This is the busiest year ever for the housing market, with prices up 18% | CBC News

That’s already more than the previous annual record of 552,423 — and there’s still two months to go.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, fear and uncertainty slowed the housing market to a crawl.

October’s average selling price is within a hair of the all-time monthly record of $716,828 set in March of this year, when activity was at a frenzied pace.

“There was a time and a place that some people may remember where you were able to see a house more than once before you even considered making an offer,” he said in an interview with CBC News.

Pete Evans is the senior business writer for CBCNews.ca.

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