Durham Region Real Estate Blog

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty today announced that plans for building an International Airport in Pickering will begin immediately, in a massive site roughly bordered by Brock Road in Pickering and York-Durham Line, and Highway 407 to Stouffville Road.  The construction will take approximately 10 years to complete. The lands currently reserved...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued it's sales statistics for resale residential real estate for May, 2013.  For the first time in recent months, there were price gains across the board versus one year ago. Durham region demonstrated a year-over-year composite (for all property types) price increase of 5.73%, compared to 1.66% in...

If you're in the market, Bruce Willis is selling his Beverly Hills estate.     The action film veteran, famed for such films as the Die Hard series, the Expendables, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pulp Fiction, the Sixth Sense and many more.  Once married to Demi Moore, and starred in the TV series Moonlighting in the late 1980s.    ...

Is your community walkable, and why does it matter?First, the Walk Score was established to rate the ability to do everyday activities without the use of a car.  A high walkability has been linked to better health of residents, with less dependency on motor vehicles and the cost and emissions that they create. Neighborhoods are designated more walkable...

With recent unease in some Canadian markets, the GTA remains confident in the housing market looking forward, according to a poll conducted by Pollara for BMO, released yesterday. According to the survey, 59% of GTA homeowners intend to buy again within the next five years, which is consistent with a similar poll last fall.  Other regions have shown...

A recent survey of professional Realtors by Leger Marketing, sponsored by Pfizer Canada, indicates that smoking in a home may have substantial impact on the value and ability to sell a home down the road. According to the survey, released in April, the value of the home could be impacted by up to 29 percent, or more than $100,000, based on an average...