Aurora is home, not just a service area.
Arthur has lived in Aurora since 2018; his family's home is here. The plazas along Wellington Street, the Aurora GO station and Yonge Street at rush hour are part of his own week.
That shows in the detail. Aurora divides into a Yonge side, closer to the GO train, and a Bayview side, quicker to Highway 404. Parts of the town lie on the Oak Ridges Moraine or inside the Greenbelt, where dense building is off the table. Even the sales data needs a local reader: TRREB files sales in the Aurora Hills enclave under Rural Aurora, so its prices never appear under its own name.
The Aurora library on this site is his working file: a city guide drawn from TRREB, Statistics Canada, Metrolinx and school-board sources, a guide to each of the ten TRREB communities plus Aurora Hills, and a housing-market page refreshed with every TRREB monthly release.
What clients say.
Sell-then-buy timing is hard. Arthur prepared two scenarios in advance. Seamless transition, zero bridge-loan stress.
Arthur is extraordinarily patient. He helped us land our home below asking and walked us through every step before it happened.
Every question I asked came back with numbers and clause references. Highly professional, highly recommended.
RankMyAgent Best of Aurora, four years running
RankMyAgent gives its city awards each year, entering each agent under the first city on their profile and judging the verified client reviews on all of that agent's transactions closed that year — not only deals in that city. Every review on the platform is tied to a verified, closed transaction. Arthur received the Best of Aurora award for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and holds 4.98 out of 5 from 118 verified reviews.
Source: RankMyAgent winners pages and Arthur's RankMyAgent profile, checked October 2026.
361 sales and leases on the record since 2014.
Every one is a signed deal on the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board's MLS® System — 125 sales and 236 leases, most of them in Toronto and the rest across York Region, Aurora included, and beyond. The full list, with MLS® numbers and dates, is on the portfolio page.
According to TRREB MLS® records (2014–2026).
Open the portfolio →Buying, selling and leasing in Aurora.
Selling a house in Aurora with a listing agent who lives here
An Aurora listing agent can do things that are hard to do from across the GTA. While your house is on the market:
- If you want someone at every showing, Arthur can be there in person. He lives in Aurora, so it is a short drive, not a trip across the GTA.
- For a vacant home, the lights go on before showings and off again at night, so buyers never walk into a dark house and the street never sees it lit all night.
- An Aurora open house every week the home is listed, a fixed time buyers and their agents can plan around.
- A constant eye on the neighbourhood: new listings, price changes and sales nearby are picked up as they happen, so your price and plan move with the competition.
Pricing starts from the HPI benchmark and closed sales on comparable streets. Most Aurora communities record only a handful to a few dozen sales a quarter, so a single quarter's median says more about which homes sold than about what yours is worth.
Buying a home in Aurora with a local agent
Knowing Aurora street by street saves time on the search and lowers the risk of paying for the wrong house:
- The school catchment for the exact address is checked on the board's own map before you bid, not taken from the listing.
- New listings are watched as they come out, and because Arthur is already in town, a viewing can usually be booked quickly.
- Recent sales on comparable streets show which listings are priced to sell and which are priced to sit.
- The things a listing leaves out: traffic on the street, what the lot backs onto, and which builder put up the subdivision and when.
Then the offer is read with you clause by clause before you sign.
Aurora home prices and market trend →Leasing and renting in Aurora
Aurora is a small rental market, and a detached home for rent is often not the whole house: of 214 detached leases recorded in Aurora from January 1 to September 20, 2026, 94 were for a basement, lower level or main floor (our count from MLS® lease records). Landlords get tenant screening and the Ontario Standard Lease; tenants find out exactly which part of the house they are renting.
Property management
Arthur's team manages 45+ active properties across the GTA. Rent collection, repairs and renewals go through a team you can reach directly.
Property management →Aurora neighbourhood guides
Aurora city guide: commute, schools, communities and prices →
Aurora housing market data, refreshed monthly →
Living in Aurora
- Parks, trails and green space
- Where to shop, eat and run errands
- Schools: public, Catholic, private and French Immersion
- A week in Aurora: culture, events and sport
- Getting around: GO train, Highway 404 and buses
- How Chinese families live in Aurora
- Aurora Village: the part of Aurora that feels like a downtown
- Is a Highway 404 neighbourhood better for commuting families?
Twelve credentials behind every Aurora file.
Each one meant a separate course and exam. The cards show when each was earned, and the four marked ↗ link to the issuing body's own directory, so you can check them yourself.
Three checks before any signature.
See the ground
Your goals, limits and risk tolerance, written down in a file that stays yours.
See the path
Before each key decision, a short brief: the real risks, the options, and a plan B under each.
See the page
We walk the key clauses until you can explain each one in your own words. Then you sign.
Choosing a real estate agent in Aurora
How do I choose a real estate agent in Aurora?
Look for three things you can check yourself: a registration on RECO's public register, reviews tied to real closed transactions rather than an open comment box, and an agent who can explain Aurora street by street — which school map covers the address, which side of town suits your commute, which TRREB community a sale is filed under. Then ask to have the buyer or seller agreement walked through before you sign it.
Do you live in Aurora? Where would we meet?
Yes. Arthur has lived in Aurora since 2018. His office is Bay Street Group's branch at 8300 Woodbine Avenue in Markham; a first meeting can be there, at your home in Aurora, or by video, in English or Chinese.
Which parts of Aurora do you cover?
All of it: Aurora Highlands, Aurora Village, Aurora Heights, Aurora Grove, Bayview Wellington, Bayview Northeast, Bayview Southeast, Hills of St. Andrew, Aurora Estates and Rural Aurora, the Aurora Hills enclave included — and beyond Aurora, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Markham and the rest of the GTA.
How is the commission agreed?
Commission is something you negotiate, and it is fixed in writing: in the listing agreement before your home is listed, or in the buyer representation agreement before you make an offer. Ontario's TRESA rules require buyer representation agreements to be in writing.
Tell me what you are planning in Aurora.
A first conversation is free and carries no obligation. Leave your details and Arthur usually replies within one business day.
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