York Region Real Estate Market Update | July 2026
July handed York Region families a gentler market than the spring did. The month reduces to one clean sentence: about as many homes sold as a year ago, and buyers paid less for them. Regional sales finished within a hair of last July (a narrow ↑1.3%), while the average sale price gave back roughly ↓7% to settle just under $1.15 million. Homes are also spending a few more days on the market before they sell. When you are shopping for a family home, a market where demand is steady rather than frantic and prices are drifting lower is one that gives you something valuable: time, which is really just leverage in disguise.
What follows is a community-by-community walk through York Region, sorted by home type, detached, semi-detached and townhouse. For each town you will see the average sale price, how many homes sold, and how fast they went, with a July 2026 against July 2025 comparison wherever it sharpens the picture. Use the links below to skip ahead to your community.
The Big Picture: Buyers Set the Pace
Two forces shaped July, and both lean the buyer's way. Demand did not so much cool as flatten out: sales landed almost exactly where they sat a year ago, a sign that the spring scramble has relaxed into an easygoing summer. At the same time, prices kept sliding, with the typical home selling for about ↓7% less than last July and taking a little longer to get there, 34 days on average versus 31. Stack those together and you get the calm inverse of a bidding war: space to tour, compare, and write an offer on your own terms rather than someone else's.
A fair word of caution, though, softer and slower is not the same as falling apart. Prices sit below last year, yet homes are still trading in roughly five weeks region-wide, and the sharpest-priced family listings in several towns still disappear in three to four. This is a market that rewards being ready rather than reactive, neither jumping in blind nor waiting forever for a bottom no one can call in advance. Where the numbers below line up with your town and your budget, the negotiating room is real today, and worth using before the season shifts.
York Region at a Glance: July 2026
| City / Town | Detached | Semi | Townhouse | All Types of Homes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Volume | Average Price | Average DOM | ||||
| Aurora | $1,642,108 | $998,944 | $946,375 | 62 | $1,301,811 | 34 |
| East Gwillimbury | $1,140,681 | $862,667 | $825,783 | 47 | $1,042,536 | 33 |
| Georgina | $912,591 | $698,000 | $663,625 | 61 | $886,967 | 40 |
| King | $2,492,714 | $1,163,000 | $1,092,000 | 20 | $2,028,099 | 55 |
| Markham | $1,507,841 | $1,059,315 | $1,059,661 | 288 | $1,131,324 | 32 |
| Newmarket | $1,096,908 | $769,733 | $823,000 | 82 | $966,817 | 27 |
| Richmond Hill | $1,569,133 | $1,075,486 | $1,042,721 | 182 | $1,222,748 | 37 |
| Vaughan | $1,558,242 | $1,002,929 | $1,014,970 | 272 | $1,144,631 | 34 |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | $1,207,658 | $862,000 | $842,572 | 49 | $1,125,840 | 42 |
| York Region | $1,427,017 | $983,016 | $987,389 | 1,063 | $1,146,307 | 34 |
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.
Aurora
Aurora drew attention this July for how busy its detached market stayed. Roughly ↑23% more detached homes sold than a year earlier, even as the average detached price surrendered about ↓11% to land near $1.64 million. Buyers were not dawdling, either: detached houses changed hands in 30 days, comfortably ahead of the 46 they needed last July. Widen the lens to all home types and the average price was off about ↓12%.
What it means for your family: Aurora keeps its draw as a family town for the familiar reasons, capable schools, green space and a workable commute, and today that lifestyle costs meaningfully less than it did a year ago. The quicker detached pace is the giveaway: there is room to negotiate, but the good houses are not lingering, so have your financing lined up before you start touring. The semi and townhouse pools are shallow this month, only a few sales apiece and slower to clear, which hands the patient buyer there a bit more room to press.
East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury proved sturdier on price than most of its neighbours. The average detached home held at just over $1.14 million, down only about ↓3.5% from last July, while the all-types average eased around ↓6%. Sales ticked up year over year. The standout sits in the townhouse column, where homes sold in a swift 23 days on rising volume, even as detached houses took a more relaxed 36.
What it means for your family: This part of the region keeps pairing relative value with genuine growth. A detached home just above $1.14 million is still attainable in a community that is expanding, and the Southlake hospital campus in the works strengthens the long view. With detached houses taking about five weeks to sell, buyers after a house have leverage to bargain. Set your sights on a townhome, though, and you will want to be quick, since that is the segment moving fastest here.
Georgina
For buyers counting every dollar, Georgina remains the region's value anchor. At an average of $912,591, its detached homes are the least expensive in all of York Region, roughly a third of King's. And in an unusual twist for July, prices firmed rather than fell: the average detached home was up about ↑4% year over year on steady sales. The trade-off this month was time, with detached listings taking 41 days to sell, a touch longer than last summer.
What it means for your family: If the pricier towns have squeezed you out, Georgina, which takes in Keswick and Sutton along the Lake Simcoe shoreline, still delivers a real detached house and yard for a little over $910,000. The longer run into the GTA's job centres makes it a natural fit for remote and hybrid households. With prices holding rather than sliding and homes sitting a little longer, buyers here get both an affordable way in and the room to choose carefully.
King
King plays by its own rules as the region's estate and luxury enclave. Its average detached price actually climbed about ↑7% year over year to roughly $2.49 million, but that number rests on just 14 sales, so one or two trophy deals can jolt the average in either direction. Homes here are also the slowest to sell in the region by a wide margin, at 63 days for a detached property.
What it means for your family: King, meaning King City, Nobleton and Schomberg, sells space, privacy and prestige rather than an entry price. With so few transactions in any given month, a single average tells you little, because the homes themselves differ enormously. If you are shopping at this tier, the long selling times are an ally: there is plenty of latitude to be choosy, take your time, and negotiate with no clock ticking against you.
Markham
Markham ranked among the most active markets anywhere in the region, with sales up about ↑8% year over year even as the all-types average slid more than ↓9%. The clearest savings sat in detached homes, where the average fell around ↓10% to just above $1.5 million. Freehold townhouses barely moved on price, holding near $1.06 million, and they cleared quickly, in 25 days.
What it means for your family: Between its highly ranked schools, settled neighbourhoods and broad range of housing, Markham gave detached buyers appreciably more purchasing power this July than a year ago. If a freehold townhome suits your budget, that 25-day pace means the well-priced ones do not wait, so show up organized. On the detached side, softer prices paired with a steady 31-day rhythm leave you a little more space to negotiate at a comfortable speed.
Newmarket
Newmarket again offered one of the region's most even, family-ready profiles, and it defended its prices better than most. The all-types average slipped only about ↓2% from last July, the average detached home came in just under $1.1 million (down roughly ↓5%), and detached listings sold in only 23 days, among the quickest in York Region. Semis and townhomes both sit comfortably under $900,000.
What it means for your family: If you want a central address, established streets, a walkable historic core and prices that have stayed grounded, Newmarket earns a serious look. Detached homes under $1.1 million alongside semis and townhomes below $900,000 make it one of the more attainable move-up markets for families. The catch is that 23-day detached pace: this is not a town where a listing sits waiting, so be pre-approved and fast to book a showing.
Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill saw one of the region's more pronounced step-backs this July. Sales cooled about ↓11% year over year and the all-types average dropped nearly ↓8%. Detached homes came off about ↓11% to just under $1.57 million, and the townhouse segment, now a little above $1 million, was both cheaper than a year ago and slower to move, taking 41 days.
What it means for your family: Richmond Hill's coveted schools and transit keep demand durable over the long haul, and this July the softer prices and slacker pace put real leverage in buyers' hands. If your budget hovers near the million-dollar mark, the townhouse segment is worth a hard look: you are paying roughly a tenth less than last year's levels, and a 41-day sale pace lets you take your time and work the price. On detached homes, the patient, financing-ready buyer is holding the stronger cards right now.
Vaughan
Vaughan stayed one of the busiest large markets in York Region, with sales essentially flat against last July (a slight ↑2%). Prices, though, drifted with the broader tide: the average detached home eased about ↓10% year over year to roughly $1.56 million, though detached houses still sold in a respectable 29 days. Freehold townhouses landed just above $1 million, down around ↓7%.
What it means for your family: Vaughan, with its subway link, the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and family pockets like Kleinburg, Maple and Woodbridge, keeps pulling dependable demand. Sales holding firm while prices give ground is a friendly setup for buyers, because you capture this year's lower pricing without the market stalling. Detached homes still turn over in under a month, so being financing-ready and decisive counts here, but you are starting from a better price position than you were a year ago.
Whitchurch-Stouffville
Stouffville tilted firmly toward buyers this July, a notable turn for a town that has often run hot. The average detached home dropped about ↓13% year over year to roughly $1.21 million, one of the larger detached declines in the region, while sales fell about ↓17%. Detached listings also took the region's second-longest stretch to sell, 47 days, even as freehold townhouses still cleared in a quick 24.
What it means for your family: The small-town feel, GO Train access and family-first character that draw people to Whitchurch-Stouffville have not gone anywhere, but this July the leverage swung to buyers, with lower detached prices and homes sitting close to seven weeks giving you unusual room to negotiate for that lifestyle. If you already own here, the softer readings are a nudge to price a sale to today's market rather than last year's. And for anyone who has kept Stouffville on the shortlist, this is one of the more welcoming windows it has offered in a while.
The Bottom Line
Pull back from the individual towns and July tells a coherent story: demand has settled into a steadier summer cadence while prices have kept giving ground. Sales roughly matched last year, the average price sits about seven percent lower, and homes are taking a bit longer to sell, close to five weeks region-wide. For families, a few practical conclusions follow:
If you are looking to buy, the milder prices, calmer competition and slightly longer selling times hand you leverage and breathing room the spring simply did not offer, above all in the towns that softened most, such as Richmond Hill, Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville, and in the townhouse segment across Richmond Hill and Vaughan. This is not a market that forces your hand, but it is not an endless clearance either. The families who come out ahead are the ones who settle their financing early, then act with conviction when the right home turns up.
If you already own and are weighing your next move, the outlook is workable so long as you stay realistic. Buyers are still active and well-priced homes are still selling within weeks, but with values under last year and days-on-market ticking up, it comes down to pricing against today's numbers rather than last year's highs. In the more affordable pockets like Georgina, and at the luxury end in King, prices are actually steady or nudging higher, so your specific segment matters as much as the regional headline.
No two families share the same situation, timeline or budget, and a regional average can only say so much about your particular street or home type. If you would welcome a clear, pressure-free read on what these figures mean for your neighbourhood and your plans, whether you are buying, selling, or simply thinking ahead, I would be glad to help.
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Data source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) Market Watch, July 2026 and July 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.
