Real Estate Blog - Blog Archive: March, 2024

594 homes exchanged hands last month via the MLS® System of the London and St. Thomas Association of REALTORS® (LSTAR), marking a 33.2% increase in sales activity over February 2023. The number of newly listed properties rose from 873 in January to 1,024 in February, showing a 31.8% increase over a year ago.

“While the number of home sales remained on par with LSTAR’s 10-year-average for February, the number of newly listed properties soared to new heights, reaching its second highest value for that month," said 2024 LSTAR Chair Kathy Amess. “Many of the Sellers who chose to adopt a ‘wait-and-see’ approach in the last months of 2023 were encouraged by the fact that the Bank of Canada decided once again not to increase its benchmark rates,” she…

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