The Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS (WECAR) reports resale activity across the City of Windsor and the rest of Essex County. The figures below are from its July 2026 release. WECAR publishes the MLS® Home Price Index benchmark by home type and an average sale price for all homes, but no median; how these measures differ is explained on the Canadian housing market overview.
Windsor-Essex home prices, July 2026
WECAR’s composite benchmark came in at $579,100 (0.9%) and its all-homes average at $541,019 (-7%); the year-to-date average was $543,624.
Benchmark prices by home type
| Type | Benchmark | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Composite | $579,100 | 0.9% |
| Single-family | $629,300 | 1.5% |
| Townhouse/row | $454,900 | 9.9% |
| Apartment | $367,800 | -5.7% |
WECAR, July 2026; change from a year earlier.
Townhouses gained 9.9% while apartments changed -5.7%.
Sales, listings and market conditions
| Measure | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 522 | -7.8% |
| Dollar volume | $282.4M | -14.2% |
| New listings | 1,390 | -6.6% |
| Active listings | 2,307 | 3.5% |
| Months of inventory | 4.4 | was 3.9 |
Market balance
Inventory of 4.4 months compares with a long-run norm for that month of 2.7, by WECAR’s count, and sits above CREA’s 3.6-month seller’s-market threshold. Computed from WECAR’s totals, sales equalled 0.38 times new listings (reading the ratio).
Income needed to buy in Windsor-Essex
Qualifying at the composite benchmark takes near $131,800 a year at the lowest down payment, $114,900 with 20% (method); see also Windsor property tax.
Buying costs
Windsor has no municipal transfer tax; Ontario’s land transfer tax and refund are on the Ontario calculator.
Nearby markets
- Ontario housing market: provincial prices and every Ontario city report
- London housing market: the nearest large market up Highway 401
- Greater Toronto housing market
- Ontario mortgage affordability calculator
- Mortgage rates
Sources
The figures and rules on this page come from these sources, last checked against them between September 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026. How we check facts.
- CMHC: Calculating GDS / TDS
- CMHC: CMHC Purchase
- CMHC: Home Start
- CMHC: CMHC Improvement
- CREA: CREA Stats (local board market statistics)
- CREA: CREA Stats (local board market statistics)
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