In case you missed it, CREA shared a 48-second video in their latest News2Me newsletter.
The video answers some of the most common questions the Board receives about stats:
- What is the HPI? (see the video above)
- What’s the difference between the benchmark price, the average price and the median price?
Here’s the answer to the last one: The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) is the single most accurate way to gauge housing price trends and covers markets across Canada. The Benchmark price (as determined by the HPI) is the value of a general property in a given area based on the characteristics of homes typical to that area, i. e. number of bedrooms, square footage, etc. The median price is the middle price, if all the sale prices were listed in order from the lowest to the highest. The average price is the total dollar volume of sales, divided by the number of sales.
To see the latest MLS® stats for February 2017, click here.