Year In Review for 2022

Statistics & Property Values Report!

Market Adjustment in 2022 leads to a Balanced Market in the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) Area. 7 interest rate hikes, record-high price gains, Buyer fatigue and limited supply were the main factors leading to this change. The end-of-year inventory for 2021 showed an unprecedented low of 9,706 Residential properties actively for sale. At the end of 2022, we saw this increase by almost double to 18,531 Residential Properties still for sale. Sales, however, decreased by almost 30% in 2022. There were 12,727 Residential Sales in 2021 compared to 8,745 Sales in 2022. The increased inventory available coupled with the decreased number of sales over the year now gives us a List-To-Sell Ratio of 53.12% for 2022 (Balanced Market), compared to 79.71% for 2021 (Sellers Market). It is important to note that the increased supply of homes only came for properties listed above $800,000.

Average Residential Selling Prices peaked at a record high in February 2022. They declined 25% over the rest of the year, and yet still ended up well above 2021. The average residential selling price for 2022 is $999,468, up from $897,491 in 2021 and $714,169 in 2020. Condominium Average Selling Price also jumped significantly from $494,910 in 2020 to $599,654 in 2021 and ended 2022 at $686,298. We are now only seeing the rare Multiple Offer which is used as a strategy to sell your house quicker by listing it at a price well below market value, thereby attracting many buyers and hopefully selling for well over the listed price. Thankfully, this change to a more balanced market has allowed more buyers to get back to putting safeguard conditions in their offers to purchase. We are back to seeing conditions on financing, home inspections and in a few cases, a condition to sell your property. Too many buyers over the last couple of years were forced to buy a property without these conditions. This led to many financing problems for those who bought in early 2022 but did not have a closing date till later in the year. No matter what type of Real Estate Market we are experiencing it is vital that you are working closely with your Real Estate Agent and Mortgage Broker. There are many lawsuits where the Buyers did not/could not close on their purchase and were successfully sued/or are going to be sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Overall Average Sales Prices increased year over year in almost every district throughout The REALTORS ® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) Area. In 2019 there were still 5 neighbourhoods within these districts where the average selling price was below $400,000. There was only one neighbourhood left in 2020 in this price category which is the Industrial neighbourhood of District 21 in the Hamilton Centre Area with an Average Selling for 2020 of $368,257. In 2021 this same district had an average price of $495,501. It is still the least expensive district in Hamilton to buy a home, however, the average price rose to $533,857 in 2022, which is the lowest in all of Hamilton and the surrounding areas covered by The REALTORS ® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB). The Hamilton Centre (made up of 5 districts) has gone from an average of $390,622 in 2019 to $469,985 in 2020 to $579,424 in 2021 and is now $642,083 and continues to be the lowest Average Price in all of the areas RAHB covers. In 2021 there were still 3 Districts in Burlington with averages under a million dollars. Now, all of the districts in Burlington have averages of over a million dollars. Overall, Burlington now has an average price of $1,073,194 (up from $1,073,880 in 2021). Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Waterdown, Oneida and Seneca also all now have an average price of over $1,000,000. The average price for a Residential Home on Hamilton's Mountain went from $580,312 in 2020 to $755,146 in 2021 and to $837,010 in 2022. *See the Maps below comparing more prices year over year.* Types of homes sold in 2022 compared to 2021 showed that there were 3097 Bungalows sold in 2021 at an Average Selling Price of $802,821 and only 2260 Bungalows in 2022 that sold for an Average Selling Price of $880,003. In 2021 there were 5059 2 Storey Sales at an Average of $1,005,828 and in 2022 there were only 3535 2 Storey Sales with an Average Selling Price of $1,137,297.

See below for Average Selling Prices of Districts and Neighbourhoods in and around Hamilton Ontario, comparing average sales from 2022 to 5 (2017) and 10 (2012) years ago. Below these charts, you will find the Month of December 2022 Statistics Report.

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Average Selling Prices Compared to 2017 and 2012

Here is an overview of the 2022 Average Selling Prices for Residential Properties in and around Hamilton Ontario Canada, compared to 5 years ago (2017) and 10 years ago (2012). It is broken down into the different districts and areas in and around Hamilton Ontario.

Monthly Report For December 2022

December 2022 had only 584 Total Residential Listings come through the Hamilton Real Estate Board which was down over 50% from 1248 New Listings in November, and also down 3.9% from December 2021 (590) as reported by The REALTORS ® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB). Hamilton had 350 of those (down from 406 in 2021) and Burlington had 117 (down from 109 in 2021).

Residential Sales located throughout the RAHB market area (including Burlington and all outlying areas covered by RAHB) of 458 Properties were down from 672 in November, and down from December 2021 by 37.8%. Residential Sales in Hamilton (which includes Hamilton plus Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Waterdown, Stoney Creek and Glanbrook) were 284 of that total and the Average Hamilton Residential Sales Price of those 284 in December 2022 was $750,601 down 14.6% from December 2021 ($861,695). Burlington had 98 Sales (down from 136 in 2021) with an Average Price of $1,039,940 (down 14% from the $1,221,327 Average Price in December 2021). The Overall Average Price for Residential Properties including all areas was $808,295 which is a slight increase from last month's $808,928 and a decrease of 13.3% from December 2021.

The end-of-month listing inventory shows 960 Active Residential Listings, giving Hamilton 3.38 months of inventory, which is up 430.4% compared to 154 Properties still available for sale at the end of December last year which was 0.3 months of inventory. Burlington has 2.62 months of inventory (up 446.8%) with 257 active listings for sale. Average Days on the market increased from 14.7 last year to 34.3 days this December for Hamilton and also increased in Burlington from 13.9 one year ago, to 33.9 days this December.

The Hamilton - Burlington Area is currently experiencing a Sellers Market, where the ratio of Homes Sold to Homes Listed is above 60%, currently sitting at 78% for Residential, (in other words, 7.8 homes are sold for every 10 new listings).

MLS® Properties SOLD in December 2022

Note: Numbers of sales represents sales reported on properties listed on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) of the REALTORS Association of Hamilton-Burlington. Average sale price is calculated by dividing the total dollar volume of sales (not shown) by the number of sales in that month.