Montreal real estate sees best March residential sales since 2010
March was another solid month for Montreal as a total of 5,656 residential sales were completed.
According to the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board (GMREB), Montreal’s March 2018 sales saw a 6% increase over the same period last year. This was also the best performing March in eight years.
Centris® Residential Sales Statistics – March 2018 (CNW Group/Greater Montréal Real Estate Board)
According to the report, four of the city’s six major sectors recorded a rise in residential sales last month.
Vaudreuil-Soulanges and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu were the exceptions, as these regions saw a 10% and 9% decline in sales, respectively.
The South Shore, in particular, saw strong growth of 10%.
Once again, condominiums had the largest increase in sales. In March, condo sales jumped by 37%.
“The condominium resale market is booming in the Montréal area,” said Mathieu Cousineau, president of the GMREB board of directors, in a release.
“Not only did we just break the record for the number of transactions in a month of March, but this was also the 11th consecutive month that condominium sales growth has surpassed 10%,” he added.
The median price for single-family homes for March 2018 was $314,900, up 5 % compared to March of last year. The median price of condos remained unchanged and half of all units sold for more than $240,000.
According to the GMREB, March 2018 was the 37th consecutive increase in residential real estate sales for Montreal.
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