Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS

The number of homes sold through the MLS® System of the Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS® totaled 573 units in June 2026. This increased by 8.1% from June 2025.

Home sales were in line with the five-year average and 13% below the 10-year average for the month of June.

On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled 2,523 units over the first six months of the year. This was a modest decline of 3.3% from the same period in 2025.

“June brought another encouraging sign of momentum for our regional market. Sales pushed above the 500-mark for the first time since the fall, rose for the fourth consecutive month, and were in line with the five-year average for the month. New listings also surged to their highest level since summer 2025, above what is expected around this time of year. Active listings at the end of June remained steady yet elevated, while prices were largely stable from May with a modest increase from the same period last year. As the traditionally busy spring market comes to a close, market conditions still favour buyers, but June’s activity reinforces the fact that buyers are out there if the right properties are available,” said Alyssa Ismail, President of the Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS®. “In other news, a new Nanos Research poll revealed that housing affordability is the top quality of life challenge for Windsor–Essex, with 58% of residents rating local options poor or very poor. In response, Windsor City Council voted unanimously to apply for up to $50 million in infrastructure funding and to slash residential development charges by up to 70% to spur new home construction.”

The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) tracks price trends far more accurately than is possible using average or median price measures. The overall MLS® HPI composite benchmark price was $586,600 in June 2026, increasing by 1.7% compared to June 2025.

The benchmark price for single-family homes was $639,900, a modest gain of 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in June. By comparison, the benchmark price for townhouse/row units was $437,600, nearly unchanged, up only 0.9% compared to a year earlier, while the benchmark apartment price was $367,300, a minor decrease of 3.7% from year-ago levels.

The average price of homes sold in June 2026 was $545,413, down by 4.3% from June 2025.

The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $544,143, a minor decrease of 3.3% from the first six months of 2025.

The dollar value of all home sales in June 2026 was $312.5 million, a small gain of 3.5% from the same month in 2025.

The number of new listings edged down 0.3% (four listings) from June 2025. There were 1,476 new residential listings in June 2026.

New listings were 2% above the five-year average and 17.3% above the 10-year average for the month of June.

Active residential listings numbered 2,237 units on the market at the end of June, up only 0.1% (two listings) from the end of June 2025. Active listings haven’t been this high in the month of June in more than a decade.

Active listings were 19.4% above the five-year average and 51.3% above the 10-year average for the month of June.

Months of inventory numbered 3.9 at the end of June 2026, down from the 4.2 months recorded at the end of June 2025 and above the long-run average of 2.4 months for this time of year. The number of months of inventory is the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.