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. From our tracking of active REALTOR.ca listings, 24 homes were for sale in the six neighbourhoods, with a median asking price of $1,457,000 (as of 2026-10-30).
Updated · Facts on this page link to their sources
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.
Homes on this hub
- 1For sale with a website here
- 0Sold
- 6Neighbourhoods coveredToo few homes yet to quote a typical price
Asking prices from REALTOR.ca listings of homes with a website on westboro.homes.
For sale now, by neighbourhood
Homes for sale on REALTOR.ca inside the six Westboro-area neighbourhoods, as found by our own scheduled checks of the REALTOR.ca map (a few times a day, a capped number of listings per check). Asking prices, not sale prices. Medians are shown only when at least 3 listings are in the group.
| Neighbourhood | Active listings | Median asking |
|---|---|---|
| Westboro | 6 | $1,574,999 |
| Westboro Beach | 5 | $949,000 |
| Highland Park | 6 | $1,599,950 |
| McKellar Park | 4 | $1,375,000 |
| Carlingwood | 1 | fewer than 3 |
| Woodroffe North | 2 | fewer than 3 |
| All six neighbourhoods | 24 | $1,457,000 |
- Each listing is placed in a neighbourhood by its geocoded address and the neighbourhood boundaries on this site.
- A listing counts as active in a week if we saw it on REALTOR.ca during that week and it was not marked delisted before the week began.
- Our checks can miss listings: REALTOR.ca returns a limited number of homes per map view, so counts are a lower bound.
Tracking since 2026-10-30; updated 2026-10-30. Left out: 7 listings we could not place on the map and 21 just outside the six neighbourhoods. Asking prices are not sale prices or valuations.
Week by week
| Week | Neighbourhood | Active | New | Median asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-W44 (so far) | Westboro | 6 | 6 | $1,574,999 |
| 2026-W44 (so far) | Westboro Beach | 5 | 5 | $949,000 |
| 2026-W44 (so far) | Highland Park | 6 | 6 | $1,599,950 |
| 2026-W44 (so far) | McKellar Park | 4 | 4 | $1,375,000 |
| 2026-W44 (so far) | Carlingwood | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2026-W44 (so far) | Woodroffe North | 2 | 2 | — |
| 2026-W44 (so far) | All six neighbourhoods | 24 | 24 | $1,457,000 |
Quick answers
Short answers first; each links to the full answer and its sources.
How much do houses cost in Westboro, Ottawa?
The Ottawa Real Estate Board does not publish neighbourhood-level prices in its monthly release. Citywide, OREB's single-family benchmark price (MLS® HPI) was $705,100 in September 2026, nearly unchanged from September 2025, and the average sale price of all homes was $685,640.
As of 2026-09 · oreb.ca westboro.homes
What kind of homes are in Westboro?
Most of Westboro's houses were built between 1900 and 1960, and condominium buildings along Richmond Road and the other main streets are adding density. In the 2021 census, the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's wider 'Westboro' area was 21.9% single-detached houses and 42.3% apartments in buildings of five or more storeys.
As of 2021 · en.wikipedia.org ons-sqo.ca
What is the Ottawa housing market doing right now?
OREB's September 2026 figures show 1,010 homes sold in Ottawa, down 6.6% from September 2025, with a median of 27 days on market (22 a year earlier) and a 97.5% sale-to-list price ratio. Active listings at month end were 4,813, up 7.9% year over year.
As of 2026-09 · oreb.ca
How many homes are for sale in Westboro?
westboro.homes tracks active REALTOR.ca listings in the six neighbourhoods and publishes the weekly count, new listings and median asking price by neighbourhood on its market page. Citywide, OREB counted 4,813 active listings at the end of September 2026, up 7.9% from a year earlier.
As of 2026-09 · oreb.ca westboro.homes
Is Ottawa a buyer's or seller's market?
OREB reported 4.8 months of inventory for all Ottawa homes in September 2026, up from 4.1 a year earlier, and 4.4 months for single-family homes. Its sales-to-new-listings ratio was 34.5%, the lowest September result of the past decade, which means buyers had more listings to choose from than a year earlier.
As of 2026-09 · oreb.ca
Do more people rent or own in Westboro?
In the 2021 census, 53.6% of households in the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's 'Westboro' area rented their home, so slightly more households rent than own. In the neighbouring 'Laurentian' area (Carlingwood, Highland Park and McKellar Park) 41.6% rented.
As of 2021 · ons-sqo.ca ons-sqo.ca