Durham Region Real Estate Blog

Ontario school rankings for the 2011/2012 year are now out from the Fraser Institute - a non-partisan, independent research and educational organization, based in Canada.  Rankings are for academic performance based upon standardized testing that is universally administered across the province.  

I have summarized the top 50 schools for the...

At an Oshawa council meeting last week, members of the 407 East Development Group provided an update to Oshawa City council on the progress of the 407E project.

The first phase of the project is slated to extend Highway 407 from its current termination point at Brock Road in Pickering to Harmony Road in Oshawa, as well as a link from the 407E to the 401...

This property in Brussels, Belgium is being auctioned on February 6, and is billed as "The smallest house in Brussels".  At just 2.75 meters wide, it's considerably 'cozier' than your average home.  The ground floor is just 1.75m (or 5 feet 9 inches) across, and it has 5 floors. It has tiny stairs connecting each of the levels, and a wood-burning...

Sales statistics just released by the Toronto Real Estate Board are continuing to show Durham Region sales gains that outpace the GTA market. For the month of December, 2012, Durham shows a 5.65% year-over-year composite gain on average selling price, compared to only 3.53% in the City of Toronto and 4.12% for the entire board. Again, when it comes to...

A lot of attention has been placed in the media recently that paints a scenario of doom and gloom for the Canadian housing market. While prices have seen steady increases for a number of years, there is little hard evidence to suggest that we are in for a nosedive of home prices going into 2013.

Let's be clear: despite what some in the media would have...