Source: TRREB MarketWatch, March 2022

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

March 2022

In March 2022 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area edged down 2.6% to $1,299,894 versus February 2022, and sales jumped 20.4% to 10,955.

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MarketWatch, March 2022

Headline indicators

All TRREB areas · all home types

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

$1,299,894

MoM −$34,650 −2.6% down $34,650, 2.6% versus February 2022 YoY +18.4% up 18.4% versus March 2021

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

$1,165,000

MoM −$40,000 −3.3% down $40,000, 3.3% versus February 2022 YoY +23.3% up 23.3% versus March 2021

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

$1,376,000

MoM +$36,000 +2.7% up $36,000, 2.7% versus February 2022 YoY +34.8% up 34.8% versus March 2021

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

10,955

MoM +1,858 +20.4% up 1,858, 20.4% versus February 2022 YoY −30.0% down 30.0% versus March 2021

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

$14.24B

MoM +$2,099,997,888 +17.3% up $2,099,997,888, 17.3% versus February 2022 YoY −17.1% down 17.1% versus March 2021

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

20,038

MoM +5,891 +41.6% up 5,891, 41.6% versus February 2022 YoY −11.8% down 11.8% versus March 2021

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

10,167

MoM +3,182 +45.6% up 3,182, 45.6% versus February 2022 YoY −4.1% down 4.1% versus March 2021

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

8

MoM −1 day −11.1% down 1 day, 11.1% versus February 2022 YoY −20.0% down 20.0% versus March 2021

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

11

MoM no change no change versus February 2022 YoY −15.4% down 15.4% versus March 2021

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

113%

MoM −3.0 pp −2.6% down 3.0 pp, 2.6% versus February 2022 YoY +5.6% up 5.6% versus March 2021

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

54.7%

MoM −9.6 pp −15.0% down 9.6 pp, 15.0% versus February 2022 YoY −20.7% down 20.7% versus March 2021

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.

0.9

MoM +0 +20.9% up 0, 20.9% versus February 2022 YoY +37.0% up 37.0% versus March 2021

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings jumped 45.6% to 10,167 versus February 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings jumped 41.6% to 20,038 versus February 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales jumped 20.4% to 10,955 versus February 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price fell 3.3% to $1,165,000 versus February 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price edged down 2.6% to $1,299,894 versus February 2022.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

6.6%

Q4 2021

Toronto employment growth

8.1%

February 2022

Toronto unemployment rate

7.4%

February 2022

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

5.7%

February 2022

Bank of Canada overnight rate

0.5%

March 2022

Prime rate

2.7%

March 2022

1-year mortgage rate

2.99%

March 2022

3-year mortgage rate

3.69%

March 2022

5-year mortgage rate

4.79%

March 2022

Full economic indicators for March 2022 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 4,884 +956 +24.3% up 956, 24.3% versus February 2022 $1,697,396 −$99,807 −5.6% down $99,807, 5.6% versus February 2022 +21.0% up 21.0%
Semi-detached 983 +232 +30.9% up 232, 30.9% versus February 2022 $1,317,048 −$41,367 −3.0% down $41,367, 3.0% versus February 2022 +26.0% up 26.0%
Att/row/townhouse 972 +117 +13.7% up 117, 13.7% versus February 2022 $1,212,542 −$41,918 −3.3% down $41,918, 3.3% versus February 2022 +27.4% up 27.4%
Condo townhouse 870 +151 +21.0% up 151, 21.0% versus February 2022 $948,292 −$15,408 −1.6% down $15,408, 1.6% versus February 2022 +23.9% up 23.9%
Condo apartment 3,154 +382 +13.8% up 382, 13.8% versus February 2022 $808,566 +$8,600 +1.1% up $8,600, 1.1% versus February 2022 +19.6% up 19.6%
Link 66 +26 +65.0% up 26, 65.0% versus February 2022 $1,197,978 −$104,027 −8.0% down $104,027, 8.0% versus February 2022 +20.1% up 20.1%
Co-op apartment 11 +3 +37.5% up 3, 37.5% versus February 2022 $620,000 +$7,137 +1.2% up $7,137, 1.2% versus February 2022 −7.6% down 7.6%
Detached condo 10 −1 −9.1% down 1, 9.1% versus February 2022 $1,332,200 +$126,823 +10.5% up $126,823, 10.5% versus February 2022 +49.1% up 49.1%
Co-ownership apartment 5 −8 −61.5% down 8, 61.5% versus February 2022 $514,680 −$66,033 −11.4% down $66,033, 11.4% versus February 2022 +24.3% up 24.3%

Average price by home type

13 months to March 2022

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending March 2022.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Mar '21 14028491045519951984765521676052
Apr '21 13876291068923946412753943691791
May '21 14156981064361949983761266682280
Jun '21 14075401055640945212755622683479
Jul '21 14054781027895950038748433674490
Aug '21 14238071031580977127764742688568
Sep '21 152646511146961016269789983708521
Oct '21 154043211517701085547823017703698
Nov '21 156783212060161095570826475715104
Dec '21 159873511810461136657846525711933
Jan '22 174131813122731221726936264748566
Feb '22 179720313584151254460963700799966
Mar '22 169739613170481212542948292808566

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 C09 +41.5% up 41.5%
  2. Toronto W09 +24.8% up 24.8%
  3. Toronto C10 +23.4% up 23.4%
  4. Toronto E06 +17.0% up 17.0%
  5. Toronto W08 +16.7% up 16.7%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C03 −23.1% down 23.1%
  2. King −21.9% down 21.9%
  3. Toronto C12 −19.6% down 19.6%
  4. Toronto C02 −15.7% down 15.7%
  5. Scugog −13.0% down 13.0%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Scugog +82.3% up 82.3%
  2. Toronto W02 +67.1% up 67.1%
  3. Toronto E01 +66.1% up 66.1%
  4. Toronto E10 +60.7% up 60.7%
  5. Toronto E03 +55.6% up 55.6%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C06 −38.8% down 38.8%
  2. Toronto E05 −6.4% down 6.4%
  3. Toronto C02 −2.0% down 2.0%
  4. Toronto E02 −1.5% down 1.5%
  5. Brampton +1.1% up 1.1%

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

54.7%

prior month 64.3%

Months of inventory

0.9

All TRREB areas reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 54.7% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 0.9 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

60.9%

prior month 66.3%

Months of inventory

0.9

City of Toronto (416) sits in a seller's market: 60.9% of new listings sold and 0.9 months of inventory on hand.

905 total

SNLR

51.7%

prior month 63.3%

Months of inventory

0.9

905 total reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 51.7% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 0.9 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

$951,538

Sales
895
SNLR
60.6%
MOI
1.0

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,764,706

Sales
455
SNLR
63.0%
MOI
1.1

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$1,102,733

Sales
718
SNLR
62.8%
MOI
0.8

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,515,897

Sales
1,921
SNLR
48.1%
MOI
1.2

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$1,148,685

Sales
1,390
SNLR
56.2%
MOI
0.7

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