Brantford Regional Real Estate Association MLS® home sales rise in September amid highest new listings for the month in history
The number of homes sold through the MLS® System of the Brantford Regional Real Estate Association totaled 149 units in September 2025. This increased by 14.6% from September 2024.
Home sales were 1.5% below the five-year average and 12.4% below the 10-year average for the month of September.
On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled 1,255 units over the first nine months of the year. This was a decline of 6.3% from the same period in 2024.
The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) tracks price trends far more accurately than is possible using average or median price measures. The overall MLS® HPI composite benchmark price was $651,900 in September 2025, down by 5.8% compared to September 2024.
The benchmark price for single-family homes was $682,700, a decrease of 5.4% on a year-over-year basis in September. By comparison, the benchmark price for townhouse/row units was $530,200, a moderate decrease of 6.2% compared to a year earlier, while the benchmark apartment price was $373,100, falling by 1% from year-ago levels.
The average price of homes sold in September 2025 was $675,565, up modestly by 1.8% from September 2024.
The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $684,647, essentially unchanged, down just 0.9% from the first nine months of 2024.
The dollar value of all home sales in September 2025 was $100.7 million, a sizable gain of 16.7% from the same month in 2024.
The number of new listings was up by 13.8% from September 2024. There were 413 new residential listings in September 2025. This was also the largest number of new listings added in the month of September in history.
New listings were 18.6% above the five-year average and 29.3% above the 10-year average for the month of September.
Active residential listings numbered 705 units on the market at the end of September, a gain of 15.8% from the end of September 2024. Active listings haven’t been this high in the month of September in more than a decade.
Active listings were 43.8% above the five-year average and 63% above the 10-year average for the month of September.
Months of inventory numbered 4.7 at the end of September 2025, unchanged from the 4.7 months recorded at the end of September 2024 and above the long-run average of 2.8 months for this time of year. The number of months of inventory is the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.
BOARD & ASSOCIATION INFORMATION
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For further information and background, please contact Executive Officer Felicia Finnigan (executiveofficer@brrea.com).
Telephone: 519-753-0308
The Brantford Regional Real Estate Association serves an area of Southwestern Ontario that includes the rural areas and communities in Brant County, which includes the City of Brantford, Town of Paris, Villages of Burford, Mount Pleasant, Oakland, Scotland and St. George.
Brantford Regional Real Estate Association®
Jason Tangorra
