Despite steady sales in Toronto and Montreal, coronavirus looms over Canada’s real estate market

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The interest sellers are finding in some markets may change in coming days with the economy grinding to a halt as entire industries fail, from tourism and recreation to manufacturing and accommodation

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In other Ontario cities such as Oshawa, Windsor and Kitchener, realtors are reporting high levels of activity. A detached house in Kitchener received 53 offers and sold for $491,000. The asking price was $299,900.“So far, we have not seen anything that makes us think that we are going to have a drastic shift in activity,” said Christopher Alexander, Re/Max’s regional director for Ontario and Eastern Canada.

Federal and local governments have stopped all non-essential activity, canceled school and restricted large gatherings. Ottawa has urged people to stay at home but has stopped short of ordering a general quarantine. Mike Stewart of Oakwyn Realty Downtown Ltd. put it this way: “We have cancelled all our open houses, and it is dead as a door nail out there."

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