KITCHENER -- The average detached home in Kitchener-Waterloo sold for nearly $854,000 last month, marking the first time the average has been over $800,000. That's 24.9 per cent more than the number sold through January 2020, while the 10-year average number of residential sales through January is 286. KWAR President Nicole Pohl said in a news release that "nothing has been typical about our housing market." The total residential sales are broken down as such: Detached: 201 sold for an average price of $853,945 Condominium: 71 sold for an average price of $383,196 Semi-detached: 21 sold for an average of $626,512 Freehold townhouses: 56 sold for an average of $566,345 "With demand for homes unabated and consumer preferences leaning predominantly toward single detached homes, in January we saw buyers paying a premium for this property type," Pohl said in a news release.