What is the Ottawa housing market doing right now?
OREB's report for September 2026 shows a softer citywide market. The single-family benchmark price was $705,100, nearly unchanged from September 2025, and 1,010 homes sold, down 6.6% from a year earlier. These figures cover all of Ottawa, not Old Ottawa South.
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Active listings at month end were 4,813, up 7.9% from September 2025. Months of inventory was 4.4 for single-family homes and 4.8 for all homes, up from 4.1 a year earlier.
The sales-to-new-listings ratio was 34.5%, which OREB called the lowest September result of the past decade.
Keep in mind. Citywide figures from OREB's monthly MLS report, released October 5, 2026.
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