TORONTO, April 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Strong population growth coupled with high borrowing costs continued to exert pressure on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) condominium apartment rental market in the first quarter of 2023. While the market did benefit from an increase in listings, competition between renters remained intense, with average rents growing by double-digit or high single-digit annual rates.

“The GTA condominium rental market continues to be a key source of rental supply, helping to accommodate the population’s record growth. However, tight market conditions are resulting in an unsustainable pace of rent growth. To balance things out, more supply is needed. Much of this supply should come in the form of purpose-built rental properties. The development of rental properties needs to be an explicit part of the housing policy at all levels of government,” said TREB President Paul Baron.

There were 10,525 condominium apartment rentals reported through TREB’s MLS® System in Q1 2023 – up four per cent compared to Q1 2022. Rental listings were up by 10.2 per cent year-over-year, outstripping growth in rental transactions. Despite more supply, market conditions remained tight enough to support a 15.1 per cent year-over-year increase in the average one-bedroom condominium apartment rent which amounted to $2,474. The average two-bedroom rent increased by 9.2 per cent over the same period to $3,162.

“A year ago, when the Bank of Canada interest rate hikes commenced, some would-be homebuyers turned to the rental market. Increased demand up against a constrained supply of rental listings coupled with substantially lower vacancy rates generated in average rent increased well-above the rate of over inflation in the past year. Recent polling by Ipsos for TREB suggests that many renters are looking back toward the ownership market as monthly rents have increased. This is further evidence that supply issues persist in both the rental and ownership markets,” said TREB Chief Market Analyst Jason Mercer.

Rental Market Summary: First Quarter 2023
Apartments
	All Bedroom Types			Bachelors			One-Bedroom				Two-Bedroom			Three-Bedroom
	listed	Leased		Leased	Avg. Rent		Leased	Avg. Rent			Leased	Avg. Rent		Leased		Avg. Rent
Q1 2023	18.014	10.525		382	$2,014		5,934	$2,474			3,878	$3,162		331		$4,152
Q1 2022	16,348	10.124		362	$1,733		5,981	$2,149			3,494	$2,895		287		$3,611
Yr./Yr. % Chg.	10.2%	4.0%		5.5%	16.2%		-0.8%	15.1%			11.0%	9.2%		15.3%		15.0%
Townhouses
	All Bedroom Types			Bachelors			One-Bedroom				Two-Bedroom			Three-Bedroom
	listed	Leased		Leased	Avg. Rent		Leased	Avg. Rent			Leased	Avg. Rent		Leased		Avg. Rent
Q1 2023	1,493	818		1	$1,100		74	$2,311			374	$2,826		369		$3,246
Q1 2022	1,286	737		2	$1,767		65	$1,930			329	$2,615		341		$3,082
Yr./Yr. % Chg.	16.1%	11.0%		-50.0%	-37.7%		13.8%	19.8%			13.7%	8.1%		8.2%		5.3%

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