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The number of properties sold in the Montreal region rose nine per cent during the three-month period that ended Sept. 30, when compared with the same quarter last year, the Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards said on Friday.

It says this is the 14th consecutive quarter of increases in property sales.

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Sales rose nine per cent across the region, when compared with the same period last year. Laval saw the biggest increase, 13 per cent, followed by the island of Montreal, where sales were up 12 per cent.

Condos saw the largest increase in sales, up 18 per cent across the region.

The median price of a single-family house rose five per cent during the quarter, to $320,500, while the median price of a condo rose one per cent to $253,000.

On the island of Montreal, the median price of a single-family house was up eight per cent to $455,000, while the median price of a condo was up two per cent to $300,000.

Those numbers are comparable to two other measures released on Thursday.

Royal LePage said it saw a 6.6 per cent quarterly increase in selling prices across the region, when compared with the equivalent period in 2016, while the Teranet–National Bank Housing Price Index for Montreal was up 5.76 in September, when compared with September 2016.

While the number of houses selling is rising, the number of houses for sale is falling.

The number of active listings in the region were down 14 per cent from the third quarter of 2016.

The number of single-family homes for sale in the Montreal area is now the lowest its been in a decade, the QFREB said.

It’s a seller’s market for single-family homes in most parts of the Montreal region, the federation said.

That should continue to put upward pressure on prices.