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Canadian home sales rise in March

 

Ottawa, ON, April 15, 2013 - According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales edged upward on a month-over-month basis in March 2013 but stayed well below levels recorded one year ago.

 

Highlights:

•       National home sales rose 2.4% from February to March.

•       Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity came in 15.3% below levels in March 2012.

•       The number of newly listed homes was up 3.2% from February to March.

•       The Canadian housing market remains firmly in balanced territory.

•       The national average sale price rose 2.5% on a year-over-year basis in March.

•       The MLS® HPI rose 2.2% in March, its smallest gain in more than two years.

 

The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of real estate Boards and Associations and other co-operative listing systems in Canada rose 2.4 per cent on a month-over-month basis in March 2013.       

 

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