Source: TRREB MarketWatch, August 2026

Toronto Central Downtown

Toronto C08

St. Lawrence, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Church-Yonge

August 2026

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Headline indicators

All home types · August 2026

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

$692,887

MoM −$26,540 −3.7% down $26,540, 3.7% versus July 2026 YoY +10.0% up 10.0% versus August 2025

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

$575,000

MoM −$44,500 −7.2% down $44,500, 7.2% versus July 2026 YoY −4.2% down 4.2% versus August 2025

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

$553,600

MoM −$2,900 −0.5% down $2,900, 0.5% versus July 2026 YoY −7.4% down 7.4% versus August 2025

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

135

MoM −23 −14.6% down 23, 14.6% versus July 2026 YoY +3.1% up 3.1% versus August 2025

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

$93.5M

MoM −$20,129,725 −17.7% down $20,129,725, 17.7% versus July 2026 YoY +13.4% up 13.4% versus August 2025

New listings — Properties newly listed during the month.

375

MoM −96 −20.4% down 96, 20.4% versus July 2026 YoY −7.4% down 7.4% versus August 2025

Active listings — Listings available at month end.

814

MoM −60 −6.9% down 60, 6.9% versus July 2026 YoY −11.7% down 11.7% versus August 2025

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

37

MoM +1 day +2.8% up 1 day, 2.8% versus July 2026 YoY −7.5% down 7.5% versus August 2025

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

48

MoM +7 days +17.1% up 7 days, 17.1% versus July 2026 YoY −7.7% down 7.7% versus August 2025

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

97%

MoM +1.0 pp +1.0% up 1.0 pp, 1.0% versus July 2026 YoY no change no change versus August 2025

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

36.0%

MoM +2.5 pp +7.3% up 2.5 pp, 7.3% versus July 2026 YoY +11.3% up 11.3% versus August 2025

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.

6.0

MoM +0 +9.0% up 0, 9.0% versus July 2026 YoY −14.3% down 14.3% versus August 2025
Share of region sales
7.64%
Share of TRREB sales
2.67%
Average vs median gap
20.5%
TRREB SNLR (trend)
32.7%
TRREB months inv. (trend)
5.9

The last two are TRREB's own trend-smoothed figures, kept separate from the SNLR and months of inventory computed here from this month's raw counts. They are not the same measure.

In short

  • Toronto C08 average selling price fell 3.7% to $692,887 versus July 2026.
  • Toronto C08 sales dropped 14.6% to 135 versus July 2026.
  • Toronto C08 sits in a buyer's market: 36.0% of new listings sold and 6.0 months of inventory on hand.

By home type

Home typeSalesMoM$ volumeAverageMoMMedianNewActiveSP/LPLDOMPDOMSNLRMOI
All home types 135 −23 −14.6% down 23, 14.6% versus July 2026 $93,539,788 $692,887 −$26,540 −3.7% down $26,540, 3.7% versus July 2026 $575,000 375 814 97% 37 48 36.0% 6.0
Att/row/townhouse low sample 3 −9 −75.0% down 9, 75.0% versus July 2026 $3,650,000 $1,216,667 +$132,667 +12.2% up $132,667, 12.2% versus July 2026 $1,450,000 6 14 97% 54 50.0% 4.7
Condo townhouse low sample 4 no change no change versus July 2026 $3,695,000 $923,750 −$458,750 −33.2% down $458,750, 33.2% versus July 2026 $960,000 16 31 99% 37 25.0% 7.8
Condo apartment 128 −10 −7.2% down 10, 7.2% versus July 2026 $86,194,788 $673,397 +$21,067 +3.2% up $21,067, 3.2% versus July 2026 $565,000 350 756 97% 37 36.6% 5.9

MLS® Home Price Index

CategoryIndexBenchmarkYoYMoM
Composite 240.2 $553,600 −7.4% down 7.4% −$2,900 −0.5% down $2,900, 0.5% versus July 2026
Single-family detached 337.4 $1,954,500 −12.9% down 12.9% −$46,200 −2.3% down $46,200, 2.3% versus July 2026
Single-family attached 304.8 $1,286,700 −10.3% down 10.3% −$28,200 −2.1% down $28,200, 2.1% versus July 2026
Townhouse 337.2 $826,200 −13.4% down 13.4% +$14,400 +1.8% up $14,400, 1.8% versus July 2026
Apartment 251.3 $499,900 −6.4% down 6.4% −$1,600 −0.3% down $1,600, 0.3% versus July 2026

Trends

13 months to August 2026

Average and median price

Toronto C08: average and median price over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month Average priceMedian price
Aug '25 629645600000
Sep '25 810932625000
Oct '25 726078626000
Nov '25 762451640000
Dec '25 640731545000
Jan '26 690876626000
Feb '26 677108550000
Mar '26 639106575000
Apr '26 687016579500
May '26 699809575000
Jun '26 678376600000
Jul '26 719427619500
Aug '26 692887575000

Sales and new listings

Toronto C08: sales and new listings over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month SalesNew listings
Aug '25 131405
Sep '25 139498
Oct '25 149462
Nov '25 134321
Dec '25 94172
Jan '26 80378
Feb '26 109368
Mar '26 141453
Apr '26 164486
May '26 149459
Jun '26 170500
Jul '26 158471
Aug '26 135375

Active listings

Toronto C08: active listings over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month Active listings
Aug '25 922
Sep '25 935
Oct '25 901
Nov '25 808
Dec '25 584
Jan '26 674
Feb '26 717
Mar '26 787
Apr '26 849
May '26 860
Jun '26 899
Jul '26 874
Aug '26 814

Days on market

Toronto C08: days on market over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month LDOMPDOM
Aug '25 4052
Sep '25 3757
Oct '25 4060
Nov '25 3756
Dec '25 4662
Jan '26 4462
Feb '26 5066
Mar '26 3554
Apr '26 3859
May '26 3146
Jun '26 3643
Jul '26 3641
Aug '26 3748

Sale price to list price

Toronto C08: sale price to list price over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month Avg. SP/LP
Aug '25 97
Sep '25 97
Oct '25 97
Nov '25 97
Dec '25 96
Jan '26 97
Feb '26 97
Mar '26 97
Apr '26 98
May '26 97
Jun '26 98
Jul '26 96
Aug '26 97

Sales-to-new-listings

Toronto C08: sales-to-new-listings over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month SNLR
Aug '25 32.34567901234568
Sep '25 27.91164658634538
Oct '25 32.25108225108225
Nov '25 41.74454828660436
Dec '25 54.65116279069767
Jan '26 21.164021164021165
Feb '26 29.6195652173913
Mar '26 31.125827814569533
Apr '26 33.744855967078195
May '26 32.46187363834422
Jun '26 34
Jul '26 33.54564755838641
Aug '26 36

MLS® HPI composite benchmark

Toronto C08: MLS HPI composite benchmark over 13 months ending August 2026.
Month Composite benchmark
Aug '25 598600
Sep '25 605000
Oct '25 594200
Nov '25 585200
Dec '25 575200
Jan '26 563400
Feb '26 568800
Mar '26 559600
Apr '26 564800
May '26 565200
Jun '26 551400
Jul '26 556500
Aug '26 553600

Days-on-market shows a break at January 2020. TRREB published a single average DOM before then and split it into LDOM and PDOM afterwards; they are different measurements, so the chart shows the change rather than joining them into one line.

How this area ranks

Among the 55 required areas

MeasureRankPercentileValue
Days on market (lowest first) 34 of 55 38.9th 37
Average price 54 of 55 1.9th $692,887
HPI composite, year-over-year 48 of 54 11.3th -7.37%
Price change, month-over-month 35 of 54 35.8th -3.69%
Sales change, month-over-month 26 of 54 52.8th -14.56%
Sales-to-new-listings 41 of 55 25.9th 36%

Change-based rankings exclude areas below 10 sales, where a couple of transactions can look like a market move.