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DURHAM REGION May 19, 2010 – The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) reported 525 sales in the first half of May 2010, an increase of 13% from the 464 sales reported mid-month in May ’09. Year-to-date sales are up 45% to 4,081 compared to 2,815 sales during the same term in 2009. “As was forecasted, the average selling price for single family homes has begun a modest descent as the market begins to stabilize.” Dierdre Mullen, President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS® noted

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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!

DURHAM REGION ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® 50 Richmond St. E. #14, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 7C7 For Immediate Release Contact:     Dierdre Mullen, President (905) 723-8184               Durham’s Spring Market Heating Up Early DURHAM REGION – February 4, 2010 – Sales of single family homes in Durham Region increased by 5% to 532 from 507 in December but also records a big jump from 350 in January of 2009 when sales were much lower due to the recession reported Dierdre Mullen, President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS®.  President Mullen commented, “The average number of sales in January for the 5 years previous to 2009’s low was 530 so the January resale housing market in Durham Region is definitely healthy.” Average prices of homes inched up slightly to $289,195 from December’s $286,724 but more importantly reflects a 12% hike from $257,095 in January of last year.  “Home values increased on average 5% between 2004 and 2008 so the 12% rise shows substantial month-over-month growth in just one year” added President Mullen.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2009   DURHAM REGION ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® ANNOUNCE NEW PRESIDENT FOR 2010 DURHAM REGION DECEMBER 21, 2009 – The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) is pleased to announce that Dierdre Mullen will be the President for 2010. Dierdre, who is with Coldwell Banker RMR Real Estate in Whitby, has been an active member of DRAR since March 2004.  She is also an active volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross Disaster Management Team and was previously a Director of Administration for the Canadian Red Cross.  Dierdre was Chair of both the Office Representatives Program and the Charity Auction Task Force in 2009.  Her objective as DRAR’s President is to work on behalf of the Members by participating in planning, establishing direction, making policy decisions and other related functions of the Board of Directors.  Specifically, she is planning on continuing with Focus Groups with brokers and salespeople that were such a success in the previous year, and also hopes to start a Young Professional Group where the focus will be on mentoring new salespeople.  She also intends to continue the open door policy that 2009 DRAR President Debbie Dawson, Century 21 Infinity Realty Inc., encouraged to all Members.  “I look forward to working on [DRAR Members’] behalf over the next 12 months”. On behalf of DRAR’s Board of Directors and Members, the Association would like to congratulate Dierdre on her new position, and wish her tremendous success in the coming year.

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 Strong Growth Continues in October DURHAM REGION November 4, 2009 – Sales of single family homes in Durham Region rose to 860 in October from 825 in September and also represents a 49% increase over 576 sales for the same month last year reported Debbie Dawson, President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS®. Average prices crept up to $289,003 from $282,308 in September and reflect a 9% jump from $264,988 in October, 2008

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Strong Growth Continues in October

The Durham Region Association of realtors reported 825 sales in September 2009, up 9% from the 752 recorded in September 2008. September 2009 is the best September on record.

Average selling prices in Durham Region were up 1.4% ($282,308) in September, from August’s $278,400, and up 5.5% from the $267,478 reported in September ‘08.

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BEST SELLING SEPTEMBER ON RECORD

DURHAM REGION JUNE 18, 2009 – The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) reported 552 sales in the first half of June ’09, with an average selling price of $283,355. “The Region saw the average selling price gaining momentum in the spring of ‘09 and now they are holding their tempo into the summer,” commented Dawson. “This is an unlikely occurrence as the market tends to slow down this time of year as prospective buyers head for their weekend retreats.”

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DURHAM REGION JUNE 3, 2009 - “The resale housing market in the Durham Region has remained remarkably steady throughout 2009’s unanticipated busy market,” commented Debbie Dawson, 2009 President of the Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR).  Although May’s 1026 sales are down 2.3% from the reported 1051 sales in May ’08, they are up a considerable 21.7% from the 843 sales reported in April ’09. “Usually we see these types of numbers early in the spring market but this year it seems buyers took more time with their house search, utilizing home purchasing incentives and current economic factors to their advantage,” said Dawson.   “The average selling price of a home is also up 3.3% ($278,592) from April’s reported $269,596, this is only a 1.5% drop from May ‘08’s reported $282,717,” said Dawson.

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