Century homes around the historic core, large detached subdivisions, and estate housing on the eastern and western edges.
- Established families
- Move-up buyers
- Buyers wanting town character with large-lot housing
Aurora is smaller and quieter than its neighbours and has held onto a genuine historic centre. Around it, the housing is largely detached subdivision stock, and toward the edges it becomes estate housing on very large lots.
It prices above Newmarket and below Richmond Hill, which puts a good deal of its detached inventory in the range where the insured-financing question becomes decisive.
The century homes near the core are attractive and come with the usual caveats of any hundred-year-old house.
The Aurora market — August 2026
All 24 monthly reports →4.9 months of supply — a buyer's market. Figures from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board.
Financing a home in Aurora
The estate properties on the town’s edges can run into the same issues as Caledon — larger parcels, sometimes well and septic, and lenders that will only value a limited acreage. On the century homes near Main Street, expect an insurer to ask about wiring, plumbing, and the age of the roof and furnace before binding a policy, and remember that you cannot close without insurance in place. Getting an insurance quote during the condition period, not after, is the practical safeguard.
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What kind of homes are in Aurora?
Century homes around the historic core, large detached subdivisions, and estate housing on the eastern and western edges.
Who does Aurora suit?
Aurora tends to suit established families, move-up buyers, buyers wanting town character with large-lot housing. An established, affluent town between Newmarket and Richmond Hill, with a well-preserved historic core and large estate housing.
Is there anything unusual about getting a mortgage in Aurora?
The estate properties on the town’s edges can run into the same issues as Caledon — larger parcels, sometimes well and septic, and lenders that will only value a limited acreage. On the century homes near Main Street, expect an insurer to ask about wiring, plumbing, and the age of the roof and furnace before binding a policy, and remember that you cannot close without insurance in place. Getting an insurance quote during the condition period, not after, is the practical safeguard.