TORONTO — The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) recently reported that the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) new home market was relatively strong in September, both in terms of new home sales and new project openings.
There were 3,061 new home sales in September, according to Altus Group, BILD’s official source for new home market intelligence. This was up 73 per cent from September 2018 and six per cent above the 10-year average, indicates a release.
Condominium apartments in low, medium and high-rise buildings, stacked townhouses and loft units accounted for 2,107 new home sales. That’s up 39 per cent from September 2018 and 12 per cent above the 10-year average.
Single-family home sales — with 954 detached, linked and semi-detached houses and townhouses (excluding stacked townhouses) sold — were up 283 per cent from last September and just five per cent below the 10-year average, adds the release.
With a number of new projects coming to market in September, remaining inventory — which includes units in preconstruction projects, projects currently under construction and in completed buildings — increased from the previous month, to 18,745 units.
The benchmark price of new single-family homes in September was $1,081,175, down 3.4 per cent over the last 12 months. The benchmark price of new condominium apartments was $841,159, up 6.5 per cent over the last 12 months.
“September provided additional evidence that the new home market in the GTA is recovering nicely from last year’s slump,” said Patricia Arsenault, Altus Group’s executive vice-president, Data Solutions, in a statement. “The degree of improvement in both new home sales and new project openings this year has been contained, however, and there are no signs of overheating in the market.”
“While new home sales and inventory have been increasing, the GTA continues to experience a significant housing supply crunch,” said David Wilkes, BILD president & CEO, in a statement. “We must continue to focus on the supply side of the housing equation to address this generational challenge for the long term.”
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