A sold sign is shown in front of west-end Toronto homes on May 14, 2017.The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July rose 12.6 per cent compared with the same month last year.The increase came as sales were up in most of the country's largest markets, including the B.C.'s Lower Mainland, Calgary, Edmonton, the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton-Burlington, Ottawa and Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy