Aurora real estate guide 2026: market, neighbourhoods and what’s being built

At a glance: Aurora is a smaller, low-rise market where approvals are modest: Council approved a 229-unit seniors building and 93 townhouses in November 2025. Homes took 42 days on average to sell in August, compared with 33 in Markham and Vaughan.

Checked on 3 October 2026 against TRREB, municipal, regional, provincial and Metrolinx sources. Anything I could not confirm on an official page is left out or labelled.

Aurora market snapshot: September 2026

Numbers below are for Aurora, all home types, from TRREB’s September 2026 Market Watch. October data is due in early November; this page is updated monthly.

September 2026	Aurora	GTA
Sales	56	5,040
Average price	$1,165,686	$1,006,409
Median price	$1,081,500	$860,000
New listings	185	16,500
Active listings	292	26,131
Months of inventory	4.9	4.6
Sale-to-list price	98%	98%
Average days on market	37	34
MLS® HPI benchmark (year over year)	$1,106,800 (-6.77%)	$917,600 (-4.65%)

How I read it: This is a balanced market: buyers have choice and time, so condition and price position decide who sells.

Where to live in Aurora

• Aurora Promenade (Yonge & Wellington): Walkable core with mid-rise. Suits downsizers and young professionals.
• Aurora GO area: GO commuters.
• Bayview Northeast / Aurora Highlands: Larger detached homes for move-up families.

Neighbourhood notes are my professional view, not official data.

What’s approved and being built in Aurora

Only projects with an official source are listed, with the exact stage each has reached. “Approved” means a planning decision; it is not a construction start. Where a building permit has been issued, that is the strongest sign a project is actually starting.

Project	What	Stage (official)	Transit
25 Mavrinac Blvd	229 units: seniors apartments and retirement suites, 7 storeys	Approved by Council 25 Nov 2025	—
14070 Yonge St	93 townhouses	Approved by Council 25 Nov 2025	Yonge St buses

For a GTA-wide view of what is permitted and under construction, see the GTA developments tracker and mall and plaza redevelopments.

Transit: running today vs. coming later

• Barrie GO line serves the town. No official 2026–2028 service increase was found for this station, and proposed new stations at Kirby and Mulock have no current official status.

Taxes and closing costs in Aurora

2026 residential property tax rate: 0.873953% of assessed value (local 0.328541% + York Region 0.392412% + education 0.153000%). Official 2026 rates. Taxes are charged on MPAC’s assessed value, which is usually well below today’s market price, so ask for the property’s actual tax bill.

• Ontario land transfer tax applies (no municipal land transfer tax outside Toronto). First-time buyers can claim up to $4,000 back if they qualify. Ontario

Buying new? Read the Ontario pre-construction buyer guide for the 2026 HST rebates (up to $50,000 federal for first-time buyers, and Ontario relief on the provincial part).

For business owners and commercial tenants

Commercial corridors: Yonge St and Wellington St (the Aurora Promenade).

• No open Aurora business grant was confirmed on an official page today.

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Schools in Aurora: how to check rankings and boundaries

School zone is one of the first things Aurora buyers search for, and one of the easiest things to get wrong. A listing that says “in the X school zone” is not a guarantee. Here is how I check it for clients before they offer.

Who runs the schools: English public schools in Aurora are run by the York Region District School Board (YRDSB), English Catholic schools by the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB). French-language schools are run by Conseil scolaire Viamonde (public) and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (Catholic).

1. Use the board’s own school locator with the exact address, not the listing description. Boundaries follow streets, and two sides of the same street can go to different schools.
2. Check results from two sources: EQAO publishes each school’s provincial test results, and the Fraser Institute ranks Ontario elementary and secondary schools at compareschoolrankings.org. Rankings measure test scores, not the whole school, so visit too.
3. Ask about “holding schools”. When a local school is full, new students in growing areas can be directed to a school farther away until space opens. This matters most in new subdivisions.
4. Programs have their own boundaries. French Immersion, IB, gifted and arts programs often draw from a different area than the home school, and some need an application.
5. Get it in writing before you waive conditions. Boundaries can change. Call the board’s planning or admissions office with the address, and keep the answer.

Want homes in a specific Aurora school zone? Tell me the school and your budget. I check each home’s address against the board locator before I send it to you.

Selling or buying in Aurora: how I would approach it

Selling: price against the homes a buyer will actually compare with yours (same type, condition and recent enough), not the area average above. Then work out what you would keep after the mortgage payout and costs.Buying: decide what matters more, existing transit or a project that is only approved, and check the stage of anything near the address before you firm up.

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General information about Aurora, not a valuation, investment, tax or legal advice. Planning status and incentives change; confirm with the municipality before relying on them. Inderpal Sidhu, Salesperson · HomeLife Silvercity Realty Inc., Brokerage.

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