{"id":1222,"date":"2026-03-06T09:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/gta-home-sales-dip-in-february-whats-behind-the-slowdown\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:02:26","slug":"gta-home-sales-dip-in-february-whats-behind-the-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/gta-home-sales-dip-in-february-whats-behind-the-slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA Home Sales Dip in February: What&#8217;s Behind the Slowdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Toronto Area home sales experienced a downturn in February, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). Sales fell 6.3% compared to February 2025, with 3,868 homes changing hands. The average selling price also decreased by 7.1% year-over-year, landing at $1,008,968. New listings saw a significant drop of 17.7%, suggesting both buyers and sellers are hesitant. TRREB anticipates increased competition if listings remain low, potentially driving prices up. Experts suggest pent-up demand exists, with over 100,000 buyers waiting for market stabilization and positive economic signals. Condo sales saw the largest decline at 12%. For a deeper dive into the February market data and expert analysis, check out the full article on CTV News. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/greater-toronto-home-sales-fall-in-february-as-buyers-sellers-both-sidelined-board\/\">Read the full article on CTV News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div data-original-url=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/greater-toronto-home-sales-fall-in-february-as-buyers-sellers-both-sidelined-board\/\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/greater-toronto-home-sales-fall-in-february-as-buyers-sellers-both-sidelined-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GTA home sales dipped 6.3% in February, with prices down 7.1%. Are buyers and sellers waiting for a market bottom? Find out what&#8217;s driving the slowdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,206],"tags":[182,311,215,214,207,461],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-data","category-residential","tag-gta","tag-home-sales","tag-housing-market","tag-real-estate","tag-toronto","tag-trreb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}