April 2009 Sales First-time buyers boost market  May 2009 Edition      April 2009 Sales April 2009 Sales TORONTO - Monday, May 4, 2009In April 2009, Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 8,107 sales -down seven per cent from April 2008. While April sales remained lower than last year, the housing market gained momentum on a month-over-month basis. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales in April, at 80,900, was up 26per cent from March and up two-thirds compared to January's ten-year low. Full Story First-time buyers boost market First-time buyers boost market   WASHINGTON // When Brett and Amy Morrison began house hunting two months ago, they thought they were entering a buyers' market. Property agents in Washington, DC say young buyers seeking to become first-time homeowners with the help of government tax breaks and other incentives are getting outbid by investors and even each other. "This spring, the DC market is looking more and more like a boom-time seller market," said Sheryl Barnes of Long & Foster Real EstateThe government and the National Associations of Realtors (NAR) both recently reported a continued decline in home sales for the month of March, with the median home price down 12. Full Story Lea Barclay Sales Representative