Toronto-Area House Prices Are Down a Third Since Peak. One Suburb Is Down 41%
Posted on Oct 07, 2026 in Market Update
Milton and Oakville, two suburbs west of Toronto, share a border. Since early 2022, the typical detached home in Milton has fallen 41% in the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board's (TRREB) price index. In Oakville, it's down 28%.
Across TRREB's whole area, roughly the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), detached prices sit about a third below where they were...
The $950 Maintenance Fee Trap: Why a "Cheaper" Toronto Condo Can Cost You More Every Month
Posted on Sep 23, 2026 in Buying Tips
Purchase prices get the headlines. Monthly carry is what actually comes out of your bank account on the first of the month.
When buyers scroll Toronto condo listings, the filter is almost always set to price ceiling: under $700,000, under $800,000, under $1,000,000. It feels sensible and clean. The problem is that two condos listed at the exact same...
The Highest Offer Didn't Win The House. Here's What Did.
Posted on Sep 16, 2026 in Buying Tips
On offer night, everyone assumes the highest number wins. My buyer clients just proved that is not always true, and what happened tells you more about how sellers actually think than any pricing strategy could.
Their offer wasn't the top bid on the table. It was the second-highest of five. What tipped it in their favour was a letter.
The Reality of O...
Two-Thirds of Toronto Listings Don't Sell. Waiting for Lower Rates Won't Change That.
Posted on Sep 07, 2026 in Buying Tips
Here's a number that surprises most people, including a lot of agents: pull the data on any month of Toronto listings old enough to have fully played out, and somewhere between 55 and 68 percent of them get taken off the market without ever selling under that listing. Call it two out of three. That's not a slow-month anomaly. It's held in that rang...
SEPTEMBER 2026: The Toronto Market Split in Half
Posted on Sep 03, 2026 in Market Update
Toronto real estate split down the middle in August. Here's what it means for you.
August didn't behave like one market. Detached, semi-detached and townhouse prices all ticked up from July. Condo prices kept sliding. If you've been reading the headlines and assuming the whole city moved in one direction, it didn't, and that split matters more than...
JUNE 2026: The Market Is Shifting. Most People Haven't Noticed
Posted on Jun 08, 2026 in Market Update
Every month the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) releases its market data and every month the same thing happens: a hundred versions of the same post show up in your feed. Charts. Bullet points. "Now is a great time to buy!" Nobody reads them. Nobody saves them. They exist to fill a content calendar.
This is not that post.
Here is what the...
Toronto Real Estate Market Update – MAY 2026
Posted on May 06, 2026 in Market Update
Not loud. Not chaotic. More like people quietly circling back to ideas they parked last year. Moving closer to family. Finally getting out of the condo that suddenly feels too small. Looking at listings at 11:42 p.m. pretending they’re “just curious.”
This spring market feels different from the frantic y...
Toronto Real Estate Market Update – February 2026
Posted on Feb 06, 2026 in Market Update
The Toronto real estate market isn’t buzzing the way it used to. No frenzy. No spectacle. Just a market showing its cards.
If you’ve been watching from the sidelines, scrolling listings late at night, or wondering why everything feels slower but somehow still intense, you’re not imagining it. The market has shifted its posture. Less flexing. More ho...
Toronto Real Estate Market Update – January 2026
Posted on Jan 12, 2026 in Market Update
If you’ve been circling the idea of buying or selling, quietly lurking on listings at midnight, saving places you swear you’re “just browsing,” this market is speaking your language right now.
Less noise. More clarity. Fewer games.
The vibe right now
The Toronto...