Source: TRREB MarketWatch, July 2021

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

July 2021

In July 2021 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area edged down 2.5% to $1,062,256 versus June 2021, and sales dropped 15.5% to 9,390, though a summer slowdown is the seasonal norm.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MarketWatch, July 2021

Headline indicators

All TRREB areas · all home types

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

$1,062,256

MoM −$27,280 −2.5% down $27,280, 2.5% versus June 2021 YoY +12.6% up 12.6% versus July 2020

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

$911,500

MoM −$23,500 −2.5% down $23,500, 2.5% versus June 2021 YoY +12.5% up 12.5% versus July 2020

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

$1,054,300

MoM +$4,000 +0.4% up $4,000, 0.4% versus June 2021 YoY +18.1% up 18.1% versus July 2020

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

9,390

MoM −1,716 −15.5% down 1,716, 15.5% versus June 2021 YoY −15.3% down 15.3% versus July 2020

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

$9.97B

MoM −$2,125,801,782 −17.6% down $2,125,801,782, 17.6% versus June 2021 YoY −4.6% down 4.6% versus July 2020

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

12,551

MoM −3,638 −22.5% down 3,638, 22.5% versus June 2021 YoY −30.1% down 30.1% versus July 2020

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

9,732

MoM −1,565 −13.9% down 1,565, 13.9% versus June 2021 YoY −35.2% down 35.2% versus July 2020

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

15

MoM +2 days +15.4% up 2 days, 15.4% versus June 2021 YoY −11.8% down 11.8% versus July 2020

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

20

MoM +3 days +17.6% up 3 days, 17.6% versus June 2021 YoY −20.0% down 20.0% versus July 2020

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

104%

MoM −1.0 pp −1.0% down 1.0 pp, 1.0% versus June 2021 YoY +3.0% up 3.0% versus July 2020

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

74.8%

MoM +6.2 pp +9.1% up 6.2 pp, 9.1% versus June 2021 YoY +21.2% up 21.2% versus July 2020

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.

1.0

MoM +0 +1.9% up 0, 1.9% versus June 2021 YoY −23.5% down 23.5% versus July 2020

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings dropped 22.5% to 12,551 versus June 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales dropped 15.5% to 9,390 versus June 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings dropped 13.9% to 9,732 versus June 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price edged down 2.5% to $911,500 versus June 2021.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price edged down 2.5% to $1,062,256 versus June 2021.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

5.7%

Q1 2021

Toronto employment growth

11.8%

June 2021

Toronto unemployment rate

9.6%

May 2021

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

3.1%

June 2021

Bank of Canada overnight rate

0.25%

July 2021

Prime rate

2.45%

July 2021

1-year mortgage rate

2.79%

July 2021

3-year mortgage rate

3.49%

July 2021

5-year mortgage rate

4.79%

July 2021

Full economic indicators for July 2021 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 4,121 −1,048 −20.3% down 1,048, 20.3% versus June 2021 $1,405,478 −$2,062 −0.1% down $2,062, 0.1% versus June 2021 +21.8% up 21.8%
Semi-detached 868 −188 −17.8% down 188, 17.8% versus June 2021 $1,027,895 −$27,745 −2.6% down $27,745, 2.6% versus June 2021 +12.3% up 12.3%
Att/row/townhouse 853 −226 −20.9% down 226, 20.9% versus June 2021 $950,038 +$4,826 +0.5% up $4,826, 0.5% versus June 2021 +19.5% up 19.5%
Condo townhouse 841 −51 −5.7% down 51, 5.7% versus June 2021 $748,433 −$7,189 −1.0% down $7,189, 1.0% versus June 2021 +15.6% up 15.6%
Condo apartment 2,614 −186 −6.6% down 186, 6.6% versus June 2021 $674,490 −$8,989 −1.3% down $8,989, 1.3% versus June 2021 +6.1% up 6.1%
Link 71 −11 −13.4% down 11, 13.4% versus June 2021 $1,011,485 +$2,009 +0.2% up $2,009, 0.2% versus June 2021 +27.3% up 27.3%
Co-op apartment 6 −7 −53.8% down 7, 53.8% versus June 2021 $540,983 −$73,394 −11.9% down $73,394, 11.9% versus June 2021 +35.0% up 35.0%
Detached condo 12 −2 −14.3% down 2, 14.3% versus June 2021 $860,750 +$53,136 +6.6% up $53,136, 6.6% versus June 2021 +25.4% up 25.4%
Co-ownership apartment 4 +3 +300.0% up 3, 300.0% versus June 2021 $519,250 +$169,250 +48.4% up $169,250, 48.4% versus June 2021 +1.2% up 1.2%

Average price by home type

13 months to July 2021

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending July 2021.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Jul '20 1154356915451795330647470635778
Aug '20 1172880905712806239660177629643
Sep '20 1184700922269822046656991634756
Oct '20 1204844935429821590662572622122
Nov '20 1202281946735833114657370605863
Dec '20 1240632939660871210669204600840
Jan '21 1359915996794913923699713600830
Feb '21 13717911050820941037744854642346
Mar '21 14028491045519951984765521676052
Apr '21 13876291068923946412753943691791
May '21 14156981064361949983761266682280
Jun '21 14075401055640945212755622683479
Jul '21 14054781027895950038748433674490

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 W09 +10.5% up 10.5%
  2. Toronto E11 +9.3% up 9.3%
  3. Georgina +9.0% up 9.0%
  4. Toronto E04 +8.7% up 8.7%
  5. Toronto W10 +7.5% up 7.5%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C11 −27.6% down 27.6%
  2. Toronto W08 −15.8% down 15.8%
  3. Toronto C15 −14.6% down 14.6%
  4. Toronto C09 −14.6% down 14.6%
  5. Toronto C10 −14.1% down 14.1%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto W09 +51.3% up 51.3%
  2. Toronto C12 +50.0% up 50.0%
  3. Toronto E10 +12.7% up 12.7%
  4. King +11.6% up 11.6%
  5. Toronto C06 +8.6% up 8.6%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C11 −40.3% down 40.3%
  2. Toronto C03 −38.2% down 38.2%
  3. Toronto E08 −37.0% down 37.0%
  4. Georgina −36.9% down 36.9%
  5. Oshawa −36.1% down 36.1%

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

74.8%

prior month 68.6%

Months of inventory

1.0

All TRREB areas sits in a seller's market: 74.8% of new listings sold and 1.0 months of inventory on hand.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

64.0%

prior month 60.3%

Months of inventory

1.4

City of Toronto (416) sits in a seller's market: 64.0% of new listings sold and 1.4 months of inventory on hand.

905 total

SNLR

82.2%

prior month 74.0%

Months of inventory

0.8

905 total sits in a seller's market: 82.2% of new listings sold and 0.8 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

$809,897

Sales
777
SNLR
59.8%
MOI
1.6

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,550,534

Sales
331
SNLR
58.7%
MOI
2.0

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$879,963

Sales
602
SNLR
75.0%
MOI
0.9

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,271,831

Sales
1,767
SNLR
79.5%
MOI
1.1

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$910,197

Sales
1,104
SNLR
86.3%
MOI
0.5

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