Some of the indicators around 416 houses show the market seems to be improving. Condos continue to be just fine. For the in-depth highlights of these charts, read my blog post at www.century21.ca/scott.ingram/blog. In the meantime, view the statistical trends with your own eyes with these monthly charts.
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August 2017 - Bouncing back from the bottom: Toronto real estate market charts
1. Toronto Real Estate
Monthly Charts
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Scott Ingram
CPA, CA, MBA
Realtor
Chalmers House
by Blok 70
August
2017
2. Toronto Real Estate
Monthly Market Charts
Introduction
You read sales last month were up x% over last year. What does that really mean??
Was last year a down year, an average year, or a record year? Is that GTA number
youre seeing driven by the 416 or the 905? Is there a clear trend? The charts that follow
will add context and perspective to Torontos monthly real estate statistics. My focus is
the 416, so I pull those numbers out of TREBs regionally-focused information.
I also separate Torontos two distinct market segments: houses (freeholds) and condos,
because lumping them together obscures a lot of information, and you are probably
more interested in one than the other. With segmentation and some historical context, I
aim to give you a clearer vision of market movements and trends.
3. $3K YoY
-0.2%
$81K MoM
-6.9%
Toronto Real Estate
August 2017 Quick Facts
Source for all numbers: Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) Historic Housing Stats (monthly information back to January 1996), Scott Ingram
- Cooling in Houses started mid-April and
price drops continued
- MoM price decline not unusual from July
to Aug (16 of last 22 years), but -6.9% was
worst in last 22 year
- However, MOI improved since July and
average Semi prices actually rose MoM
Houses may have bottomed, condos okay
$87 YoY
+18.9%
$69K MoM
+1.0%
- Condo market more buoyant than
houses in most stats
- Low inventory holding condo market up.
Active listings still way down ( 41% from
5-year norms)
- Sales were even with 5-year Aug norms,
and prices were MoM and YoY, MOI
improved, but DOM still increasing
4. Detached $1,191K / Semi $895K / Row $853K
Aug vs. 16: $3K (-0.2%)
Aug vs. 12: $410K (60%)
5 year avg. annual growth: 9.8%
- Jul to Aug MoM prices have fallen 16 of 22 years but -
6.9% is worst of the group
- Driven down by detached Semis actually up MoM
416 Average Sold Price
(Dollar volume 歎 number of transactions in the month)
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Condo Apt $540K / Condo Townhouse $597K
Aug vs. '16: $87K (18.9%)
Aug vs. '12: $192K (55%)
5 year avg. annual growth: 9.1%
- First month up after 3 months of declines
- MoM +1.0%: Apt +1.4%, Townhouse -2.1%
958
1,110
1,074
1,156 1,170 1,157
1,104
1,096
1,183 1,187
1,221
1,165
1,217
1,4391,432
1,456
1,373
1,268
1,175
1,094
600
700
800
900
1,000
1,100
1,200
1,300
1,400
1,500
1,600
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
$000s 416 Houses (Det & Semi & Row)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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428
452 456 459
438
459 462
474 484 476485
524
562
589
573
559
540 546
200
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350
400
450
500
550
600
650
700
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
$000s 416 Condos (Apt & Town)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
5. 416 Residential Sales Volume
(number of sold transactions in the month)
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Aug vs. '16: 29.4% (vs. Prior 5 years: 25%)
YTD vs. '16: 20.9%
- First Aug sales > July since 2005
- Apr lowest since 2009, May sales lowest since 2000,
Jun/Jul/Aug lowest since 1996 (start of monthly data).
Aug lower than previous low Aug by 16%.
Aug vs. '16: 26.3% (vs. Prior 5 years: 0% )
YTD vs. '16: 5.7%
- Comparisons to 2016 are tough (was 18% vs. 2015).
Last 3 months have been within normal sales ranges.
- Unusual prices have held at above 20% YoY when
volumes down 20-30% last 3 months. Its due to low
inventory (next slide).
1,889
2,102 2,066
1,320
1,162
1,508 1,532
1,393
714
624
1057
1641
1685
1594
1193
791 820
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 House Sales (Det & Semi & Row)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
1,000
1,609
2,066
2,297
2,468 2,472
2,134
2,217
2,039
2,143
1,937
1,350
1254
1816
2565
2402
2272
1916
1484
1635
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Condo Sales (Apt & Town)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
6. 416 Active Listings
(snapshot of properties available for sale at end of each month)
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Aug vs. '16: 81.1% (vs. Prior 5 years: 6%)
YTD vs. '16: 41%
- Listings have been back to within seasonal ranges for
last 5 months
- Houses were 26% of all 416 active listings last August
this year are 43%
Aug vs. '16: 14.4% (vs. Prior 5 years: 41%)
YTD vs. '16: 40%
- Active listings are moving back towards last years
levels, but are still very seasonably low about 1,900
listings less than prior 5 year average
1,168
1,300 1,392 1,452
1,633
1,456
1,283
1,119
1,629 1,612
1,307
599679
836
1228
2034
2941 2876
2574
2026
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Active Listings - Houses
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
3,491
3,718
4,028
4,177 4,249
4,041
3,608
3,134 3,111
2,791
2,203
1,3971529 1443 1546
2148
2854
3074 3080
2682
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Active Listings - Condos
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
7. 416 Monthly Change in Active Listings
(net change in snapshot of properties available for sale at end of each month)
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Aug vs. July avg change 2012-16: -230
- Huge drop from July to August was out of character
were sellers holding back until the fall market, or
holding back as long as it takes until things improve?
Aug vs. July avg change 2012-16: -475
- Didnt drop as much as average, but that is helpful as
still shortage of Active Listings
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157
392
806
907
-65
-302
-548
(1,500)
(1,000)
(500)
0
500
1,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
MoM Net in Active Listings: Houses
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
132
-86
103
602
706
220
6
-398
(1,500)
(1,000)
(500)
0
500
1,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
MoM Net in Active Listings: Condos
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
8. 416 Months Of Inventory
(active listings at month end 歎 sales for month)
Aug vs. '16: 1.5 months (157%)
Aug vs. Prior 5 years: 0.7 months (40%)
- First MOI monthly decrease since Feb to Mar. Was at
first time MOI over 3.0 since Aug 2010
- Detached highest at 2.8 (3.5 in Mar), Semi at 1.8 (2.6),
Row at 1.5 (2.6)
Aug vs. '16: 0.2 months (16%)
Aug vs. Prior 5 years: 1.3 months (45%)
- First decrease since Feb to Mar
- Average since Jan 1996 is 3.0 so still very low historically
- 17 of last 18 months have been below 2.0
- 6 months in row < houses ties record from Jul-Dec 2008
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1.1
0.9
0.8 0.8 0.7
1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8
1.1
0.8 0.7
1.2
1.8
2.4
3.3
2.5
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 House MOI (Det & Semi & Row)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
3.5
2.3
1.9
1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7
1.4 1.5
1.3
1.1 1.0
1.2
0.8
0.6
0.9
1.3
1.6
2.1
1.6
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Condo MOI (Apt & Town)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
9. 416 Average Days On Market
(Days from listed to sold, for those properties sold during the month)
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Aug vs. '16: 8.7 days (57%)
Aug vs. Prior 5 years: 4.0 days (20%)
- Rose for 4th month in a row
- Highest Aug since 2010 (31)
- Still below historical average (since Jan 1996) of 28.1
DOM (median is 26.7)
Aug vs. '16: 1.2 days (5%)
Aug vs. Prior 5 years: 8.0 days (26%)
- Fourth month in a row has risen; makes sense given low
sales figures
- Still lower than last year and way below average of
38 since Jan 1996
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 House DOM (Det & Semi & Row)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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31
24 23
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10
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Condo DOM (Apt & Town)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
10. 416 Sold Over Asking
(Sold properties at 101% of asking price and Sold at 120%, as percent of total monthly sales)
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101% over asking Aug vs. '16: 35 pp (solid lines)
120% over asking Aug vs. '16: 11 pp (dashed lines)
- First month SOA didnt decrease since March
- SOA now happening a lot less than last year
101% over asking Aug vs. '16: 1 pp (solid lines)
120% over asking Aug vs. '16: 0 pp (dashed lines)
- SOA levels have now fallen back to 2016 levels
40%
53%
58%
66%
68% 67%
57% 58%
63%
60%
53%
44%
59%
73%
81%
78%
59%
35%
22% 23%
6%
10% 12%
18%
21% 19%
15% 14%
16% 15% 15%
11%
18%
38%
45%
36%
17%
5% 4% 3%0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Sold Over Asking - Houses
2016 2017 2016 20% OA 2017 20% OA
10%
12%
16%
20%
24%
22% 20% 20%
24%
26% 27% 26%
41%
54%
71%
74%
58%
36%
24%
19%
0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
3%
7%
20% 21%
9%
3%
1% 1%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
416 Sold Over Asking - Condos
2016 2017 2016 20% OA 2017 20% OA
11. 416 Annual Price Increases
(December vs. prior December average price, and current month 2017 compared to Dec 2016)
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20 year House performance: 17 years 3 years (Avg $42K). 20 year CAGR (as at current month) is 5.6%.
20 year Condo performance: 18 years 2 years (Avg $20K). 20 year CAGR (as at current month) is 5.1%.
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46
(11)
27 36
2
49
10 12
130
(51)
57
40
22
33
117
54
105
210
(71)
2
19 12 20 12 3
19
7 11
42
(34)
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20
4
(6)
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17 22
65 70
(100)
(50)
0
50
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'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17
YTD
$000s $ Increases
Houses Condos
7%
17%
(3%)
9% 11%
1%
13%
2% 3%
29%
(9%)
11%
7%
3% 5%
17%
7%
12%
22%
(6%)
2%
12%
7%
11%
6%
2%
9%
3% 4%
17%
(12%)
23%
6%
1%
(2%)
9%
4% 6%
16% 15%
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17
YTD
% Increases
Houses Condos
12. 416 Market Breakdown
1 year ago: Condos 56% / Houses 43%
5 years ago: Condos 51% / Houses 48%
10 years ago: Condos 46% / Houses 53%
20 years ago: Condos 34% / Houses 64%
As the supply of houses is essentially fixed, and more new
condos are completed, transaction share should keep
shifting towards condos. Also, condos are often a starter
home and not held onto as long on average as houses.
While houses were only 41% of sales transaction volume,
in 2016, they accounted for 64% of dollar volume.
Houses
39%
Condos
61%
Share of Transactions - last 12 months
Detached
72%
Semi
20%
Row
7%
Share of House Transactions - last 12 months
Apartment
90%
Townhouse
10%
Share of Condo Transactions - last 12 months
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quantitative and qualitative trends especially in this rapidly shifting real estate market.
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