Verified real estate experts in Toronto

The Toronto real estate market — Aug 2026

Toronto is Canada's largest urban market.

In August 2026, the MLS® benchmark price in Toronto stood at $918,400, down 3.73% year over year. The average price, all property types combined, was $979,684. By property type: detached $1,437,900 (−4.33%), semi-detached $1,127,200 (−4.07%), townhouse $717,200 (−5.62%), and apartment $547,400 (−6.88%). There were 1,767 sales during the month. With 4.6 months of inventory, the market is balanced by the standard board convention (under 4 months: sellers; 4 to 6: balanced; over 6: buyers). Homes in Toronto took an average of 35 days to sell. Source: TRREB, August 2026.

Toronto is really a patchwork of micro-markets: a downtown condo, an East York semi and a Scarborough detached home behave like three different economies. For buyers, a city-wide average tells you little about a specific street; for sellers, pricing and timing are won at the neighbourhood level. The agent who actually works your district — and can read which blocks hold value — is what separates a confident purchase from an overpay.

At these price levels, a single percentage point is real money, so local expertise is decisive. Payotte lists one verified professional per sector across Toronto's 10 covered districts — real estate broker, mortgage broker, home inspector, real estate lawyer and certified appraiser — each ranked on Google reviews, experience and an active licence (RECO, FSRA, the Law Society of Ontario, the Appraisal Institute of Canada). One verified reference per neighbourhood, never a paid placement.

How Payotte selects

For every sector, Payotte publishes a single professional per profession — the highest-scoring on its 100-point grid (Google reviews 35, experience 30, active provincial licence 15, local presence 15, bonus 5). No paid placement, no ads, no commissions.