How to read Ottawa market numbers — and what "what is my house worth" really means
Average price, median, benchmark, days on market, sales-to-new-listings — the monthly market headlines all come from a handful of statistics that mean less, and more, than they appear to. Here's how to read them like someone who knows where they come from. Average sale price, benchmark and the HPI, days on market, months of inventory, and how to tell a buyer's market from a seller's one — so a headline number never stands in for your own home's value.