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(OTTAWA – May 17, 2010) Home sales activity in Canada came up short of the record for the month of April and new listings continued to climb, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Residential sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards numbered 52,042 units in April 2010. This is less than one per cent short of the record for national sales activity during the month of April, which was set in 2007

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Canada’s hot resale housing market starting to cool

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Durham REALTORS Lobby Their Issues on Parliament hill

DURHAM REGION – May 7, 2010 – Durham Region Association of REALTORS® reported a record 1,185 sales of single family homes in Durham Region during the month of April through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®), representing a 41 percent increase compared to April 2009. Comparably, the number of available listings also continued to rise, offering a total of 2,426 resale homes for sale during April, 14 percent more than March 2010. “The trend across all of the GTA, including Durham, is that listings continue to increase as sellers recognize the strong sales and price growth within the housing market” explained Dierdre Mullen, President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS®.

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Record Sales in April for Durham Housing Market

APRIL HOUSING MARKET CONTINUES TO BE STRONG DURHAM REGION April 20, 2010 – The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) reported 503 sales in the first half of April 2010, an increase of 33% from the 378 sales reported mid-month in April ’09. Year-to-date sales are up a whopping 53% to 2,912 compared to 1,903 sales during the same term in 2009. “The average selling price for single family homes has also experienced a sharp increase over the prior year” Dierdre Mullen, President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS noted.

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APRIL HOUSING MARKET CONTINUES TO BE STRONG!

Homebuyers have more choice heading into the busy spring buying season, with new supply in Canada’s resale housing market setting a record for the month of March. While resale housing demand remains strong, rising numbers of new listings are resulting in a more balanced national resale housing market.

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Resale market sees nearly 100,000 homes listed for sale in March

OTTAWA – March 15, 2010 – With rising activity in Toronto offset by lower activity in Vancouver, the number of homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards edged lower in February. In recent months, national sales activity has slowed while new listings continue to rise, resulting in a more balanced national resale housing market.

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Demand and supply coming into balance in resale market

DURHAM REGION – February 23, 2010 – Over recent years, Members of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS® have held Christmas Charity Auctions with proceeds being presented to the various Lakeridge Health facilities within Durham Region.

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REALTORS® Raise Funds for Bowmanville Hospital

OTTAWA – February 17th, 2010 – According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association, the number of homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards declined in January 2010 from the previous month.

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National resale activity edges down in January

OTTAWA – February 16th – Following this morning’s announcement by the Federal government, The Canadian Real Estate Association is of the view that the Canadian resale housing market is healthy, and does not require regulatory changes beyond those announced today. “Banks and governments should be cautious interpreting recent statistics, since comparisons are being distorted by recessionary activity a year ago and the subsequent rebound,” says Gregory Klump, CREA’s Chief Economist. “Current trends reflect the release of pent up demand when buyers moved to the sidelines during the recession

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CREA SATISFIED WITH CHANGES TO MORTGAGE RULES

OTTAWA, Ontario – February 8, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) learned today that the Competition Bureau filed a Notice of Application with the Competition Tribunal against CREA.

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CREA Disappointed By Bureau Tribunal Filing