Home re-sale market shows signs of recovery

Canada’s housing market shows every sign of having bounced back from its recessionary bottom, with both the number and price of homes rising for the third straight month in April.

The Canadian Real Estate Association said homes sales soared 11.2 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis from March, the biggest jump in five years, and with 34,838 units trading hands, the highest level in seven months.

Meanwhile, the national average sale price of homes listed by realtors also rose in April to $306,366 in April.

But while encouraging, the report noted that both sales activity and prices remain at levels lower than a year ago, indicating the housing market has yet to fully recover to pre-recession levels.

The average home resale price is down 3.2 per cent from a year ago and down almost 10 per cent from the peak of $324,000 reached in December 2007.

Economists with Scotia Capital pointed out in a note to clients that the resale housing market does little to increase gross domestic product since it involves paper transactions, and that new home construction remains week.

Source: Canadian Press. Read the complete article

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