Durham Region Real Estate Blog

  On Saturday June 29 and Sunday June 30, the Taste of Asia festival will be held at the north side of Kennedy Rd. and Steeles Ave. in Markham, right beside the Pacific Mall. It is being billed as the largest Asian festival in Canada, with Kennedy Road being closed north of Steeles, and over 150 street vendors, live entertainment, auto show, kids...

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...

On June 27, 2013, Empire Company announced that it is selling it's theatre business to Cineplex Inc. and Landmark Cinemas, according to a press release from the company.  The company plans to focus on it's other business area - namely food retail, including the Sobeys brand.  The deals are still subject to regulatory approval. Although many...

Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace amassed an amazing empire before being murdered outside his home in 1997.  His former Miami estate, called Casa Casuarina, is listed for sale at $75 million, having recently been reduced from it's original asking price of $125 million, then $100 million.  At the time it was first listed, it was the most...

If you take the time to research, you may be surprised to find that many people have strong beliefs that may have deep implications on their real estate decisions.

The principles of feng shui have long been touted as having impact on one's life.  In ancient China, feng shui was widely used to orient buildings - from tombs to homes, in...

Most home searchers look at listings for sale in terms of property characteristics, like square footage, number of bedrooms, quality of finishings and lot size.  It may be difficult to rate a home in terms of neighborhood in an impartial way.  This article aims to inform how schools are ranked against one another and that may provide valuable...