The market, honestly
The latest Ottawa Real Estate Board figures, quoted exactly, with the date and the source. No neighbourhood price guesses: OREB does not publish neighbourhood-level numbers in its monthly release.
OREB's September 2026 figures for all of Ottawa: single-family benchmark price $705,100; months of inventory, single-family 4.4; average sale price, all homes $685,640. OREB does not publish neighbourhood-level prices.
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Citywide numbers
Citywide Ottawa figures from OREB's monthly MLS® report. They describe the whole city, not one neighbourhood.
- $705,100Single-family benchmark price (MLS® HPI)Nearly unchanged from Sept 2025; down 3.0% from August
- 4.4Months of inventory, single-familyAll homes: 4.8, up from 4.1 a year earlier
- $685,640Average sale price, all homesDown 1.0% from Sept 2025
- 1,010Homes sold in SeptemberDown 6.6% from Sept 2025
- 27Median days on market22 days in Sept 2025
- 97.5%Sale-to-list price ratio98.1% in Sept 2025
- 4,813Active listings at month endUp 7.9% from Sept 2025
- 34.5%Sales-to-new-listings ratioLowest September result of the past decade, per OREB
Figures for September 2026, released October 5, 2026 · oreb.ca
A buyer's autumn
OREB's September 2026 release describes a market that gave buyers more choice. Sales held near August's level, while new listings rose 38.1% from August, much faster than the 12.9% median increase for that month over the previous ten years.
Prices were mixed. The average sale price was close to August and 1.0% below a year earlier, but the MLS® Home Price Index, which tracks a representative home and so removes the effect of which homes happened to sell, fell 2.2% from August. OREB says that was the largest August-to-September drop in a series that starts in 2005, and also notes that one month does not establish a trend.
- New listings: 2,927 in September, up 3.0% from a year earlier and 38.1% from August.
- Year to date: 10,288 homes sold, down 6.9% from the same period in 2025.
- Median sale price: $625,000, down 0.8% year over year.
- Ottawa's three suburban submarkets accounted for 72.7% of September sales.
- OREB cites TD, RBC and CMHC forecasts that point to limited near-term price growth and a gradual recovery.
Single-family
≈0% year over year · −3.0% from August · 535 sales (−4.6%)
$705,100benchmarkTownhouse
−2.2% year over year · 329 sales (−3.5%)
$546,500benchmarkApartment
−6.1% year over year · 121 sales (−24.8%)
$380,800benchmarkAll homes (composite)
−0.3% year over year · −2.2% from August
$623,500benchmark
Not a valuation. These are citywide figures for all of Ottawa. A single home's value depends on its size, condition, lot and street; ask a REALTOR® for a comparative market analysis.
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- 0For sale with a website here
- 0Sold
- 1Neighbourhoods coveredToo few homes yet to quote a typical price
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Quick answers
Short answers first; each links to the full answer and its sources.
What are homes like in Old Ottawa East?
In the 2021 census, 42.1% of dwellings in Old Ottawa East were apartments in buildings of five or more storeys and 27.8% were single-detached houses. Row houses were 12.2%, apartments in buildings under five storeys 9.1%, semi-detached houses 5.8% and duplex flats 3.2%.
As of 2021 · ons-sqo.ca ons-sqo.ca
Do people in Old Ottawa East rent or own?
In the 2021 census, 50.3% of households in Old Ottawa East rented and 49.6% owned.
As of 2021 · ons-sqo.ca
What share of homes in Old Ottawa East are condominiums?
In the 2021 census, 13.1% of private dwellings in Old Ottawa East were condominiums.
As of 2021 · ons-sqo.ca