York Region Real Estate Market Update | August 2026
If you have been watching York Region's market this year hoping for a little calm, August finally delivered some. Here is the whole month in a single sentence: about as many homes sold as last summer, and buyers paid just about what they would have a year ago. Regional sales came in a hair under August 2025 (a slim ↓2.3%), and the average sale price landed within a whisker of last year, essentially flat at just under $1.18 million. Homes took about the same five weeks to find a buyer. After a spring and early summer when prices kept drifting lower, that is a real shift: values look like they have found their footing. And for a family, a market that is calm instead of chaotic, with demand steady and prices holding, is quietly good news. It hands you time, and time, in this game, is really just leverage wearing a disguise.
So let us take a walk through the region together, town by town, sorted by home type: detached, semi-detached and townhouse. For each community you will see what the average home sold for, how many changed hands, and how quickly they went, with an August 2026 against August 2025 comparison whenever it helps tell the story. Feel free to jump straight to your neighbourhood using the links below.
The Big Picture: Prices Find Their Footing
Two things really shaped August, and both point in the same direction: a market catching its breath. Demand eased just a touch, with sales landing a little below last August, close enough that "steady" fits better than "falling." And prices? They stopped sliding. The typical home sold for within half a percent of where it sat a year ago, a clear turn from the spring and early summer, when the regional average was running several percent behind 2025. Homes still took about five weeks to sell, 35 days versus 36. Put it all together and you get a market that has levelled off, with none of the springtime bidding wars, but none of the midsummer price slide either, just steadier ground under everyone's feet.
One thing worth remembering, though: that flat regional average is hiding a lot of local personality. Some towns firmed right up, with Markham, Vaughan and Newmarket all holding or nudging prices higher on healthy sales, while others, like Aurora, East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville, saw prices ease and buyers pull back. So "prices held" is true for the region as a whole, but your town, and your home type, might be telling a different story on the ground. This is a market that rewards knowing your own corner of it: figure out what your segment is actually doing, get your financing sorted early, and move with confidence when the right place turns up, rather than waiting on a region-wide green light that may never come.
York Region at a Glance: August 2026
| City / Town | Detached | Semi | Townhouse | All Types of Homes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Volume | Average Price | Average DOM | ||||
| Aurora | $1,467,448 | $870,833 | $855,643 | 49 | $1,105,004 | 42 |
| East Gwillimbury | $1,112,592 | n/a | $801,400 | 29 | $1,058,938 | 37 |
| Georgina | $849,753 | $648,000 | $710,000 | 57 | $819,910 | 38 |
| King | $2,119,853 | n/a | $1,150,000 | 21 | $1,851,310 | 61 |
| Markham | $1,611,773 | $958,133 | $1,031,119 | 282 | $1,208,692 | 33 |
| Newmarket | $1,146,053 | $829,714 | $846,841 | 83 | $1,048,321 | 30 |
| Richmond Hill | $1,667,913 | $1,040,000 | $1,030,927 | 161 | $1,205,777 | 37 |
| Vaughan | $1,671,824 | $1,010,714 | $1,055,000 | 242 | $1,234,758 | 33 |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | $1,334,618 | $870,000 | $820,644 | 47 | $1,158,512 | 44 |
| York Region | $1,482,221 | $944,765 | $986,648 | 971 | $1,179,938 | 35 |
Detached, Semi and Townhouse columns show the average sale price for that home type. Sales Volume, Average Price and Average DOM (days on market) are for all home types combined. "n/a" indicates no reported sales in that segment this month.
Aurora
Aurora took its foot off the gas a bit this August, on both price and pace. The average detached home eased about ↓7.5% from last year to just under $1.47 million, and fewer of them traded, 25 homes this time versus 35 a year ago. Look across all home types and the average dips a little further, though a lot of that is simply a heavier mix of smaller, lower-priced sales rather than everything getting marked down. Detached houses still took about 40 days to sell, right in line with last August.
What it means for your family: Aurora is still Aurora: the good schools, the green space, the commute that actually works, and right now detached buyers are paying a little less to be part of it than they were last summer. The thinner sales count is the real tell here. With fewer people at the table, the ones who are shopping have a bit more room to negotiate, even if a 40-day pace is hardly a fire sale. Just keep in mind the semi and townhouse numbers rest on only a handful of sales, so read those as a rough sketch, not a firm price tag.
East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury served up one of the region's bigger detached price drops this August. The average detached home came in around $1.11 million, down roughly ↓19% from last August, while sales across all types slipped to 29 from 35. The upside for buyers: those detached homes actually sold a touch quicker than a year ago, 39 days versus 43, and the townhouse segment, just above $800,000, held close to last year's level and cleared in a brisk 26 days.
What it means for your family: This corner of the region keeps doing something rare, pairing real value with real growth, and this August it threw in a genuine discount on detached homes too. A detached house just over $1.11 million goes a lot further here than it did last year, in a community that is still building out, with the Southlake hospital campus in the works adding to the long-term story. With prices softer and detached homes still taking about five and a half weeks to sell, buyers after a house have room to talk. And if a townhome is more your speed, just note that quicker 26-day pace and be ready to move.
Georgina
If you are stretching every dollar, Georgina is still your friend. At an average of $849,753, its detached homes are the most affordable in all of York Region, roughly two-fifths of what you would pay in King. And here is the nice surprise: Georgina barely budged on price, with the average detached home slipping just ↓1.7% year over year, basically flat. The trade-offs this month were a few less sales, 57 across all types versus 63 last August, and detached homes taking a little longer to sell, 39 days against 36.
What it means for your family: If the pricier towns have priced you out, Georgina, which takes in Keswick and Sutton along the Lake Simcoe shore, still hands you an honest-to-goodness detached house and yard for around $850,000. The longer drive into the GTA's job hubs makes it a natural fit for remote and hybrid households. And with prices holding steady rather than sliding and homes sitting a touch longer, you get the best of both, an affordable way in and the breathing room to choose carefully.
King
King, as always, marches to its own drum as the region's estate-and-luxury pocket. Its average detached price eased about ↓11% from last year to roughly $2.12 million, but that figure leans on just 17 sales, so a single trophy deal can swing it either way. Sales actually ran a bit ahead of last August, 21 across all types versus 16. And homes here are still, by a country mile, the slowest to sell in the region, 57 days for a detached property, even longer than a year ago.
What it means for your family: King, meaning King City, Nobleton and Schomberg, sells space, privacy and prestige, not an entry-level price. With so few sales in any given month, one average tells you almost nothing, because no two of these properties are really alike. If you are shopping at this level, those long selling times are on your side: there is plenty of room to be picky, take your time, and negotiate with nobody rushing you.
Markham
Markham was one of the real bright spots this August, firming up while others cooled off. Detached sales jumped to 137 from 88 a year earlier, and the average detached price still ticked up about ↑2.4% to just over $1.61 million, more sales and higher prices at the same time, which does not happen often. Across all home types the average climbed roughly ↑6%. Detached homes moved fast, too, in 28 days, among the quickest anywhere in the region. The softer note was freehold townhouses, which eased to just above $1.03 million.
What it means for your family: Between the top-tier schools, the settled neighbourhoods and the sheer range of housing, Markham is pulling steady demand, and this August that showed up as competition, not discounts. On the detached side, a 28-day pace means the well-priced homes do not hang around, so show up organized and pre-approved. And if a freehold townhome fits the budget, the slightly softer pricing there gives you a little more wiggle room than the detached market is offering right now.
Newmarket
Newmarket once again played the region's steady, family-friendly all-rounder, and it defended its prices better than most. The average detached home held at just over $1.14 million, off only about ↓1% from last August, while the all-types average actually rose around ↑5% on flat sales. Detached homes sold in just 29 days, among the quickest in York Region and faster than the 33 they needed a year ago. Semis and townhomes both sit comfortably under $850,000.
What it means for your family: If you are after a central spot, established streets, a walkable historic downtown and prices that have kept their feet on the ground, Newmarket deserves a serious look. Detached homes just over $1.14 million, plus semis and townhomes under $850,000, make it one of the more attainable move-up markets for families around here. The catch is that 29-day detached pace: this is not a town where a listing sits and waits, so be pre-approved and quick to book a showing.
Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill eased off gently this August rather than dropping hard. Detached homes slipped just about ↓1.5% from last year to a shade under $1.67 million, and the all-types average came off roughly ↓3% on lighter sales, 161 versus 176 a year ago. The townhouse segment, now just above $1 million, was the softer spot, down about ↓8% from last year and taking 37 days to sell. Detached houses changed hands in a steady 35 days.
What it means for your family: Richmond Hill's sought-after schools and transit keep demand solid over the long run, and this August the clearest opening was in townhouses. If your budget lands near that million-dollar mark, that is the segment to circle: you are paying noticeably less than last year, and a 37-day pace lets you slow down and work the price. On detached homes, prices have mostly held, so there is less room to haggle, and the buyer who has financing ready still holds the better hand.
Vaughan
Vaughan stayed one of the busiest big markets in York Region, and here prices firmed up rather than gave way. The average detached home rose about ↑4% from last year to roughly $1.67 million, and those homes still sold quickly, in 30 days. Sales did ease, with 242 homes trading across all types versus 262 last August, so demand cooled a little even as prices held their ground. Freehold townhouses landed just above $1.05 million, down around ↓6%.
What it means for your family: Vaughan, with its subway stop, the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and family favourites like Kleinburg, Maple and Woodbridge, keeps drawing dependable demand. Firmer detached prices on slightly lighter sales is Vaughan's way of telling buyers this is not the place to lowball: the well-located homes are still commanding their price and still selling inside a month. Come financing-ready and decisive. The townhouse segment, softer than last year, is where the clearer value sits if you are hovering around $1 million.
Whitchurch-Stouffville
Stouffville leaned firmly toward buyers again this August, with the sharpest drop in sales anywhere in the region. Deals across all home types fell about ↓27% from last year, to 47 from 64, and the average detached home eased roughly ↓4% to about $1.33 million. Detached listings also took the longest stretch in the region to sell, 49 days, and the townhouse segment, just above $820,000, came in about ↓12% below last year.
What it means for your family: The small-town feel, the GO Train, the family-first character that pulls people toward Whitchurch-Stouffville, none of that has gone anywhere. But this August, the leverage sat squarely with buyers. Fewer people competing, softer detached and townhouse prices, and homes sitting close to seven weeks all add up to unusual room to negotiate for that lifestyle. If you already own here, the quieter pace is a gentle nudge to price a sale to today's market, not last year's. And if Stouffville has been sitting on your shortlist, this is one of the friendlier windows it has offered in a while.
The Bottom Line
Step back from the individual towns and August tells one tidy story: demand eased just a little while prices steadied after months of drifting lower. Sales came in a shade under last year, the average price finished essentially flat, and homes are still selling in about five weeks region-wide. For families, a few takeaways worth holding onto:
If you are looking to buy, the market is friendlier than a red-hot spring, but it is not a steady clearance sale either. The clearest openings this month were in the towns that softened, think Aurora, East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville, and in the townhouse segment across Richmond Hill and Vaughan, where prices sit a step below last year. In the towns that firmed up, Markham and Vaughan on the detached side, competition is real and well-priced homes are gone inside a month, so do not count on lowballing your way in there. Either way, the families who come out ahead are the ones who line up their financing early, get to know what their specific segment is doing, then move with conviction when the right home appears.
If you already own and you are weighing your next move, the picture is workable as long as you price to today's numbers. Buyers are still out there and well-located homes are still selling within weeks, but with values flat rather than climbing and sales a touch lighter, your list price has to reflect where the market is now, not last year's peak. And your segment matters as much as the headline: detached homes in Markham and Vaughan are holding or edging up, while townhouses in several towns, and detached homes up north, have given back a little.
No two families are in quite the same spot, with the same timeline and the same budget, and a regional average can only say so much about your particular street or home type. If you would like a clear, no-pressure read on what all of this means for your neighbourhood and your plans, whether you are buying, selling, or just thinking a few moves ahead, I would be glad to help.
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Data source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) Market Watch, August 2026 and August 2025. Figures reflect reported MLS® sales for each municipality and home type. Segments with very few sales (some semis and small-town categories) can show large month-to-month swings and should be read as indicative rather than precise. This article is for general information only and is not financial or investment advice.
