Source: TRREB MarketWatch, October 2023

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

October 2023

In October 2023 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area held steady at $1,125,928 versus September 2023, and sales held steady at 4,646.

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

$1,125,928

MoM +$6,500 +0.6% up $6,500, 0.6% versus September 2023 YoY +3.4% up 3.4% versus October 2022

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

$959,500

MoM −$500 −0.1% down $500, 0.1% versus September 2023 YoY +2.0% up 2.0% versus October 2022

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

$1,103,600

MoM −$23,400 −2.1% down $23,400, 2.1% versus September 2023 YoY +1.4% up 1.4% versus October 2022

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

4,646

MoM +4 +0.1% up 4, 0.1% versus September 2023 YoY −6.3% down 6.3% versus October 2022

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

$5.23B

MoM +$34,672,760 +0.7% up $34,672,760, 0.7% versus September 2023 YoY −3.2% down 3.2% versus October 2022

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

14,397

MoM −1,861 −11.4% down 1,861, 11.4% versus September 2023 YoY +38.6% up 38.6% versus October 2022

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

19,540

MoM +628 +3.3% up 628, 3.3% versus September 2023 YoY +50.0% up 50.0% versus October 2022

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

21

MoM +1 day +5.0% up 1 day, 5.0% versus September 2023 YoY no change no change versus October 2022

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

32

MoM +2 days +6.7% up 2 days, 6.7% versus September 2023 YoY −3.0% down 3.0% versus October 2022

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

99%

MoM −1.0 pp −1.0% down 1.0 pp, 1.0% versus September 2023 YoY +1.0% up 1.0% versus October 2022

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

32.3%

MoM +3.7 pp +13.0% up 3.7 pp, 13.0% versus September 2023 YoY −32.4% down 32.4% versus October 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.

4.2

MoM +0 +3.2% up 0, 3.2% versus September 2023 YoY +60.2% up 60.2% versus October 2022

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings dropped 11.4% to 14,397 versus September 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings rose 3.3% to 19,540 versus September 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average sale-to-list ratio edged down 1.0% to 99.0% versus September 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price held steady at $1,125,928 versus September 2023.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales held steady at 4,646 versus September 2023.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

-0.2%

Q2 2023

Toronto employment growth

3.1%

September 2023

Toronto unemployment rate

6.5%

September 2023

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

3.8%

September 2023

Bank of Canada overnight rate

5%

October 2023

Prime rate

7.2%

October 2023

1-year mortgage rate

8.09%

October 2023

3-year mortgage rate

7.14%

October 2023

5-year mortgage rate

7.04%

October 2023

Full economic indicators for October 2023 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 2,157 +8 +0.4% up 8, 0.4% versus September 2023 $1,450,112 +$9,326 +0.6% up $9,326, 0.6% versus September 2023 +5.7% up 5.7%
Semi-detached 428 +26 +6.5% up 26, 6.5% versus September 2023 $1,102,721 +$8,647 +0.8% up $8,647, 0.8% versus September 2023 +2.2% up 2.2%
Att/row/townhouse 402 −16 −3.8% down 16, 3.8% versus September 2023 $1,042,124 −$952 −0.1% down $952, 0.1% versus September 2023 +1.8% up 1.8%
Condo townhouse 324 +1 +0.3% up 1, 0.3% versus September 2023 $791,299 −$19,196 −2.4% down $19,196, 2.4% versus September 2023 −1.5% down 1.5%
Condo apartment 1,296 −11 −0.8% down 11, 0.8% versus September 2023 $708,780 +$1,715 +0.2% up $1,715, 0.2% versus September 2023 −1.1% down 1.1%
Link 24 −3 −11.1% down 3, 11.1% versus September 2023 $1,112,899 +$52,673 +5.0% up $52,673, 5.0% versus September 2023 +13.3% up 13.3%
Co-op apartment 8 +4 +100.0% up 4, 100.0% versus September 2023 $703,988 +$402,988 +133.9% up $402,988, 133.9% versus September 2023 −13.0% down 13.0%
Detached condo 4 −5 −55.6% down 5, 55.6% versus September 2023 $832,500 +$24,778 +3.1% up $24,778, 3.1% versus September 2023 −21.2% down 21.2%
Co-ownership apartment 3 no change no change versus September 2023 $546,333 +$116,333 +27.1% up $116,333, 27.1% versus September 2023 −43.2% down 43.2%

Average price by home type

13 months to October 2023

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending October 2023.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Oct '22 137243810793931023934802969716515
Nov '22 13901621039200993557799029708636
Dec '22 13845861009479954312772038705659
Jan '23 13418481019668976500776698687696
Feb '23 143973510692661050342785448705472
Mar '23 146865110879241036571813036703566
Apr '23 148925811355991093560868997724118
May '23 155656611981851117696868318748483
Jun '23 153099712148721087967851497739395
Jul '23 142725711018761032117873859735171
Aug '23 141636610679801022680837863705572
Sep '23 144078610940741043076810495707065
Oct '23 145011211027211042124791299708780

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 C03 +83.7% up 83.7%
  2. Toronto C02 +39.5% up 39.5%
  3. Toronto C12 +38.6% up 38.6%
  4. Toronto E07 +16.5% up 16.5%
  5. Toronto W04 +15.1% up 15.1%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto W08 −23.9% down 23.9%
  2. Toronto W01 −19.9% down 19.9%
  3. Toronto W07 −16.9% down 16.9%
  4. Scugog −16.8% down 16.8%
  5. Toronto C09 −13.1% down 13.1%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto C09 +125.0% up 125.0%
  2. Toronto W09 +57.9% up 57.9%
  3. Toronto E03 +50.0% up 50.0%
  4. Toronto E09 +37.5% up 37.5%
  5. Toronto C02 +28.0% up 28.0%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C12 −47.4% down 47.4%
  2. King −36.4% down 36.4%
  3. Toronto E07 −30.0% down 30.0%
  4. Brock −30.0% down 30.0%
  5. Toronto W07 −23.8% down 23.8%

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

32.3%

prior month 28.6%

Months of inventory

4.2

All TRREB areas reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 32.3% sales-to-new-listings, but balanced conditions at 4.2 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

32.4%

prior month 26.8%

Months of inventory

4.3

City of Toronto (416) reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 32.4% sales-to-new-listings, but balanced conditions at 4.3 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

905 total

SNLR

32.2%

prior month 29.8%

Months of inventory

4.1

905 total reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 32.2% sales-to-new-listings, but balanced conditions at 4.1 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

$821,967

Sales
354
SNLR
23.4%
MOI
6.4

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,950,781

Sales
233
SNLR
30.3%
MOI
4.5

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$931,642

Sales
316
SNLR
40.3%
MOI
3.2

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,293,179

Sales
848
SNLR
32.9%
MOI
4.1

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$931,548

Sales
588
SNLR
33.4%
MOI
3.0

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.

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