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In Toronto, multiple factors are at work shaping a see-saw market
Toronto — From Friday's Globe and Mail
May housing statistics are in. April’s buoyant market seems to have sprung a leak. Preliminary reports suggest June will continue that trend.
Is there anything to glean from the month-to-month changes in new high- and low-rise homes and resale housing?
Jim Ritchie, senior vice-president of sales and marketing at Tridel Corp., seems to agree with 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli when it comes to gleaning trends from monthly ups and downs.
Mr. Disraeli is famously quoted as saying there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.
“I don’t pay much attention to month-to-month changes,” says Mr. Ritchie. “Right now, for example, there are so many factors at play in the market that any or all of them could affect short-term buying decisions.
“I think we are still on track to sell at least 15,000 high-rise units for the year and that would make it a good normal year for sales.”
So what happened in May?
Is there anything to glean from the month-to-month changes in new high- and low-rise homes and resale housing?
Jim Ritchie, senior vice-president of sales and marketing at Tridel Corp., seems to agree with 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli when it comes to gleaning trends from monthly ups and downs.
Mr. Disraeli is famously quoted as saying there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.
“I don’t pay much attention to month-to-month changes,” says Mr. Ritchie. “Right now, for example, there are so many factors at play in the market that any or all of them could affect short-term buying decisions.
“I think we are still on track to sell at least 15,000 high-rise units for the year and that would make it a good normal year for sales.”
So what happened in May?
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