EMBARGO – December 2019 CREA statistics

Canadian home sales inch lower in December

Ottawa, ON, January 15, 2020 – Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales eased between November and December 2019.

Highlights: 

• National home sales declined by 0.9% on a month-over-month (m-o-m) basis in December.
• Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was up 22.7% year-over-year (y-o-y).
• The number of newly listed properties dropped by a further 1.8% m-o-m.
• The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) advanced by 0.8% m-o-m and 3.4% y-o-y.
• The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average sale price climbed 9.6% y-o-y.

Home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems edged down 0.9% in December 2019, ending a streak of monthly gains that began last March. Activity is currently about 18% above the six-year low reached in February 2019 but ends the year about 7% below the heights recorded in 2016 and 2017.

Access the December 2019 stats PDF.

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