Source: TRREB MarketWatch, January 2023

Greater Toronto Area · TRREB MarketWatch

GTA Real Estate Market Report

January 2023

In January 2023 the average selling price across the Greater Toronto Area edged down 1.2% to $1,038,668 versus December 2022, and sales held steady at 3,100.

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

$1,038,668

MoM −$12,548 −1.2% down $12,548, 1.2% versus December 2022 YoY −16.4% down 16.4% versus January 2022

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

$900,000

MoM +$12,000 +1.4% up $12,000, 1.4% versus December 2022 YoY −18.2% down 18.2% versus January 2022

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

$1,078,900

MoM −$2,500 −0.2% down $2,500, 0.2% versus December 2022 YoY −14.2% down 14.2% versus January 2022

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

3,100

MoM −17 −0.5% down 17, 0.5% versus December 2022 YoY −45.0% down 45.0% versus January 2022

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

$3.22B

MoM −$56,771,426 −1.7% down $56,771,426, 1.7% versus December 2022 YoY −54.0% down 54.0% versus January 2022

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

7,688

MoM +3,614 +88.7% up 3,614, 88.7% versus December 2022 YoY −3.6% down 3.6% versus January 2022

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

9,299

MoM +607 +7.0% up 607, 7.0% versus December 2022 YoY +124.6% up 124.6% versus January 2022

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

29

MoM +2 days +7.4% up 2 days, 7.4% versus December 2022 YoY +123.1% up 123.1% versus January 2022

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

41

MoM +1 day +2.5% up 1 day, 2.5% versus December 2022 YoY +127.8% up 127.8% versus January 2022

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

98%

MoM no change no change versus December 2022 YoY −13.3% down 13.3% versus January 2022

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

40.3%

MoM −36.2 pp −47.3% down 36.2 pp, 47.3% versus December 2022 YoY −42.9% down 42.9% versus January 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.

3.0

MoM +0 +7.6% up 0, 7.6% versus December 2022 YoY +308.4% up 308.4% versus January 2022

The month in 60 seconds

  • Across all TRREB areas, new listings jumped 88.7% to 7,688 versus December 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, active listings rose 7.0% to 9,299 versus December 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the median selling price edged up 1.4% to $900,000 versus December 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, the average selling price edged down 1.2% to $1,038,668 versus December 2022.
  • Across all TRREB areas, sales held steady at 3,100 versus December 2022.

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

Economy

Indicators published with this edition

Real GDP growth

2.9%

Q3 2022

Toronto employment growth

-0.5%

December 2022

Toronto unemployment rate

6.2%

December 2022

Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)

6.3%

December 2022

Bank of Canada overnight rate

4.5%

January 2023

Prime rate

6.5%

January 2023

1-year mortgage rate

6.34%

January 2023

3-year mortgage rate

6.14%

January 2023

5-year mortgage rate

6.49%

January 2023

Full economic indicators for January 2023 →

By home type

All TRREB areas

Home type Sales MoM Average price MoM YoY
Detached 1,384 +32 +2.4% up 32, 2.4% versus December 2022 $1,341,848 −$42,738 −3.1% down $42,738, 3.1% versus December 2022 −22.9% down 22.9%
Semi-detached 240 +2 +0.8% up 2, 0.8% versus December 2022 $1,019,668 +$10,189 +1.0% up $10,189, 1.0% versus December 2022 −22.3% down 22.3%
Att/row/townhouse 277 +11 +4.1% up 11, 4.1% versus December 2022 $976,500 +$22,188 +2.3% up $22,188, 2.3% versus December 2022 −20.1% down 20.1%
Condo townhouse 222 −36 −14.0% down 36, 14.0% versus December 2022 $776,698 +$4,660 +0.6% up $4,660, 0.6% versus December 2022 −17.0% down 17.0%
Condo apartment 950 −16 −1.7% down 16, 1.7% versus December 2022 $687,696 −$17,963 −2.5% down $17,963, 2.5% versus December 2022 −8.1% down 8.1%
Link 14 −7 −33.3% down 7, 33.3% versus December 2022 $967,261 +$4,056 +0.4% up $4,056, 0.4% versus December 2022 −28.2% down 28.2%
Co-op apartment 3 −5 −62.5% down 5, 62.5% versus December 2022 $533,833 +$34,458 +6.9% up $34,458, 6.9% versus December 2022 +6.2% up 6.2%
Detached condo 5 no change no change versus December 2022 $939,000 +$101,400 +12.1% up $101,400, 12.1% versus December 2022 −6.8% down 6.8%
Co-ownership apartment 5 +2 +66.7% up 2, 66.7% versus December 2022 $393,200 −$45,133 −10.3% down $45,133, 10.3% versus December 2022 −24.0% down 24.0%

Average price by home type

13 months to January 2023

Average selling price for the five main home types across all TRREB areas, for the 13 months ending January 2023.
Month DetachedSemi-detachedAtt/row/townhouseCondo townhouseCondo apartment
Jan '22 174131813122731221726936264748566
Feb '22 179720313584151254460963700799966
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

Full home-type breakdown →

Movers this month

Ranked across 49 of the 55 required areas · minimum 10 sales to qualify

Average price, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto C11 +45.3% up 45.3%
  2. Caledon +33.9% up 33.9%
  3. Toronto E07 +21.7% up 21.7%
  4. Aurora +20.9% up 20.9%
  5. Toronto E09 +20.1% up 20.1%

Bottom 5

  1. Toronto C03 −42.1% down 42.1%
  2. Toronto W01 −23.2% down 23.2%
  3. Toronto E08 −19.9% down 19.9%
  4. Toronto C15 −19.6% down 19.6%
  5. Toronto C13 −17.9% down 17.9%

Sales, month-over-month

Top 5

  1. Toronto C03 +53.3% up 53.3%
  2. Toronto E02 +47.1% up 47.1%
  3. Toronto C11 +42.9% up 42.9%
  4. Toronto W09 +36.4% up 36.4%
  5. Toronto W04 +28.1% up 28.1%

Bottom 5

  1. East Gwillimbury −40.7% down 40.7%
  2. Toronto E07 −34.4% down 34.4%
  3. Toronto C08 −33.0% down 33.0%
  4. Toronto W10 −31.7% down 31.7%
  5. Toronto C06 −31.3% down 31.3%

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

40.3%

prior month 76.5%

Months of inventory

3.0

All TRREB areas reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 40.3% 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.

City of Toronto (416)

SNLR

36.8%

prior month 77.0%

Months of inventory

3.5

City of Toronto (416) reads differently on the two balance measures — a buyer's market at 36.8% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 3.5 months of inventory. They measure different things, so the split is worth noting.

905 total

SNLR

42.6%

prior month 76.3%

Months of inventory

2.7

905 total reads differently on the two balance measures — balanced conditions at 42.6% sales-to-new-listings, but a seller's market at 2.7 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

$821,065

Sales
223
SNLR
28.8%
MOI
4.9

Aggregated across 2 districts · View →

Midtown

$1,434,499

Sales
138
SNLR
35.4%
MOI
3.6

Aggregated across 6 districts · View →

Scarborough

$875,867

Sales
184
SNLR
47.8%
MOI
2.3

Aggregated across 8 districts · View →

York Region

$1,285,583

Sales
544
SNLR
40.5%
MOI
2.9

Region total · View →

Durham Region

$886,849

Sales
394
SNLR
45.7%
MOI
2.0

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