Source: TRREB MarketWatch, January 2022

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

January 2022

In January 2022 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area rose 7.3% to $1,242,793 versus December 2021, and sales fell 6.5% to 5,636, though a quieter January after the December holidays is the seasonal norm.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MarketWatch, January 2022

Headline indicators

All TRREB areas · all home types

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

$1,242,793

MoM +$84,944 +7.3% up $84,944, 7.3% versus December 2021 YoY +28.4% up 28.4% versus January 2021

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

$1,100,000

MoM +$82,900 +8.2% up $82,900, 8.2% versus December 2021 YoY +32.5% up 32.5% versus January 2021

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

$1,259,900

MoM +$51,900 +4.3% up $51,900, 4.3% versus December 2021 YoY +33.3% up 33.3% versus January 2021

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

5,636

MoM −395 −6.5% down 395, 6.5% versus December 2021 YoY −18.6% down 18.6% versus January 2021

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

$7.00B

MoM +$21,394,184 +0.3% up $21,394,184, 0.3% versus December 2021 YoY +4.5% up 4.5% versus January 2021

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

7,979

MoM +2,805 +54.2% up 2,805, 54.2% versus December 2021 YoY −15.4% down 15.4% versus January 2021

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

4,140

MoM +908 +28.1% up 908, 28.1% versus December 2021 YoY −44.0% down 44.0% versus January 2021

Avg. LDOM — Average days on market for the current listing. Not reported before 2020.

13

MoM −1 day −7.1% down 1 day, 7.1% versus December 2021 YoY −45.8% down 45.8% versus January 2021

Avg. PDOM — Average days on market across the property’s consecutive listings. Not reported before 2020.

18

MoM −1 day −5.3% down 1 day, 5.3% versus December 2021 YoY −45.5% down 45.5% versus January 2021

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

113%

MoM +4.0 pp +3.7% up 4.0 pp, 3.7% versus December 2021 YoY +9.7% up 9.7% versus January 2021

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

70.6%

MoM −45.9 pp −39.4% down 45.9 pp, 39.4% versus December 2021 YoY −3.9% down 3.9% versus January 2021

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.

0.7

MoM +0 +37.1% up 0, 37.1% versus December 2021 YoY −31.2% down 31.2% versus January 2021

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings jumped 54.2% to 7,979 versus December 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings jumped 28.1% to 4,140 versus December 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price jumped 8.2% to $1,100,000 versus December 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price rose 7.3% to $1,242,793 versus December 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales fell 6.5% to 5,636 versus December 2021.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

5.3%

Q3 2021

Toronto employment growth

6.3%

December 2021

Toronto unemployment rate

7.4%

December 2021

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

4.8%

December 2021

Bank of Canada overnight rate

0.25%

January 2022

Prime rate

2.45%

January 2022

1-year mortgage rate

2.79%

January 2022

3-year mortgage rate

3.49%

January 2022

5-year mortgage rate

4.79%

January 2022

Full economic indicators for January 2022 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 2,239 −198 −8.1% down 198, 8.1% versus December 2021 $1,741,318 +$142,583 +8.9% up $142,583, 8.9% versus December 2021 +28.0% up 28.0%
Semi-detached 445 −56 −11.2% down 56, 11.2% versus December 2021 $1,312,273 +$131,227 +11.1% up $131,227, 11.1% versus December 2021 +31.6% up 31.6%
Att/row/townhouse 458 −44 −8.8% down 44, 8.8% versus December 2021 $1,221,726 +$85,069 +7.5% up $85,069, 7.5% versus December 2021 +33.7% up 33.7%
Condo townhouse 433 −48 −10.0% down 48, 10.0% versus December 2021 $936,264 +$89,739 +10.6% up $89,739, 10.6% versus December 2021 +33.8% up 33.8%
Condo apartment 2,016 −42 −2.0% down 42, 2.0% versus December 2021 $748,566 +$36,633 +5.1% up $36,633, 5.1% versus December 2021 +24.6% up 24.6%
Link 27 −5 −15.6% down 5, 15.6% versus December 2021 $1,346,407 +$182,279 +15.7% up $182,279, 15.7% versus December 2021 +41.6% up 41.6%
Co-op apartment 5 −1 −16.7% down 1, 16.7% versus December 2021 $502,800 −$399,842 −44.3% down $399,842, 44.3% versus December 2021 −38.5% down 38.5%
Detached condo 4 −1 −20.0% down 1, 20.0% versus December 2021 $1,007,000 +$119,000 +13.4% up $119,000, 13.4% versus December 2021 +44.6% up 44.6%
Co-ownership apartment 9 no change no change versus December 2021 $517,168 −$52,054 −9.1% down $52,054, 9.1% versus December 2021 +17.4% up 17.4%

Average price by home type

13 months to January 2022

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending January 2022.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Jan '21 1359915996794913923699713600830
Feb '21 13717911050820941037744854642346
Mar '21 14028491045519951984765521676052
Apr '21 13876291068923946412753943691791
May '21 14156981064361949983761266682280
Jun '21 14075401055640945212755622683479
Jul '21 14054781027895950038748433674490
Aug '21 14238071031580977127764742688568
Sep '21 152646511146961016269789983708521
Oct '21 154043211517701085547823017703698
Nov '21 156783212060161095570826475715104
Dec '21 159873511810461136657846525711933
Jan '22 174131813122731221726936264748566

Full home-type breakdown →

Movers this month

Ranked across 54 of the 55 required areas · minimum 10 sales to qualify

Average price, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto C12 +50.0% up 50.0%
  2. Toronto C04 +35.2% up 35.2%
  3. Toronto E05 +32.8% up 32.8%
  4. Toronto E11 +27.2% up 27.2%
  5. Brock +24.5% up 24.5%

Bottom 5

  1. King −18.9% down 18.9%
  2. Toronto C09 −18.3% down 18.3%
  3. Uxbridge −18.2% down 18.2%
  4. Toronto C06 −13.7% down 13.7%
  5. Toronto C03 −12.4% down 12.4%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto E02 +61.5% up 61.5%
  2. Toronto C12 +46.7% up 46.7%
  3. Toronto W09 +46.4% up 46.4%
  4. Toronto W01 +40.0% up 40.0%
  5. Toronto E01 +38.2% up 38.2%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C11 −40.0% down 40.0%
  2. Toronto W03 −38.3% down 38.3%
  3. Toronto C02 −35.7% down 35.7%
  4. Toronto C09 −34.5% down 34.5%
  5. Toronto E04 −32.9% down 32.9%

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

70.6%

prior month 116.6%

Months of inventory

0.7

All TRREB areas sits in a seller's market: 70.6% of new listings sold and 0.7 months of inventory on hand.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

72.3%

prior month 122.0%

Months of inventory

0.8

City of Toronto (416) sits in a seller's market: 72.3% of new listings sold and 0.8 months of inventory on hand.

905 total

SNLR

69.6%

prior month 113.2%

Months of inventory

0.7

905 total sits in a seller's market: 69.6% of new listings sold and 0.7 months of inventory on hand.

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

$850,414

Sales
639
SNLR
78.8%
MOI
0.9

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,475,263

Sales
189
SNLR
52.5%
MOI
1.6

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$1,045,803

Sales
360
SNLR
74.4%
MOI
0.5

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,519,583

Sales
920
SNLR
62.8%
MOI
0.9

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$1,175,010

Sales
609
SNLR
69.7%
MOI
0.6

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