Durham Region Real Estate Blog

Statistics Canada has released September, 2013 figures for the New Housing Price Index (NHPI), and it shows a national flatline in new home prices in September over August, following a 0.1% increase in August.  Annually, prices rose nationally 1.6% since last September.

The NHPI tracks new home prices across key market regions across the nation,...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has released sales statistics for resale residential real estate for October, 2013. The overall market continues to be very strong, with volume up 19.2% over October, 2012 with 8,000 transactions, with Durham Region once again leading in price gains for the entire region with a 6.64% composite price increase over last...

 This is an old article - here are the 2024 Property Tax Rates.

For example, the City of Toronto has one of the lowest rates in the province.  That may sound wonderful, but when you take into account that it also has one of the highest property assessment averages, the actual amount of municipal tax you pay there isn't much different than in...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has released sales statistics for resale residential real estate for September, 2013. The overall market is still very strong, up 30% over September, 2012 with 7,411 transactions, showing a market that has showed continued growth in the face of increasing interest rates, and continues to drive sales and prices higher...

The Canadian Real Estate Association has released its quarterly forecast for national residential real estate sales, and the projections have improved from last quarter.  The numbers have been revised upwards, largely due to a very strong August.  The new figures show price gains in Ontario for both 2013 and 2014, with 2013 sales volume slightly...

The fate of Ikea monkey Darwin was announced today at the Ontario Superior Court in Oshawa.  He has been a social media and global news sensation, ever since he was filmed by shoppers at a North York Ikea store after escaping from his owner's car and wandering around the parking area wearing a shearling coat last December. Today's court ruling alone...