 5,000 square feet of living space, multiple fireplaces and lovely stained glass.
The homes sold, on average, for 102% of the list price. That percentage ranged from 84% to 134%. The highest amount of money paid over the listing price was $805,000. It took, on average, 23 days to sell a listing, and that time ranged from as short as 1 day, to as long as 137 days.
25 listings were sold above asking price, five sold for the asking price, and 31 below asking.
The table below shows all MLS sales of freehold houses in the Annex between the beginning of January and the end of December 2015. If you are interested in finding a home in this popular neighbourhood, please
contact Marisha
- she will be glad to assist you.
Street Name
List Price
Type
Style
BR
Kit
DOM
Sold Date
Bathurst
$699,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
3
1
7
7/23/2015
Dupont
$699,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
3
2
23
10/21/2015
Bathurst
$749,000
Triplex
2 1/2 Storey
4
3
7
10/27/2015
Howland
$899,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
3
2
5
5/11/2015
Wells
$899,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
3
1
16
10/8/2015
Wells
$899,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
3
2
9
3/18/2015
Brunswick
$899,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
5
2
3
5/10/2015
Bedford
$949,000
Semi-Detached
2 1/2 Storey
4
1
6
5/11/2015
Albany
$975,000
Vacant Land
106
8/26/2015
Wells
$1,100,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
3
7
7/6/2015
Albany
$1,149,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
1
8
7/15/2015
Brunswick
$1,190,000
Detached
2-Storey
4
1
16
10/16/2015
Brunswick
$1,190,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
5
1
8
8/19/2015
Annex
$1,198,000
Att/Row/Twnhouse
3-Storey
3
1
9
1/28/2015
Albany
$1,198,800
Semi-Detached
2 1/2 Storey
4
2
9
7/8/2015
Albany
$1,199,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
5
2
10
2/27/2015
Annex
$1,285,000
Att/Row/Twnhouse
3-Storey
3
1
4
9/20/2015
Madison
$1,299,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
2
9
7/15/2015
Spadina
$1,399,000
Semi-Detached
2 1/2 Storey
7
2
8
6/25/2015
Albany
$1,399,000
Semi-Detached
2 1/2 Storey
6
2
7
3/18/2015
Howland
$1,400,000
Detached
3-Storey
5
1
7
4/21/2015
Howland
$1,429,000
Att/Row/Twnhouse
2 1/2 Storey
4
1
6
12/16/2015
Dupont
$1,429,000
Att/Row/Twnhouse
3-Storey
3
1
65
3/27/2015
Tranby
$1,495,000
Semi-Detached
2 1/2 Storey
4
1
22
6/12/2015
Admiral
$1,495,000
Detached
2-Storey
2
1
29
11/12/2015
Tranby
$1,499,000
Att/Row/Twnhouse
2 1/2 Storey
4
2
21
10/27/2015
Walmer
$1,499,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
6
3
9
6/4/2015
Chicora
$1,499,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
3
1
14
4/7/2015
Chicora
$1,499,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
5
1
15
5/20/2015
Albany
$1,499,900
Duplex
3-Storey
5
3
63
10/27/2015
Dalton
$1,500,000
Detached
3-Storey
5
3
34
11/4/2015
Albany
$1,599,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
5
1
13
7/29/2015
Brunswick
$1,599,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
8
2
25
7/17/2015
Brunswick
$1,599,000
Detached
3-Storey
5
1
28
11/19/2015
Chicora
$1,649,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
3
1
7
3/30/2015
Albany
$1,649,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
1
1
4/23/2015
Bernard
$1,650,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
1
7
5/20/2015
Madison
$1,695,000
Semi-Detached
2 1/2 Storey
8
3
94
8/7/2015
Tranby
$1,699,900
Detached
3-Storey
4
1
1
3/12/2015
Kendal
$1,759,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
6
2
2
3/26/2015
Brunswick
$1,759,000
Detached
3-Storey
5
1
36
8/12/2015
Tranby
$1,799,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
1
10
6/25/2015
Madison
$1,890,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
3
1
4
5/26/2015
Tranby
$1,895,000
Detached
2 1/2 Storey
4
1
33
5/17/2015
Tranby
$1,895,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
2
1
6
4/12/2015
Madison
$1,899,000
Fourplex
3-Storey
3
3
12
12/5/2015
Boswell
$1,900,000
Att/Row/Twnhouse
2 1/2 Storey
3
1
18
5/2/2015
Madison
$1,995,000
Detached
3-Storey
5
2
3
4/18/2015
Elgin
$2,100,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
3
1
6
5/25/2015
Madison
$2,200,000
Detached
2 1/2 Storey
7
1
6
9/1/2015
Boswell
$2,250,000
Semi-Detached
2-Storey
3
1
3
6/6/2015
Admiral
$2,498,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
3
1
98
10/12/2015
Boswell
$2,649,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
3
1
137
10/25/2015
Walmer
$2,770,000
Detached
2 1/2 Storey
5
1
7
4/24/2015
Boswell
$2,875,000
Detached
2-Storey
3
1
94
3/5/2015
Brunswick
$3,250,000
Multiplex
3-Storey
9
9
57
6/5/2015
Lowther
$3,250,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
1
78
11/28/2015
Bernard
$3,295,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
2
1
24
6/15/2015
Admiral
$3,695,000
Semi-Detached
3-Storey
4
1
13
3/10/2015
Admiral
$3,995,000
Detached
3-Storey
7
4
32
11/24/2015
Lowther
$4,495,000
Detached
3-Storey
8
4
14
10/6/2015
For more detailed information on property value in this neighbourhood, or for a complimentary market value analysis of your property, please give Marisha a call or
e-mail her
.
If you are interested in last year's sales in the Annex neighbourhood please visit
Annex 2014 house values
.
2015 was a record setting year in Toronto real estate. 101,299 listings were sold in the GTA - 9.2% more than in 2014. Average price of all property types increased by 9.8%, to $622,217.
As we saw in 2014, a shortage of listings, especially in the low rise category, caused competition between prospective buyers and bidding wars. In the City of Toronto 10,781 listings were sold above asking price - that's 27.8% of all listings sold. 8,469 (or 46.8%) of these sales above listing price were of freehold houses. 11.2% of condo sales also received more than the listing price.
56 listings in the City of Toronto sold for more than 140% of the asking price. The highest percentage received for a house - 163% - was paid in April for a detached home in Seaton Village. There was one sale at 313% of listing price of a vacant land at Eglinton and Mount Pleasant. One condo listing also sold for 140% of asking, getting $805,000 above the asking price of $1,995,000.
New rules are in place now to prevent a possible abuse of the hot market by unscrupulous individuals. The owners must decide, before the listing is posted, whether or not they are willing to entertain a preemptive offer, and that decision must be clearly stated on the listing. And the listing brokerage must keep on file all registered offers, either as a copy of the offer or a signed Offer Summary Document.
In December in the City of Toronto the average price of a detached house was $1,039,638, of a semi-detached was $743,738, and of a townhouse was $502,648. Condo apartments sold, on average, for $400,088, and condo townhouses for $477,628.
In the video published on July 7th, 2015, Toronto Real Estate Board Senior Manager, Jason Mercer, discusses the real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area in June. He mentions the substantial (18%) increase in the number of properties sold. While the number of new listings also increased, the rate of increase was considerably lower than that in sales.
Mr. Mercer also mentions the MLS Home Price Index, explaining that, while the growth in average prices is at least in part due to the increase of higher priced houses sold, the Home Price Index compares prices of similar properties in different time periods, thereby providing a more accurate image where it comes to house prices.
During our first sales meeting at Bosley we discussed what type of property might be in high demand this year. It was agreed unanimously that large condos in the central core that can accommodate down-sizing home owners will be very popular.
There was a general concern that empty nesters will be the ones to be hardest hit if the market turns, as their home in many cases is important for their retirement and for the purchase of a condo or townhouse to live. With a favourable market to sell right now, many older couples are considering making the move sooner rather than later, to maximize the investment in their home in case there is a correction to the market.
We know that some of our clients are considering downsizing, and
we are planning to host an evening
with guest speakers to cover some of the options for empty nesters. Some older buildings fly under the radar, but offer better space, layout and storage with options to renovate. This would be the kind of thing we would present, as well as providing speakers on estate planning, de-cluttering etc. If you think you might be interested in attending such an event, please let us know, and we will keep you posted with a time and location once we have it all organized.
One of the buildings worth recommending is
Eglinton Place
at 123 Eglinton Avenue East - a high quality Tridel building with suites ranging in size from 600 to over 3000 sf.
The number of new listings is growing, and sales are busy. In the downtown Toronto condo market, sales increased by 30%, and the number of condo units selling above the asking price is up to 17% from the 9% seen at the beginning of January. Downtown freehold listings increased by 67%, but at the same time the sales grew by 95%. 53% of houses sold in this period received more than the listing price. With the interest rates low we expect a very
busy
year ahead.