201 ETHEL STREET, Ottawa

Detached homes in Ottawa took a median of 24 days to sell over the last 90 days, with the quickest quarter selling within 12 days and the slowest quarter taking more than 47, across 1,099 recorded sales.

That clock counts only the listing each home finally sold on. Measured from the first time these properties came to market, including any earlier listings that were withdrawn and re-entered, the median is 42 days.

The median sale price was $839,900.

Homes sold for about 1.9% below asking on average, so there was room to negotiate.

About 14% of sales closed above the list price.

Around 23% of sellers reduced their price before finding a buyer.

Ottawa has 217 Fraser Institute–rated schools (174 elementary and 43 secondary), averaging 6.2/10.