From the blog...
OTTAWA MARKET UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 2017
The Ottawa housing market results are in and the numbers for the average sale prices are up again month over month. Our average price for a residential-class property was up 8.6% over last October, sitting at $425,256. The condos are up 6.9% sitting at $269,604.
Units sold cooled a little in the condo market last month as for the first time in awhile they dropped well below the double-digit mark. 261 Condo units were sold last month compared to 255 in October 2016.
All in all, this has been another very active month for Ottawa real estate Look at the increases in the home prices. Really surprising to see such big numbers over last year. Nobody predicted this. There is some concern that the new mortgage rules will cool that early in 2018. I am not so sure it will have a big impact on Ottawa. For the most part Ottawa, home buyers are more conservative than say Vancouver or Toronto buyers when it comes to how much of their income they put towards real estate. Buyers will end up affording about 20% less in purchase price with the new rules. It will force people to stay within their comfort zone in terms of what they purchase. Might slow things slightly short term but in the long run, it will ensure that we continue to have a healthy balanced real estate market in Ottawa.
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