Davisville Village vs Willowdale: Which Line 1 Condo Wins?
Two Line 1 condo districts, opposite results. C10’s benchmark rose 2.56% while Willowdale’s C14 apartments fell 10.12%. What that means if you are buying.
Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guides to living, buying and selling across Toronto, written by Jatin Dua of RE/MAX Quantum Realty.
Two Line 1 condo districts, opposite results. C10’s benchmark rose 2.56% while Willowdale’s C14 apartments fell 10.12%. What that means if you are buying.
Line 5 gave Leaside two stations in February 2026. Its detached benchmark then fell 6.93% while Davisville Village’s district rose 2.56%. The honest read.
Annex style against bay-and-gable, and a North Riverdale that is 76.9% pre-1960 with 0.8% built since 2011. An honest architectural comparison.
Both are Victorian-era and both sit on Line 2. One stopped an expressway, the other gets Ontario Line stops at Pape and Cosburn. The honest comparison.
One neighbourhood was laid out in 1886, the other built in the 1990s. The Annex and Willowdale compared on price, stock, stops to Union and school rankings.
Harbord CI and Central Tech against Leaside High at 15th of 742, and 3,400 units proposed at one intersection. The Annex and Leaside, compared honestly.
Four subway stations and no expressway, or ten stops to Union in midtown’s only rising benchmark. The Annex and Davisville Village compared on real numbers.
A Danforth Village semi averaged $1,124K while the average condo filed under the Annex reached $1,192K. Yorkville against Greektown, with the real numbers.
A $5,181 two-bedroom rent in Yorkville, a $558,700 benchmark down 10.12% in Willowdale, and two Line 1 condo markets absorbing a quarter of their listings.
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