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The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says there were 2,975 residential transactions in the GTA in April compared with 9,005 transactions in April 2019.

Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales were strong in the first half of March but then started to slow down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This will take away not only our spaces to feel safe, but take away jobs for artists who live off of performing every night."

The board says there were 7,256 homes sold last month in the Toronto region through its MLS system. That compared with 4,982 in February 2019.

A popular real estate broker in the Leaside area said an extortionist is threatening him and his family with violence if he doesn't pay up.

A court-appointed receiver for Paramount Equity is suing a Toronto-area developer Enzo Mizzi and a number of companies linked to him for nearly $35 million.

“This is the first time I’m feeling like very unsafe living in my own house.”

The average selling price in the Greater Toronto Area was up 3.2 per cent year-over-year to $806,755 while the board's home price index was up 4.4 per cent.