"The forecast has been raised substantially," Dunning says. "For the past three months, resale activity has been much stronger than I had been anticipating."
A $378,700 price is spitting distance of the $379,347 average price recorded at the end of 2008. Dunning says this year's average price could surpass last year's.
Under that scenario, prices would have increased every year since 1996 – a total of 13 straight years.
Not bad, considering that consumers have been repeatedly told this is the biggest economic downturn in North America since the Great Depression.
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The Toronto real estate market is being driven by First Time Buyers and by a lack of affordable inventory (homes for sale) geared to first time buyers.
IMHO If there is a doubling of the current interest rates from the below or near 4% range for five year fixed money; there will be two major effects, Shoppers will be eliminated from the Buyer pool and there will be a softening in prices as demand lessens.
We are in the Firm grip of a Seller's Market and no one wants to discuss the lack of inventory.
What do you think will happen next year?
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