Durham Region Real Estate Blog

The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued sales statistics for resale residential real estate for July, 2013. The board showed it's third-strongest July ever, and the best since 2009, according to TREB president Dianne Usher.  She attributed the strong results to having been a year since tighter mortgage lending rules were introduced, and the...

A new Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Convention Centre currently under construction in downtown Oshawa will provided a long awaited boost for the city in attracting visitors for both local businesses and events. Part of a long list of recent downtown Oshawa revitalization projects, it follows construction of the GM Centre, Courthouse facility and conversion...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued it's sales statistics for resale residential apartment condos between April and June, 2013.  The entire board saw a volume decline of 6.1% from 2012 with 5,984 sales versus 6,375 for last year.  New listings over the quarter were 13,174, also lower than last year by 4.2%.  Prices in the GTA...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued it's sales statistics for resale residential real estate for June, 2013.  The entire board saw a composite price gain of 2.91% with 9,061 sales, with volume down 0.7% from June of 2012, which made for a second quarter that was lower than the second quarter of 2012, but substantially improved versus the...

Effective June 29, GO Train service will expand substantially along the Oshawa to Toronto corridor, with other areas also expanding service, including bus lines.  Today's announcement marks the biggest service expansion in the service's history. Until now, off-peak service between Oshawa and Union Station was offered on an hourly basis.  Starting...