For sellers
Selling your home in Windsor-Essex
You're not pricing against an average — you're pricing against the 2,116 homes a buyer can see instead of yours this weekend. That's the number that decides how fast you sell.
What you're competing with
Homes currently listed in each municipality, and what they're asking.
Windsor
1111 competing homes
$479,900
LaSalle
231 competing homes
$749,000
Amherstburg
183 competing homes
$799,000
Lakeshore
172 competing homes
$860,900
Kingsville
133 competing homes
$788,000
Leamington
123 competing homes
$599,900
Tecumseh
101 competing homes
$749,999
Essex
62 competing homes
$601,950
These are current asking prices, not sold prices — this data feed does not publish sale prices. Asking prices tell you about your competition; only sold data tells you about value, and that comes from a comparative market analysis Harjeet prepares directly.
How a sale actually goes
- 1
Work out what it's actually worth
Not what a portal estimate says, and not what your neighbour claims they got. Pricing comes from comparable homes, their condition, and what's competing with you right now.
- 2
Decide what's worth fixing
Some work returns more than it costs and some is money you'll never see again. The goal is a short list, not a renovation.
- 3
Sign the listing agreement
TRESA requires a written agreement before your home is listed. It covers the term, the price, the commission, and what's expected on both sides.
- 4
Photography and launch
Most buyers decide whether to book a viewing from the first photo. Your listing goes on the MLS® System and flows out to REALTOR.ca and the sites buyers actually use.
- 5
Showings and feedback
Early feedback is data. If viewings aren't converting, that tells you something about price or presentation while there's still time to act.
- 6
Offers and negotiation
Price, closing date, deposit, and conditions all matter. Under TRESA you can choose to disclose the substance of competing offers — a decision worth making deliberately, with advice.
- 7
Firm, then closing
Once conditions clear, your lawyer handles the paperwork through to the closing date.
What selling costs
Commission
Negotiable, and always set out in writing in the listing agreement before your home goes on the market. There is no standard or fixed rate — anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong. Ask what it covers and what the split with a buyer's brokerage looks like.
Legal, discharge, and adjustments
Your lawyer's fee, any mortgage discharge or prepayment penalty, and property tax or utility adjustments to the closing date. If you're breaking a fixed term early, ask your lender for the penalty in writing — it can be substantial.
General information about selling in Ontario. Not legal, tax, or financial advice — your lawyer and accountant advise on your specific situation.
Start with the number
Most sellers want one thing first: what would it realistically go for? Harjeet will walk your home, look at what's actually comparable, and give you a straight answer — including if the answer is “wait”.
Harjeet Singh, REALTOR® · Jump Realty
