Residential condominium market continues to shine
(December 6, 2011) The real estate market in the Greater Hamilton, Burlington and outlying areas* continued to show increases in listings, sales and average sale price when compared to the same month last year, according to Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) statistics released today by the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB).
The residential condominium market saw the largest gain with an 11.2 per cent increase in the number of sales when compared to November of last year. The same market also saw a 6.1 per cent increase in average sale price over the same month last year. The 189 condominium sales were better than the ten-year average of 179 sales for the month.
In the residential freehold market, sales were up slightly less than two per cent over the same month last year and average sale price was up 8.7 per cent.
Listings were up over both last year and the 10-year average in all sectors.
Other year to date figures show that while the condominium market is stronger than last year, the residential freehold market is just over one per cent lower than the same period last year. Average sale price in the freehold market rose 4.8 per cent over the same year to date period last year despite
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Figures quoted are for sales and average sale prices of units located in the jurisdiction* of the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington and processed through RAHB’s Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®). Unit sales reflect “all property types” including residential, condominium, commercial property, farm, vacant land and business, unless otherwise specified.
