{"id":69,"date":"2006-02-17T00:35:39","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T06:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montreal-realestate.ca\/english\/2006\/02\/resale-market-a-record-year-is-underway\/"},"modified":"2006-02-17T00:35:39","modified_gmt":"2006-02-17T06:35:39","slug":"resale-market-a-record-year-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montreal-realestate.ca\/english\/resale-market-a-record-year-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Resale Market: A Record Year is Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the statistics released by the Greater Montr\u00e9al Real Estate Board (GMREB), a total of 3,544 properties were sold through the S.I.A.\u00ae\/Realtor\u00ae system in August 2005<!--more-->, a 12% increase compared to the 3,162 sales recorded for the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the best month of August ever recorded by the GMREB and the 5th month in a row where sales exceed those of 2004, which is very important considering that 2004 was a record year for the GMREB\u201d, says Michel Beaus\u00e9jour, FCA, GMREB Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the average price of a single -family home sold in the Greater Montreal area was 9% higher than the same month la st year, reaching $205,000, compared to $188,000 in August 2004.<\/p>\n<p>As for condominiums, 744 were sold, an increase of 30% compared to 573 sold in<br \/>\nAugust 2004. In August, the average price of condominiums was $202,000 in the<br \/>\nGreater Montreal area, an increase of 5% compared to $193,000 last August.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in the number of sales combined with the average price increase inflated the sales volume, which jumped 22%, from $591.8 million in August 2004 to $725.6 million in August 2005. \u201cThe market is reacting exactly as we expected at the beginning of the year\u201d, explains Michel Beaus\u00e9jour. \u201cAs of now, sales for 2005 are 2% higher than the sales recorded from January to August 2004, while the average price continues to increase \u2013 an increase below 10%, however \u2013 which is very good for sellers and buyers alike\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For the period ending last August 31, there were a total of 29,274 residential listings on the S.I.A.\u00ae\/Realtor\u00ae system, while there were 24,980 during the same month last year, an increase of 17%. Here are the average prices of single-family homes sold in August when dividing the territory into administrative regions :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Montreal: $310,000 (+7% compared to August 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Laval: $214,000 (+11%)<\/li>\n<li>Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie: $188,000 (+6%)<\/li>\n<li>Laurentians: $191,000 (+14%)<\/li>\n<li>Lanaudi\u00e8re: $149,000 (+8%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is not necessarily a true indication of the actual price of single -family homes in all areas and districts of the Greater Montreal area, but rather an indication of the trend in the average cost of properties located in the areas covered by the GMREB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information: <\/strong>Linda Grondin<br \/>\nAssistant Director<br \/>\nCommunications, Industry Relations and Legal Affairs<br \/>\nGreater Montr\u00e9al Real Estate Board<br \/>\nWeb Site: www.gmreb.qc.ca<br \/>\nTelepho ne: (514) 762-2181, extension 130<br \/>\nEmail: linda.grondin@gmreb.qc.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the statistics released by the Greater Montr\u00e9al Real Estate Board (GMREB), a total of 3,544 properties were sold through the S.I.A.\u00ae\/Realtor\u00ae system in August 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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