Source: TRREB MarketWatch, July 2019

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

July 2019

In July 2019 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area fell 3.1% to $806,755 versus June 2019, and sales edged down 3.0% to 8,595.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Real Estate Board MarketWatch, July 2019

Headline indicators

All TRREB areas · all home types

Average price — Mean sale price across all transactions. Sensitive to the mix of homes that sold.

$806,755

MoM −$25,948 −3.1% down $25,948, 3.1% versus June 2019 YoY +3.1% up 3.1% versus July 2018

Median price — The midpoint sale price. Less affected by a few very high or low sales than the average.

$705,000

MoM −$15,000 −2.1% down $15,000, 2.1% versus June 2019 YoY +5.2% up 5.2% versus July 2018

MLS® HPI benchmark — Quality-adjusted price for a typical home. The cleanest like-for-like price signal.

$800,900

MoM +$2,400 +0.3% up $2,400, 0.3% versus June 2019 YoY +4.4% up 4.4% versus July 2018

Sales — Firm transactions reported through the MLS® System during the month.

8,595

MoM −265 −3.0% down 265, 3.0% versus June 2019 YoY +23.5% up 23.5% versus July 2018

Dollar volume — Total value of all sales in the month.

$6.93B

MoM −$443,687,665 −6.0% down $443,687,665, 6.0% versus June 2019 YoY +27.4% up 27.4% versus July 2018

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

14,393

MoM −1,423 −9.0% down 1,423, 9.0% versus June 2019 YoY +3.8% up 3.8% versus July 2018

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

17,938

MoM −1,717 −8.7% down 1,717, 8.7% versus June 2019 YoY −9.1% down 9.1% versus July 2018

Avg. DOM — Average days on market. Editions before 2020 report this single figure rather than splitting it into LDOM and PDOM.

23

MoM +2 days +9.5% up 2 days, 9.5% versus June 2019 YoY −8.0% down 8.0% versus July 2018

Avg. SP/LP — Average sale price as a share of list price. Above 100% means competing offers were common.

99%

MoM no change no change versus June 2019 YoY +1.0% up 1.0% versus July 2018

SNLR — Sales-to-new-listings ratio, computed here from this month’s counts. Below 40% favours buyers, above 60% favours sellers.

59.7%

MoM +3.7 pp +6.6% up 3.7 pp, 6.6% versus June 2019 YoY +19.0% up 19.0% versus July 2018

Months of inventory — Active listings divided by monthly sales — how long the current stock would take to sell. Computed here, not TRREB’s trend figure.

2.1

MoM −0 −5.9% down 0, 5.9% versus June 2019 YoY −26.3% down 26.3% versus July 2018

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings dropped 9.0% to 14,393 versus June 2019.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings dropped 8.7% to 17,938 versus June 2019.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price fell 3.1% to $806,755 versus June 2019.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales edged down 3.0% to 8,595 versus June 2019.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price edged down 2.1% to $705,000 versus June 2019.

Generated from the figures above. Ordered by size of month-over-month move.

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

0.4%

Q1 2019

Toronto employment growth

3.8%

June 2019

Toronto unemployment rate

6%

June 2019

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

2%

period not printed

Bank of Canada overnight rate

1.75%

July 2019

Prime rate

3.95%

July 2019

1-year mortgage rate

3.64%

July 2019

3-year mortgage rate

4.29%

July 2019

5-year mortgage rate

5.19%

July 2019

Full economic indicators for July 2019 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 3,941 −284 −6.7% down 284, 6.7% versus June 2019 $995,043 −$23,944 −2.3% down $23,944, 2.3% versus June 2019 −1.0% down 1.0%
Semi-detached 859 −27 −3.0% down 27, 3.0% versus June 2019 $786,974 −$43,041 −5.2% down $43,041, 5.2% versus June 2019 +5.4% up 5.4%
Att/row/townhouse 754 −43 −5.4% down 43, 5.4% versus June 2019 $711,718 −$1,822 −0.3% down $1,822, 0.3% versus June 2019 +4.6% up 4.6%
Condo townhouse 661 −22 −3.2% down 22, 3.2% versus June 2019 $601,541 −$6,646 −1.1% down $6,646, 1.1% versus June 2019 +4.3% up 4.3%
Condo apartment 2,277 +128 +6.0% up 128, 6.0% versus June 2019 $584,019 −$6,255 −1.1% down $6,255, 1.1% versus June 2019 +6.8% up 6.8%
Link 81 −8 −9.0% down 8, 9.0% versus June 2019 $738,929 −$5,372 −0.7% down $5,372, 0.7% versus June 2019 +11.0% up 11.0%
Co-op apartment 8 +2 +33.3% up 2, 33.3% versus June 2019 $685,196 +$91,113 +15.3% up $91,113, 15.3% versus June 2019 +13.3% up 13.3%
Detached condo 9 −8 −47.1% down 8, 47.1% versus June 2019 $581,333 −$84,944 −12.7% down $84,944, 12.7% versus June 2019 −2.5% down 2.5%
Co-ownership apartment 5 −3 −37.5% down 3, 37.5% versus June 2019 $389,400 −$37,475 −8.8% down $37,475, 8.8% versus June 2019 +25.4% up 25.4%

Average price by home type

13 months to July 2019

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending July 2019.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Jul '18 1004647746843680309576826546984
Aug '18 977187741873675345567665541106
Sep '18 1008361792353683330576980570140
Oct '18 1019416816657719002574808562523
Nov '18 1008768791760711851577683556723
Dec '18 945580755707679164567290554497
Jan '19 941488742738699154567748548176
Feb '19 980914832569684043571273562161
Mar '19 984782789462705938571169560020
Apr '19 1018147808796712438583148588168
May '19 1042218827250718321601636590876
Jun '19 1018987830015713540608187590274
Jul '19 995043786974711718601541584019

Full home-type breakdown →

Movers this month

Ranked across 55 of the 55 required areas · minimum 10 sales to qualify

Average price, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. King +38.9% up 38.9%
  2. Brock +32.2% up 32.2%
  3. Toronto W09 +27.8% up 27.8%
  4. Toronto C09 +8.7% up 8.7%
  5. Pickering +8.3% up 8.3%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C11 −47.7% down 47.7%
  2. Toronto C13 −29.1% down 29.1%
  3. Uxbridge −15.3% down 15.3%
  4. Toronto W08 −14.9% down 14.9%
  5. Toronto W01 −14.4% down 14.4%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto E09 +29.4% up 29.4%
  2. Toronto C07 +18.9% up 18.9%
  3. Toronto E07 +18.8% up 18.8%
  4. Toronto E05 +18.4% up 18.4%
  5. Toronto W10 +17.8% up 17.8%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C09 −51.5% down 51.5%
  2. Toronto C03 −40.9% down 40.9%
  3. Toronto W07 −33.3% down 33.3%
  4. Toronto C11 −31.7% down 31.7%
  5. Toronto E02 −30.7% down 30.7%

Areas below the sales threshold are excluded — with a handful of sales, a couple of transactions can invent a swing that is not a market move.

Market balance

Sales-to-new-listings and months of inventory, computed from this month’s counts

All TRREB areas

SNLR

59.7%

prior month 56.0%

Months of inventory

2.1

All TRREB areas reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 59.7% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 2.1 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

65.3%

prior month 59.3%

Months of inventory

1.7

City of Toronto (416) sits in a seller's market: 65.3% of new listings sold and 1.7 months of inventory on hand.

905 total

SNLR

57.0%

prior month 54.3%

Months of inventory

2.3

905 total reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 57.0% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 2.3 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

These are computed here from the month’s raw counts. TRREB also publishes its own trend-smoothed SNLR and months-of-inventory figures, which are shown separately on the area pages and are not the same measure.

Where I work

Downtown TorontoMidtownScarboroughYork RegionDurham Region

Downtown

$748,451

Sales
639
SNLR
64.2%
MOI
1.5

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,384,601

Sales
305
SNLR
67.8%
MOI
1.8

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$665,940

Sales
633
SNLR
65.3%
MOI
1.5

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$930,577

Sales
1,444
SNLR
49.8%
MOI
3.2

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$604,938

Sales
1,041
SNLR
55.0%
MOI
2.1

Region total · View →

Average price for a multi-district group is weighted by dollar volume, not an average of averages — that would give a district with three sales the same weight as one with three hundred.

The rest of this month’s report