The hardest part of downsizing within St. Andrew-Windfields is lining up the two transactions. In September 2026, TRREB's Toronto C12 district had 150 active detached listings and 22 active condo apartment listings. That makes the house you are selling one of many and the suite you want to buy one of very few.
TRREB defines C12 as two communities, St. Andrew-Windfields and Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills. A local downsizer could buy in either one, so this is the right market to look at. The gap between the two property types has held steady for at least five months. The new condo supply that might close it is arriving one rezoned Bayview Avenue lot at a time.
The Same District, Two Different Ratios
The table below shows C12 detached and condo apartment activity from May through September 2026, taken from TRREB's monthly Market Watch reports. Months of supply is active listings divided by that month's sales. It is a rough measure of how long current inventory would take to clear at the current pace.
| Month (2026) | Detached sales | Detached active | Detached months of supply | Condo apt. sales | Condo apt. active | Condo apt. months of supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 16 | 164 | about 10 | 9 | 14 | under 2 |
| June | 14 | 165 | about 12 | 3 | 14 | under 5 |
| July | 17 | 147 | under 9 | 6 | 13 | about 2 |
| August | 11 | 135 | about 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| September | 10 | 150 | 15 | 5 | 22 | under 5 |
From May through August, C12 had roughly 11 or 12 detached listings for every condo apartment listing. In September, a small rise in condo inventory brought that down to about seven to one. Monthly counts this small move around, and one large sale can swing an average price by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even so, the gap in inventory showed up every month in this period.
What Selling the House Looks Like Right Now
The detached side is the part of the move with competition. In September 2026, C12 detached homes sold at an average of 95% of list price after an average of 50 days on market. Across the City of Toronto, detached homes sold at 98% of list after 27 days. Earlier in the year the gap was wider. C12 detached sold at 91% of list in May 2026 and 92% in June and July.
The fall season added more competitors. Detached new listings in C12 were 38 in July 2026 and 39 in August, then rose to 74 in September. Active listings went from 135 to 150 at the same time as monthly sales dropped to 10. This matches the wider picture. TRREB's September report described GTA buyers as being "in a holding pattern," with sales down nine per cent year over year.
For a St. Andrew-Windfields owner, this means selling the house is likely to take weeks and some negotiating. The timing is hard to predict. Buying the next home has its own problem.
Why the Condo Side Is So Thin
Local condo apartment supply is small because very little has been built. The Toronto Star reported that the 62-unit project at 2 Post Road is the Bridle Path's first condo in more than 20 years. In the same article, North Drive co-founder Jordan Morassutti said the buyers there are mostly wealthy downsizers, predominantly from the Bridle Path.
That one comment says a lot about this market. The few new local suites draw buyers from the same pool of nearby detached homeowners. So a St. Andrew-Windfields seller who wants to stay close is likely to compete for the same scarce product as owners from across Bayview.
The new projects are also aimed at that buyer. The Green Line reported that the Times Group proposal at 2425–2427 Bayview Avenue and 1 The Bridle Path was pitched to empty-nesters and owners of large local homes. The design was cut from a possible 150 units to 56 luxury suites. Thirty-four of the 56 have three bedrooms. Larger suites suit the buyer the project is designed for, but they also mean fewer homes on each site.
The Pipeline Arrives One Rezoning at a Time
Four Bayview corridor projects are in public records and local reporting. Each is at a different stage.
- 2 Post Road, by North Drive. This is a 62-unit, five-storey condo just north of Lawrence Avenue East and Bayview, and it is under construction. The Star reported that construction was expected to take about three years and that just under half the units had pre-sold. Units range from under 1,500 to more than 4,000 square feet, priced from the mid-$2 millions to over $10 million.
- 2425–2427 Bayview Avenue and 1 The Bridle Path, by Times Group. This is a six-storey, 56-unit proposal. It was the subject of a City of Toronto notice dated March 7, 2025, for an application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. No approval or construction start has been publicly reported.
- 1 Wilket Road and 2535–2537 Bayview Avenue, by Equiton Developments. UrbanToronto reported in August 2026 on a seven-storey, 56-suite proposal for this site, with 24 three-bedroom suites. It would replace a nine-townhouse plan the Ontario Land Tribunal permitted in 2021. Completion is listed as TBD.
- 2654, 2656, 2660 and 2668 Bayview Avenue, by Impressions Group. This site is inside St. Andrew-Windfields, on the west side of Bayview north of Fifeshire Road. UrbanToronto lists a seven-storey, 168-unit condominium designed by TAES Architect, at the pre-construction stage. A City notice dated September 11, 2026 covers application 25 151165 NNY 15 OZ, which would amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to allow a seven-storey residential building.
Together these add up to about 340 proposed suites. Only the 62 at 2 Post Road are under construction. The other three need site-specific Official Plan and zoning amendments before anything can be built. Approval timelines are unknown, and none has a published completion date. The new supply is real, but it comes one rezoning application at a time.
What This Does to the Order of the Move
Put the two sides together and the main decision for a local downsizer is which transaction to do first.
If you sell first, you list into a pool that held between 135 and 165 active C12 detached listings in every month from May to September 2026. You then look for your next home in a resale condo pool of 12 to 22 listings in the same period. On the right day there may be a good suite available. Many weeks there will be only a handful.
If you buy first, the exposure moves to the detached sale. That is the side where C12 averaged 50 days on market in September and sold below list every month in this period.
Condo apartments did not always sell quickly either. September 2026 condo apartment sales in C12 closed at 102% of list after an average of 11 days, but in August the average was 57 days at 95% of list. With so few listings, a single suite can change the monthly figure. What stays the same is how few suites are listed at all.
Pre-construction does not solve the timing either. A suite at 2 Post Road comes with a build period of about three years, according to the Star. The rezoning projects have no completion date yet. So the house sale happens in today's market, and the new suite arrives on a later and less certain schedule.
TRREB's October 2026 Market Watch is due around the time this post is published. It will show whether the September jump in detached listings carried into the late fall, and whether the slight increase in condo inventory continued. This post is general market information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Confirm the details of your own situation with your lawyer, accountant or lender.
If you own a home in St. Andrew-Windfields and are weighing whether to sell or buy first, Bryan Wong-Lim can go through the current C12 detached and condo inventory with you and help plan the order of your move. Let's Connect.
