Source: TRREB MarketWatch, February 2023

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

February 2023

In February 2023 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area rose 5.5% to $1,095,617 versus January 2023, and sales jumped 54.3% to 4,783.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MarketWatch, February 2023

Headline indicators

All TRREB areas · all home types

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

$1,095,617

MoM +$56,949 +5.5% up $56,949, 5.5% versus January 2023 YoY −17.9% down 17.9% versus February 2022

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

$940,000

MoM +$40,000 +4.4% up $40,000, 4.4% versus January 2023 YoY −22.0% down 22.0% versus February 2022

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

$1,091,300

MoM +$12,400 +1.1% up $12,400, 1.1% versus January 2023 YoY −17.7% down 17.7% versus February 2022

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

4,783

MoM +1,683 +54.3% up 1,683, 54.3% versus January 2023 YoY −47.4% down 47.4% versus February 2022

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

$5.24B

MoM +$2,020,463,924 +62.7% up $2,020,463,924, 62.7% versus January 2023 YoY −56.8% down 56.8% versus February 2022

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

8,367

MoM +679 +8.8% up 679, 8.8% versus January 2023 YoY −40.9% down 40.9% versus February 2022

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

9,643

MoM +344 +3.7% up 344, 3.7% versus January 2023 YoY +38.1% up 38.1% versus February 2022

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

22

MoM −7 days −24.1% down 7 days, 24.1% versus January 2023 YoY +144.4% up 144.4% versus February 2022

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

33

MoM −8 days −19.5% down 8 days, 19.5% versus January 2023 YoY +200.0% up 200.0% versus February 2022

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

100%

MoM +2.0 pp +2.0% up 2.0 pp, 2.0% versus January 2023 YoY −13.8% down 13.8% versus February 2022

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

57.2%

MoM +16.8 pp +41.8% up 16.8 pp, 41.8% versus January 2023 YoY −11.1% down 11.1% versus February 2022

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.

2.0

MoM −1 −32.8% down 1, 32.8% versus January 2023 YoY +162.6% up 162.6% versus February 2022

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, sales jumped 54.3% to 4,783 versus January 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings jumped 8.8% to 8,367 versus January 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price rose 5.5% to $1,095,617 versus January 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price rose 4.4% to $940,000 versus January 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings rose 3.7% to 9,643 versus January 2023.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

0%

Q4 2022

Toronto employment growth

0.3%

January 2023

Toronto unemployment rate

6%

January 2023

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

5.9%

January 2023

Bank of Canada overnight rate

4.5%

February 2023

Prime rate

6.7%

February 2023

1-year mortgage rate

6.34%

February 2023

3-year mortgage rate

6.14%

February 2023

5-year mortgage rate

6.49%

February 2023

Full economic indicators for February 2023 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 2,075 +691 +49.9% up 691, 49.9% versus January 2023 $1,439,735 +$97,887 +7.3% up $97,887, 7.3% versus January 2023 −19.9% down 19.9%
Semi-detached 399 +159 +66.3% up 159, 66.3% versus January 2023 $1,069,266 +$49,598 +4.9% up $49,598, 4.9% versus January 2023 −21.3% down 21.3%
Att/row/townhouse 463 +186 +67.1% up 186, 67.1% versus January 2023 $1,050,342 +$73,842 +7.6% up $73,842, 7.6% versus January 2023 −16.3% down 16.3%
Condo townhouse 358 +136 +61.3% up 136, 61.3% versus January 2023 $785,448 +$8,750 +1.1% up $8,750, 1.1% versus January 2023 −18.5% down 18.5%
Condo apartment 1,455 +505 +53.2% up 505, 53.2% versus January 2023 $705,472 +$17,776 +2.6% up $17,776, 2.6% versus January 2023 −11.8% down 11.8%
Link 24 +10 +71.4% up 10, 71.4% versus January 2023 $1,118,949 +$151,688 +15.7% up $151,688, 15.7% versus January 2023 −14.1% down 14.1%
Co-op apartment 4 +1 +33.3% up 1, 33.3% versus January 2023 $476,472 −$57,361 −10.7% down $57,361, 10.7% versus January 2023 −22.3% down 22.3%
Detached condo 2 −3 −60.0% down 3, 60.0% versus January 2023 $1,044,500 +$105,500 +11.2% up $105,500, 11.2% versus January 2023 −13.3% down 13.3%
Co-ownership apartment 3 −2 −40.0% down 2, 40.0% versus January 2023 $478,504 +$85,304 +21.7% up $85,304, 21.7% versus January 2023 −17.6% down 17.6%

Average price by home type

13 months to February 2023

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending February 2023.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Feb '22 179720313584151254460963700799966
Mar '22 169739613170481212542948292808566
Apr '22 162834312592431119648909207789869
May '22 154949812048931063177857113770894
Jun '22 145490211247231028977825447747216
Jul '22 13625981077750997668799953719273
Aug '22 1379700998490987308789386711321
Sep '22 13691861043120990242803964730818
Oct '22 137243810793931023934802969716515
Nov '22 13901621039200993557799029708636
Dec '22 13845861009479954312772038705659
Jan '23 13418481019668976500776698687696
Feb '23 143973510692661050342785448705472

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. Toronto C12 +56.8% up 56.8%
  2. Toronto E06 +53.6% up 53.6%
  3. Toronto C11 +53.0% up 53.0%
  4. Toronto C13 +28.3% up 28.3%
  5. Brock +28.1% up 28.1%

Bottom 5

  1. Caledon −25.1% down 25.1%
  2. Toronto E11 −18.5% down 18.5%
  3. Aurora −18.3% down 18.3%
  4. Toronto C09 −18.0% down 18.0%
  5. Toronto W07 −17.6% down 17.6%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto C12 +200.0% up 200.0%
  2. King +155.6% up 155.6%
  3. Caledon +139.3% up 139.3%
  4. Brock +133.3% up 133.3%
  5. Toronto W01 +131.3% up 131.3%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C04 −2.9% down 2.9%
  2. Toronto E05 +3.2% up 3.2%
  3. Uxbridge +7.1% up 7.1%
  4. Toronto W10 +10.7% up 10.7%
  5. Toronto W08 +11.9% up 11.9%

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

57.2%

prior month 40.3%

Months of inventory

2.0

All TRREB areas reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 57.2% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 2.0 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

52.7%

prior month 36.8%

Months of inventory

2.4

City of Toronto (416) reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 52.7% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 2.4 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

905 total

SNLR

60.1%

prior month 42.6%

Months of inventory

1.8

905 total sits in a seller's market: 60.1% of new listings sold and 1.8 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

$868,709

Sales
386
SNLR
46.4%
MOI
3.0

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,573,736

Sales
205
SNLR
47.9%
MOI
2.8

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$909,857

Sales
267
SNLR
60.5%
MOI
1.7

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,302,720

Sales
910
SNLR
60.9%
MOI
1.8

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$888,448

Sales
601
SNLR
67.1%
MOI
1.3

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