The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) housing market continued its adjustment to higher borrowing costs in September
2022. Sales for the month reached 5038 but were down by 44.1 percent compared to September 2021.
New listings were also down on a year-over-year basis by 16.7 percent to 11,237. This was the lowest number of new
listings reported for the month of September since 2002. This is especially troublesome given that the stock of homes
in the GTA increased markedly over the last 20 years.
We must ensure that the temporary dip in housing demand is not allowed to mask the critical shortage of homes
available for sale in the GTA. Candidates running in the upcoming Ontario municipal elections must ensure home
buyers and renters have adequate housing options in the years to come. Municipal council decisions have a direct
impact on housing affordability, in terms of the protracted development approval processes, high development fees
,and other related policies that preclude timely housing development, "said TRREB President Kevin Crigger.

Elected councils must also reconsider existing policies that preclude homeowners from listing their homes for sale,
including significant added upfront costs like the land transfer tax. Potential new policies like mandatory home energy
audits could also create unnecessary interference and delays in the home selling process and dissuade some
homeowners from listing their homes for sale," said TRREB CEO John DiMichele.
The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) Composite benchmark was up on a year-over-year basis by 4.3 percent. Over the
same period of time, the average price dipped by 4.3 percent to $1,086,762. The average price was up compared to
August 2022.
Hovering just below $1.1 million, the average selling price may have found some support during the last couple
months of summer. With new listings down quite substantially year-over-year and well-below historic norms, some
home buyers are quite possibly experiencing tighter market conditions in some GTA neighborhoods. October
generally represents the peak of the fall market, so it will be important to see where price trends head over the next
month," said TRREB Chief Market Analyst Jason Mercer.