Single -
detached home prices in the city of Toronto jumped by 32.3 per cent in a year, and now average $ 1.35 million.
Not exact matches
Jason Mercer, the board's senior manager of market analysis, said the rise
in prices was
in large part a result of inadequate supply of
detached and semi-
detached homes in many parts of the GTA, particularly
in the
city of Toronto.
With a mixture of 2 - storey
detached properties from as early as the 1950's, and new build
homes from the last 5 years,
prices in East Guelph come
in at an average of 10 - 15 % less than the
city - wide average.
Renting out a portion of your
home has become more common
in major
cities like Vancouver, where the average house
price is above $ 700,000 and many people can not afford a single
detached home on their own.
The average
price of a
detached home in the
City of Toronto hit $ 1,573,622, 29.8 per cent higher than a year ago.
But, as you are by now well aware, this is entirely a two -
city story, with benchmark
prices in Vancouver flaring 29.7 % year - over-year
in the month (including a nosebleed - inducing 37 % year - over-year rise
in detached homes), while Toronto
prices are up 15 % year - over-year.
Detached homes in this area sold for as much as 10.4 % ($ 98,490) less than the
city average, and semi-
detached homes in this school district sold for
prices 14 % ($ 93,306) below the Toronto average
in 2014.
While both areas are cheaper relative to some of the surrounding areas,
prices in River Heights cost almost 20 % more than a single family
detached home in the
city.
The market recovery
in September
in the GTA was driven primarily by buoyant sales of
detached homes in the
City of Toronto, where
prices climbed 13.8 per cent
in September compared to August.
Canada's condo boom continues to surprise, with groundbreaking
in Toronto still going strong even as
prices of
detached homes in Canada's largest
city slump, but recent rate hikes and rent controls are likely to cool condo
prices by 2018.
Existing
home prices continue to grow
in the
city with the average
price of a
detached home up 20.7 per cent
in July from a year ago to more than $ 1.2 million.
New statistics from the Toronto Real Estate Board released Wednesday show the average
price of a
detached home in the
city reached $ 1,040,018
in February, the first time
prices have crossed over the seven - figure threshold
in any housing category.
For example, average
price now approaches $ 400,000
in the Greater Toronto Area, while the starting
price for a
detached home can be as low as $ 300,000
in areas east and west of the
city.