{"id":29095,"date":"2022-06-16T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realta.ca\/a-first-trimester-causing-a-lot-of-buzz-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T11:07:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:07:53","slug":"a-first-trimester-causing-a-lot-of-buzz-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/a-first-trimester-causing-a-lot-of-buzz-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A first trimester causing a lot of buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the drop in real estate sales continues in the Montr\u00e9al Metropolitan Area, prices continue to rise for the month of March.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Significant drop<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The drop-in real estate activity continues through the month of March, still\u00a0<strong>limited by a low number of active listings<\/strong>\u00a0on the market.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there were a total of 5493 residential transactions concluded in the Montr\u00e9al Metropolitan Area, which represents a 13 per cent drop compared to the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The new increase in the key interest rate expected on April 13 should help calm things down a bit. More homeowners could put their property on the market to take advantage of a still very favourable market situation. However, in a context of rising rates combined with prices that are reaching new heights, the pool of potential buyers is shrinking.<\/p>\n<h2>Price increase<\/h2>\n<p>The month of March was marked by another vigorous increase in prices. Despite a 19 per cent decrease in single-family home transactions, the average price is up by 7 per cent, and condominiums on the Island of Montr\u00e9al fared even better with an 11 per cent decrease in the number of transactions and a 10 per cent increase in the average price. This new feverish surge, against a backdrop of overbidding, could be one of the very last.<\/p>\n<p>The factors contributing to upward pressure on prices remained present in the Montr\u00e9al metropolitan area market, despite the beginning of an upward cycle in the key interest rate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continued tight market conditions, with a substantial advantage for sellers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A competitive environment for buyers, with overbidding still affecting\u00a0<strong>more than half<\/strong>\u00a0of all transactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/realta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-1200-\u00d7-396-px-2-768x253.png\" alt=\"immobilier prix de vente\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-1200-\u00d7-396-px-2-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/realta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-1200-\u00d7-396-px-2-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/realta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-1200-\u00d7-396-px-2-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/realta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-1200-\u00d7-396-px-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Market conditions in all sectors and for all types of properties remain in favour of sellers. The ratio of sellers to buyers is always about 3 sellers to 1 buyer.<strong>\u00a0Note that a balanced market is about 9 sellers for every buyer.<\/strong>\u00a0This implies that with the current unbalanced market, property prices will continue to rise for the next few months and by a significant amount.<\/p>\n<h2>The major question<\/h2>\n<p>Is it time to sell? More than ever. The effect of interest rate increases combined with rising prices will eventually affect the strength of the market.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more, don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us.<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/realta.ca\/en\/\">REALTA<\/a>, real estate is a matter of values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the drop in real estate sales continues in the Montr\u00e9al Metropolitan Area, prices continue to rise for the month of March. Significant drop The drop-in real estate activity continues through the month of March, still\u00a0limited by a low number of active listings\u00a0on the market. In fact, there were a total of 5493 residential transactions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":29647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29646,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29095\/revisions\/29646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipegingras.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}