Source: TRREB MarketWatch, March 2023

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

March 2023

In March 2023 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area edged up 1.2% to $1,108,606 versus February 2023, and sales jumped 44.2% to 6,896.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MarketWatch, March 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.

$1,108,606

MoM +$12,989 +1.2% up $12,989, 1.2% versus February 2023 YoY −14.7% down 14.7% versus March 2022

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

$965,000

MoM +$25,000 +2.7% up $25,000, 2.7% versus February 2023 YoY −17.2% down 17.2% versus March 2022

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

$1,118,500

MoM +$27,200 +2.5% up $27,200, 2.5% versus February 2023 YoY −16.2% down 16.2% versus March 2022

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

6,896

MoM +2,113 +44.2% up 2,113, 44.2% versus February 2023 YoY −37.1% down 37.1% versus March 2022

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

$7.64B

MoM +$2,404,611,663 +45.9% up $2,404,611,663, 45.9% versus February 2023 YoY −46.3% down 46.3% versus March 2022

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

11,184

MoM +2,817 +33.7% up 2,817, 33.7% versus February 2023 YoY −44.2% down 44.2% versus March 2022

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

10,120

MoM +477 +4.9% up 477, 4.9% versus February 2023 YoY −0.5% down 0.5% versus March 2022

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

19

MoM −3 days −13.6% down 3 days, 13.6% versus February 2023 YoY +137.5% up 137.5% versus March 2022

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

27

MoM −6 days −18.2% down 6 days, 18.2% versus February 2023 YoY +145.5% up 145.5% versus March 2022

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

101%

MoM +1.0 pp +1.0% up 1.0 pp, 1.0% versus February 2023 YoY −10.6% down 10.6% versus March 2022

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

61.7%

MoM +4.5 pp +7.9% up 4.5 pp, 7.9% versus February 2023 YoY +12.8% up 12.8% versus March 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.

1.5

MoM −1 −27.2% down 1, 27.2% versus February 2023 YoY +58.1% up 58.1% versus March 2022

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, sales jumped 44.2% to 6,896 versus February 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings jumped 33.7% to 11,184 versus February 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings rose 4.9% to 10,120 versus February 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price edged up 2.7% to $965,000 versus February 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price edged up 1.2% to $1,108,606 versus February 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

1.2%

February 2023

Toronto unemployment rate

5.8%

February 2023

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

5.2%

February 2023

Bank of Canada overnight rate

4.5%

March 2023

Prime rate

6.7%

March 2023

1-year mortgage rate

6.29%

March 2023

3-year mortgage rate

6.14%

March 2023

5-year mortgage rate

6.49%

March 2023

Full economic indicators for March 2023 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 3,000 +925 +44.6% up 925, 44.6% versus February 2023 $1,468,651 +$28,916 +2.0% up $28,916, 2.0% versus February 2023 −13.5% down 13.5%
Semi-detached 556 +157 +39.3% up 157, 39.3% versus February 2023 $1,087,924 +$18,658 +1.7% up $18,658, 1.7% versus February 2023 −17.4% down 17.4%
Att/row/townhouse 640 +177 +38.2% up 177, 38.2% versus February 2023 $1,036,571 −$13,771 −1.3% down $13,771, 1.3% versus February 2023 −14.5% down 14.5%
Condo townhouse 527 +169 +47.2% up 169, 47.2% versus February 2023 $813,036 +$27,588 +3.5% up $27,588, 3.5% versus February 2023 −14.3% down 14.3%
Condo apartment 2,121 +666 +45.8% up 666, 45.8% versus February 2023 $703,566 −$1,906 −0.3% down $1,906, 0.3% versus February 2023 −13.0% down 13.0%
Link 34 +10 +41.7% up 10, 41.7% versus February 2023 $1,120,760 +$1,811 +0.2% up $1,811, 0.2% versus February 2023 −6.4% down 6.4%
Co-op apartment 8 +4 +100.0% up 4, 100.0% versus February 2023 $428,813 −$47,659 −10.0% down $47,659, 10.0% versus February 2023 −30.8% down 30.8%
Detached condo 8 +6 +300.0% up 6, 300.0% versus February 2023 $951,431 −$93,069 −8.9% down $93,069, 8.9% versus February 2023 −28.6% down 28.6%
Co-ownership apartment 2 −1 −33.3% down 1, 33.3% versus February 2023 $411,000 −$67,504 −14.1% down $67,504, 14.1% versus February 2023 −20.1% down 20.1%

Average price by home type

13 months to March 2023

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending March 2023.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
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
Mar '23 146865110879241036571813036703566

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 +49.7% up 49.7%
  2. Toronto W09 +27.8% up 27.8%
  3. Aurora +18.7% up 18.7%
  4. Toronto C06 +18.1% up 18.1%
  5. Toronto E11 +18.1% up 18.1%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C11 −30.3% down 30.3%
  2. Toronto E06 −24.4% down 24.4%
  3. Toronto W08 −19.9% down 19.9%
  4. Toronto C09 −17.9% down 17.9%
  5. Toronto C13 −14.2% down 14.2%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto E05 +100.0% up 100.0%
  2. Whitchurch-Stouffville +86.5% up 86.5%
  3. Toronto E06 +82.3% up 82.3%
  4. Toronto E10 +81.8% up 81.8%
  5. Toronto C04 +78.8% up 78.8%

Bottom 5

  1. Scugog −10.0% down 10.0%
  2. King −8.7% down 8.7%
  3. Toronto W03 −2.6% down 2.6%
  4. Toronto C11 no change no change
  5. Toronto W01 +2.7% up 2.7%

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

61.7%

prior month 57.2%

Months of inventory

1.5

All TRREB areas sits in a seller's market: 61.7% of new listings sold and 1.5 months of inventory on hand.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

58.4%

prior month 52.7%

Months of inventory

1.7

City of Toronto (416) reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 58.4% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 1.7 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

905 total

SNLR

63.7%

prior month 60.1%

Months of inventory

1.3

905 total sits in a seller's market: 63.7% of new listings sold and 1.3 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

$835,359

Sales
572
SNLR
54.5%
MOI
2.1

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,521,084

Sales
276
SNLR
49.9%
MOI
2.2

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$899,339

Sales
420
SNLR
62.4%
MOI
1.2

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,344,511

Sales
1,248
SNLR
61.6%
MOI
1.4

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$926,142

Sales
864
SNLR
66.5%
MOI
1.0

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