The real estate stats for February 2025 GTA real estate stats dropped — and the most important number was not prices or sales. New listings fell 17.7% year over year, and that one stat changes the entire story. Evelyn Lopes, Ruth Ballantyne, and Sandy Casella cut through the noise to tell you what it actually means for buyers, sellers, and anyone wondering when to make their move.
The headlines are leading with sales down and prices down. But Evelyn, Ruth, and Sandy are leading with a different number entirely — and it changes everything about how you should be reading this market right now.
In this episode, three realtors with over 100 combined years of experience break down the February 2025 GTA real estate stats with no spin and no doom-and-gloom. They explain why the 17.7% drop in new listings is actually a stabilizing force, not a warning sign, and why the buyer-seller stalemate forming right now mirrors patterns they have seen protect prices in 2008 and 2017.
Topics covered in this episode include the real story behind the listings drop and what it signals about seller psychology, the buyer-seller stalemate and what breaks it, the mortgage renewal wave and whether most homeowners are actually at risk, why the condo market held steadier than almost everyone expected, the difference between the two types of first-time buyer in this market and which one comes out ahead, and why downsizers and first-time buyers are not competing for the same properties.
The hosts also get into the conversation nobody is having — who blinks first in a stalemate? — and why the people who come out ahead in this market will not be the ones who timed it perfectly. They will be the ones who had a plan and were ready to move when the moment arrived.
Timestamps
0:00 — Cold Open: The number nobody is leading with 1:10 — Opening banter: What we saw in our own business this week 4:00 — Breaking down the February stats 8:30 — The 17.7% listings drop and what it really means 13:00 — Buyers and sellers: the stalemate explained 17:30 — Mortgage renewals and the wild card ahead 22:00 — The condo market: why it held steadier than expected 26:30 — First-time buyers: two types, two outcomes 31:00 — What people need to know right now 34:00 — Rapid fire: what people don't realize... 37:00 — Before we go... 39:30 — Closing
Connect with the hosts
Evelyn Lopes | RE/MAX Realty Services Inc. | Caledon, Orangeville, Erin, Guelph, NW GTA evelyn@evelynlopes.com | 905-965-5902
Ruth Ballantyne | RE/MAX Realty Services Inc. | Brampton and surrounding areas ruth@ruthballantyne.ca | 416-779-8732
Sandy Casella | eXp Realty | Etobicoke, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, GTA West sandy@sandycasella.com | 416-467-8627
Show email: RealEstateWithoutTheNoise@gmail.com
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