Source: TRREB MarketWatch, May 2024

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

May 2024

In May 2024 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area held steady at $1,165,691 versus April 2024, and sales edged down 1.4% to 7,013.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MarketWatch, May 2024

Headline indicators

All TRREB areas · all home types

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

$1,165,691

MoM +$9,524 +0.8% up $9,524, 0.8% versus April 2024 YoY −2.5% down 2.5% versus May 2023

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

$992,000

MoM +$10,500 +1.1% up $10,500, 1.1% versus April 2024 YoY −4.2% down 4.2% versus May 2023

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

$1,117,400

MoM −$10,700 −0.9% down $10,700, 0.9% versus April 2024 YoY −3.5% down 3.5% versus May 2023

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

7,013

MoM −101 −1.4% down 101, 1.4% versus April 2024 YoY −22.2% down 22.2% versus May 2023

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

$8.17B

MoM −$49,977,821 −0.6% down $49,977,821, 0.6% versus April 2024 YoY −24.2% down 24.2% versus May 2023

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

18,612

MoM +1,671 +9.9% up 1,671, 9.9% versus April 2024 YoY +22.5% up 22.5% versus May 2023

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

21,760

MoM +3,672 +20.3% up 3,672, 20.3% versus April 2024 YoY +83.4% up 83.4% versus May 2023

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

19

MoM no change no change versus April 2024 YoY +35.7% up 35.7% versus May 2023

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

28

MoM no change no change versus April 2024 YoY +40.0% up 40.0% versus May 2023

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

102%

MoM no change no change versus April 2024 YoY −2.9% down 2.9% versus May 2023

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

37.7%

MoM −4.3 pp −10.3% down 4.3 pp, 10.3% versus April 2024 YoY −36.5% down 36.5% versus May 2023

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.

3.1

MoM +1 +22.0% up 1, 22.0% versus April 2024 YoY +135.6% up 135.6% versus May 2023

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings jumped 20.3% to 21,760 versus April 2024.
  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings jumped 9.9% to 18,612 versus April 2024.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales edged down 1.4% to 7,013 versus April 2024.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price edged up 1.1% to $992,000 versus April 2024.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price held steady at $1,165,691 versus April 2024.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

1%

Q4 2023

Toronto employment growth

1.1%

April 2024

Toronto unemployment rate

7.7%

April 2024

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

2.7%

April 2024

Bank of Canada overnight rate

5%

May 2024

Prime rate

7.2%

May 2024

1-year mortgage rate

7.84%

May 2024

3-year mortgage rate

6.99%

May 2024

5-year mortgage rate

6.84%

May 2024

Full economic indicators for May 2024 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 3,238 +63 +2.0% up 63, 2.0% versus April 2024 $1,506,675 −$9,395 −0.6% down $9,395, 0.6% versus April 2024 −3.2% down 3.2%
Semi-detached 616 −4 −0.6% down 4, 0.6% versus April 2024 $1,173,819 +$33,890 +3.0% up $33,890, 3.0% versus April 2024 −2.0% down 2.0%
Att/row/townhouse 624 −31 −4.7% down 31, 4.7% versus April 2024 $1,040,141 −$4,845 −0.5% down $4,845, 0.5% versus April 2024 −6.9% down 6.9%
Condo townhouse 525 −49 −8.5% down 49, 8.5% versus April 2024 $836,642 −$4,624 −0.5% down $4,624, 0.5% versus April 2024 −3.6% down 3.6%
Condo apartment 1,942 −71 −3.5% down 71, 3.5% versus April 2024 $730,815 +$2,748 +0.4% up $2,748, 0.4% versus April 2024 −2.4% down 2.4%
Link 42 −11 −20.8% down 11, 20.8% versus April 2024 $1,077,183 +$7,109 +0.7% up $7,109, 0.7% versus April 2024 +0.2% up 0.2%
Co-op apartment 14 +5 +55.6% up 5, 55.6% versus April 2024 $774,707 +$368,429 +90.7% up $368,429, 90.7% versus April 2024 +43.3% up 43.3%
Detached condo 7 no change no change versus April 2024 $1,009,500 −$73,357 −6.8% down $73,357, 6.8% versus April 2024 −23.9% down 23.9%
Co-ownership apartment 5 −3 −37.5% down 3, 37.5% versus April 2024 $524,558 +$50,870 +10.7% up $50,870, 10.7% versus April 2024 +11.8% up 11.8%

Average price by home type

13 months to May 2024

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending May 2024.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
May '23 155656611981851117696868318748483
Jun '23 153099712148721087967851497739395
Jul '23 142725711018761032117873859735171
Aug '23 141636610679801022680837863705572
Sep '23 144078610940741043076810495707065
Oct '23 145011211027211042124791299708780
Nov '23 14035001060829984357778402710501
Dec '23 14183231027432996162790721682525
Jan '24 13508281038303963504792834681979
Feb '24 144361211238961034011814412695345
Mar '24 146639711216451039124821146700046
Apr '24 151607011399291044986841266728067
May '24 150667511738191040141836642730815

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 E07 +24.3% up 24.3%
  2. Toronto C13 +16.9% up 16.9%
  3. Toronto E06 +14.5% up 14.5%
  4. King +13.3% up 13.3%
  5. Uxbridge +12.0% up 12.0%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C09 −18.4% down 18.4%
  2. Toronto W07 −17.2% down 17.2%
  3. Toronto C06 −17.1% down 17.1%
  4. Toronto W09 −9.3% down 9.3%
  5. Caledon −9.2% down 9.2%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto E01 +58.3% up 58.3%
  2. Toronto C09 +52.0% up 52.0%
  3. Toronto W01 +51.2% up 51.2%
  4. Toronto W07 +38.9% up 38.9%
  5. Georgina +37.9% up 37.9%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C11 −29.1% down 29.1%
  2. Brock −25.0% down 25.0%
  3. Toronto E09 −22.9% down 22.9%
  4. Toronto E10 −21.9% down 21.9%
  5. Toronto W04 −21.5% down 21.5%

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

37.7%

prior month 42.0%

Months of inventory

3.1

All TRREB areas reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 37.7% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 3.1 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

36.7%

prior month 38.8%

Months of inventory

3.3

City of Toronto (416) reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 36.7% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 3.3 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

905 total

SNLR

38.3%

prior month 44.1%

Months of inventory

3.0

905 total reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 38.3% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 3.0 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

$894,136

Sales
508
SNLR
27.3%
MOI
5.4

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,840,318

Sales
412
SNLR
40.8%
MOI
2.9

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$969,040

Sales
411
SNLR
41.3%
MOI
2.5

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,340,032

Sales
1,198
SNLR
37.7%
MOI
3.3

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$954,942

Sales
907
SNLR
43.6%
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