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Oshawa Real Estate

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:08:24 +0000

It has been a little while since I updated this blog. That is in part because Mike and I have been very busy selling homes. The Oshawa Real Estate (and surrounding areas) market has seen a very quick rebound. Prices are recovering and sales are way up. Buyers seem to have figured out that Oshawa Real Estate offers the best value in the GTA. Keep calling, Mike and I are ready to you meet your real estate needs in Durham Region.

MLS® home sales forecast revised

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:12:19 +0000

OTTAWA – August 27, 2009 – MLS® home sales were much stronger than expected in the second quarter of 2009, with activity having climbed throughout the quarter and into July. The remarkable recovery of resale housing has prompted a change to the MLS® home sales forecast issued by The Canadian Real Estate Association for 2009 and 2010.

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MLS® home sales forecast revised

SALES UP 19% IN THE DURHAM REGION

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:14 +0000

DURHAM REGION AUGUST 20, 2009 – The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) reported 417 sales in the first half of August ‘09, an increase of 19% from the 349 sales reported mid-month in August ‘08. “The average selling price climbed 3% ($281,223) from the $272,788 recorded at the same time last year,” said Debbie Dawson, 2009 DRAR President. “As we start the third-quarter Durham Region’s housing market is booming

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SALES UP 19% IN THE DURHAM REGION

Best July on record for MLS® home sales

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:02:36 +0000

National resale housing market activity continued climbing in July 2009, with sales posting the largest year-over-year gain in two years.

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Best July on record for MLS® home sales

BUYERS MARKET NO MORE IN THE DURHAM REGION

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:53:29 +0000

AUGUST 7, 2009 – Sales of single family homes in the Durham Region are down 7% (1033) in July ‘09’ from the recorded 1115 in June ‘09’, but up 16% from the 891 sales reported in July ‘08’. Average selling prices are up 1.2% ($285,247) in July, from June’s $281,765, and up 3.7% from the reported $275,139, in July ‘08’. “First-time buyers and the Bank of Canada rate cuts have helped restore stability to a market that slumped from late 2008 to early this year,” commented Debbie Dawson 2009 President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR).

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BUYERS MARKET NO MORE IN THE DURHAM REGION