If you’re buying or selling a home in Kingston and the surrounding area, you need to understand what’s happening in the local real estate market.
This page is your hub for current and past Kingston & area real estate market updates, including monthly trends, year-end summaries, and expert insight into what the numbers actually mean — not just what they say.
We analyze the market across:
Kingston
Greater Napanee
Loyalist Township
South Frontenac
Stone Mills
Gananoque
How to Read a Real Estate Market Update
Each market update focuses on four key indicators that shape real-world buying and selling decisions:
- Homes Sold - Shows buyer demand and market confidence.
- New Listings - Reveals seller activity and inventory pressure.
- Average Sale Price - Helps identify price trends — while accounting for anomalies in smaller or rural markets.
- Days on Market - Indicates how quickly homes are selling and how much negotiating room buyers may have.
We always look at monthly results alongside full-year trends, because a single month rarely tells the whole story — especially in seasonal or rural markets.
Latest Kingston & Area Market Update
Key takeaways:
- Kingston's price jump is a mix shift, not a repricing. The average sale price rose 9.1% month-over-month, but that's because fewer lower-priced homes closed (29 sales over $1M, eight over $2M) — not because home values broadly increased. Kingston's YTD average price is up just 0.2%.
- Loyalist's numbers pulled in opposite directions. Average price dropped 14.4% from June, but the share of homes selling above asking more than doubled (7.9% → 20.7%). Buyer demand hasn't disappeared — it's concentrated on a smaller set of well-priced listings.
- Napanee is the market to watch for pricing discipline. Sales volume jumped nearly 32% from June, but average days on market hit 65 days — the longest of any community this month, and running 27% ahead of last year on a YTD basis.
- South Frontenac remains the strongest, most consistent market. Prices up 9.5% YoY, sales up 20.6% YoY, and days on market down 38.2% YoY — cottage season is doing a lot of work here.
- Board-wide, the market is balanced, not slowing. 309 sales (essentially flat YoY), 5.0 months of inventory, and seasonally adjusted sales actually up 8.4% from June — July's softer raw numbers are largely a normal seasonal pattern, not a genuine cooldown.
Past Market Updates (Archive)
Looking for trends over time? Browse our previous Kingston & area market updates:
What This Means for Buyers
In a balanced market:
Buyers have more choice
Conditions and inspections are more common
Pricing accuracy matters more than speed
Understanding neighbourhood-level trends can make the difference between overpaying and buying well.
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What This Means for Sellers
Balanced markets reward:
Accurate pricing
Strong presentation
Strategic marketing
Homes that are priced and prepared properly still sell — but buyers are selective and informed.
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Get Local Advice Grounded in Real Data
If you’re planning to buy or sell, market stats are just the starting point. What matters is how they apply to your home, your neighbourhood, and your timing.
- Reach out to us for advice grounded in Kingston & area market data — not guesswork.
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