OTTAWA, March 5, 2013- Ottawa Real Estate Board

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 914 residential properties in February through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® system, compared with 1,008 in February 2012, a decrease of 9.3%.

“It is clear that the Ottawa resale market has slowed down in comparison to this time last year,” says Tim Lee, President of the Ottawa Real Estate Board. “The government was successful in its quest to “cool down” the market. However, if we look at this month’s sales, in comparison to last month’s sales, the market seems to be picking back up as we approach the busy spring season – 315 more homes were sold in February, over January, even with three fewer days.”

Many consumers are missing out on opportunities to determine how much they can afford and are overlooking available tools, writes Derek Sankey. By Derek Sankey, Canwest News Service -April 1, 2009

In 2013 - This week's million dollar home opportunities in Ottawa.
Take a look at the some of the gorgeous homes available in Ottawa for at least a million dollars!  Condos as well as separate homes.  I would be happy to show you any that interest you - I can arrange viewings of a number of them at your convenience, without you having to contact every listing agent.  Just email or call me if I can be of assistance.
 

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Ottawa's Luxury Home Market is Growing
Over the past few years the Ottawa Real Estate Market has seen an increase in the number of homes and condos that sell for a million and up.  Used to be that only happened in Rockcliffe, but now we're finding homes of this calibre in at various locations throughout the city.

Sales of Million Dollar Homes in Ottawa for 2011

In 2011, in Ottawa according to the MLS® statistics, there were 78 homes that sold having been listed at greater than $999,000 out of a total of 436 listings that were listed for sale.  That's a success rate of only 17.9% verses the success rate of 44.9 in 2010.  There were 117 cancelled listings, 4 suspended listings, 105 expired listings and 19 withdrawn listings.  he highest sale price was $2,900,000 and the lowest was $925,000.

Sales of Million Dollar Homes in Ottawa for 2010

In 2010, in Ottawa according to the MLS® statistics, there were 62 homes that sold having been listed at greater than $999,000 verset 53 in 2009 - The highest sale price was $2,400,000 and the lowest was $950,000. There were two that sold at $950,000 one having been listed at $999,999 and the other at $1,150,000.  There were 271 properties listed for sale in 2010 at over $999,000 and only 62 sales which is a success ratio of 22.9 percent.  There were 76 cancelled listings, 107 expired listings and 24 withdrawn listings.

Sales of Million Dollar Homes in Ottawa for 2009

In 2009, in Ottawa according to the MLS® statistics, there were 53 homes that sold having a list price of more than $999,000 verses 51 in 2008.  The most expensive one went for $3,150,000 and was listed at $3,335,000 verses the highest in 2008 at $4.775,000, The lowest one sold for $900,000 having been listed at $999,000.  The average sale price to listing price was 92%.  This means if you intend to list a house in the million dollar range there are perhaps 52 buyers out there in a given year that might be available to buy it.  There were 172 listings in the million dollar price range which did not sell in that time frame, 32 cancellations, 14 withdrawn listings, 68 that just expired and 58 that were still active.  This means that only 53 out of 225 listings in this price range sold.  That's a success ratio of only 23.5 percent. 

That's not a high ratio of sales to listings which means you're if you're trying to sell you're competing for a very small market.  That means that you really need to have good exposure - especially web exposure as buyers in this price range are very likely to be coming from elsewhere.  (How did you get to this site?)

Sales of Million Dollar Condos in Ottawa in 2009.
In 2009 according to the MLS® statistics there were only 2 condos that sold in Ottawa that had a list price of over $999,000 verses 1 in 2008.  The sale price for the highest one was was $1,100,000 and the list price was $1,195,000. There were 51 other listings which didn't sell for a success ratio of  3.8%.