FOREST HILL
Median prices in the prestigious environs of the MLS zone known as C3 rose by almost nine per cent in Septem­ber, then tumbled by 25 per cent in October and 15 per cent in November.

LAWRENCE PARK
Median prices in C4 declined over September, October and November by seven per cent, 17 per cent and almost 32 per cent, respectively—proof that million-dollar homes are the first to tumble in a recession.

ROSEDALE
Though averages were all over the place in C9, ranging from a 39 per cent decline in October to a 52 per cent increase in Novem­ber, the medians tell the story in this, the third of our city’s three ritziest ’hoods, with precipitous drops of seven per cent, 49 per cent and 24 per cent in the last three months of the year.

LEASIDE
The C11 zone is home to the Bayview strip of decor stores and gourmeterias. Close to the action, houses sell for a million, and farther out, they sink into the $300,000s. But with drops of 19 per cent, 54 per cent and 39 per cent, it’s clear that nice as it is, this upscale stretch is no match for its more central counterparts.

CENTRAL ETOBICOKE
W9 includes western neighbourhoods on the edge of the burbs. Median drops of 14 per cent, 23 per cent and 60 per cent brought prices from a median of $327,000 in November 2007 to a dismal $132,000 a year later. On the bright side, there’s no better part of town to get a deal.

Also from the guide:
• Under-Asking Miracles
• Castles in the Sky
• Moving On Up
• The Next Hot ’Hoods