Rosedale slowed down, and its benchmark caught up with the city.
Eighteen sales, 50 days to sell — the longest in Toronto — and a benchmark now down 6.09% after holding nearly flat in July.
Eighteen sales in August at an average of $2,668,863 and a median of $2,325,514. Homes took 50 days to sell, the longest of any Toronto district this month, at 95% of asking. The benchmark is $1,925,600, down 6.09% on the year. In July it was down just 0.48%; that gap to the city has closed, and Rosedale is no longer the exception it looked like a month ago.
Thin volume is why the benchmark moves in steps rather than a line. The detached benchmark is $3,485,900, down 9.61%, and the apartment benchmark $790,900, down 10.42%. Only 25 new listings came to market against 80 active — sellers here are not rushing to list into a soft month.
Opportunities in C09 are property-specific, not market-wide. The motivated estate sale or the dated house on a great street is the play, and those rarely look obvious on a portal. If C09 is the goal, the conversation matters more than the listings feed.
MLS® HPI Benchmarks · C09 · August 2026 · y/y
| Composite | $1,925,600 | -6.09% |
| SF Detached | $3,485,900 | -9.61% |
| SF Attached | $2,358,200 | -5.35% |
| Townhouse | $1,471,400 | -2.86% |
| Apartment | $790,900 | -10.42% |
Figures: TRREB Market Watch, August 2026, and MLS® Home Price Index (August 2026), extracted and arithmetically verified; subject to TRREB revision. Refreshed with each monthly cycle. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract. Eric Geng, Salesperson, RE/MAX City Accord Realty Inc., Brokerage. Each Office Independently Owned and Operated.