Local real estate insights for Toronto and the GTA from Jatin Dua, Realtor at RE/MAX Quantum Realty. Want this applied to your own situation rather than the market as a whole? Send me your address or your budget and I will run the numbers for you. Call or text 833-330-1925, or send me a message.
The GTA average price fell 2.7% year over year in August 2026 while sales above $5 million held almost perfectly flat. That is not a contradiction. Here is the mechanism that drives the two markets apart.
No board, no regulator and no law defines luxury real estate in Toronto. Brokerages use $3 million as the reporting threshold. But price is the weakest definition — here is where the market genuinely changes behaviour.
Toronto’s general market and its luxury market are not telling the same story in 2026. Here are the actual sale counts by price band, what the condo numbers hide, and what the April 2026 land transfer tax increase costs a buyer above $3 million.
Half the development land on the MLS in the GTA is listed at $1. It is an invitation to treat: the seller wants the market, not a list price, to set the number. It works for well-marketed sites and badly for owners who go in without knowing their own value. What the $1 listing means, when to use it, and how to get your number first.
Developers price land three ways: per buildable square foot for density sites, per acre for industrial and subdivision land, and by residual value for everything in between. What each method says about your parcel, why approvals move the number more than location, and how to get a free AI range in 90 seconds.
Restaurant buyers in the GTA pay for provable earnings, a transferable lease, a kitchen they will not have to rebuild and a business that runs without you. They do not pay for your reviews, your recipes or your renovation. The list, what each item is worth, and how to price before you list.
Restaurants sell on a multiple of what the owner actually takes home, not on revenue. The median completed restaurant sale in 2025 was about $225,000 against a $265,000 ask, with multiples between roughly 1.3x and 2.5x. How to calculate your own SDE, what moves the multiple, and how to get a free AI range in 90 seconds.
GTA resale condos are roughly a quarter below their 2022 peak, investor units are hitting the market, and 40 days on market is the new normal. What that means if you bought in 2021–2023, the three choices you actually have, and how to get an honest number before deciding.
Two units with the same floor plan in the same tower can sell $90,000 apart. The floor, the exposure and view, and whether you own parking and a locker explain most of it. What each is worth in Toronto in 2026, and how to get a free AI range for your unit.
GTA prices are down 2.7% year over year, listings are down 14%, and houses are taking 35 days to sell. Whether to sell in 2026 comes down to three numbers: what your house is worth today, what you owe, and what you would buy next. How to get all three before you call an agent.
