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Seller’s Market Continues For Durham Region
Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Jane Hurst reported 973 sales through the MLS® System in October 2014. This result represents a 5.3 per cent increase compared to 924 sales in October 2013. Through January to October, average home prices remained strong with a year-to-date increase of 9.7 per cent compared to the same […]
Continue readingNo Fall for Durham Housing Market
DURHAM REGION, October 3, 2014 – Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Jane Hurst reported 970 sales in September 2014. This result represents a 14.8 per cent increase compared to 845 sales in September 2013. On a year-to-date basis, sales were up 5 per cent annually through the first three quarters of the year. […]
Continue readingHome Price Growth Continued in August
DURHAM REGION, September 4, 2014 – Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Jane Hurst reported 919 sales in August 2014, down 3.8 per cent compared to 955 sales in August 2013. “However, year-to-date, Durham Region has seen 7,704 sales, up 3.7 per cent compared to 7,430 over the same period last year” explained Hurst. […]
Continue readingAverage Selling Prices Increased in July
DURHAM REGION, August 7, 2014 – Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Jane Hurst reported strong year-over-year growth for July 2014. Sales were up 12.3 per cent from 988 last year to 1,110 in July 2014. The number of new listings also increased with 1,577 resale homes entering the market in July, up 11 […]
Continue readingOshawa jobless rate melts in the summer sun
Oshawa’s unemployment rate melted a bit in June, according to Statistics Canada. The three-month moving average for Oshawa’s jobless rate fell to 7.2 per cent in June from 7.3 per cent in May. It was a 0.2 per cent increase over December 2013 and a 0.1 per cent increase from June 2013. … http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=6676
Continue readingHousing Market Hot in Durham Region
DURHAM REGION, July 2014 – Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Jane Hurst announced a significant increase in residential sales reported in June. Sales were up 7.5 per cent from 1,093 last year to 1,175 in June 2014. The number of new listing also increased with 1,651 new listings in June, up 9.7 per […]
Continue readingDurham Home Sales Up in May
Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Jane Hurst announced that the number of home sales is up strongly in May compared to a year ago. “Last year there were 1,179 resale homes sold in the Durham Region. This year, we have seen an increase of 13 per cent to 1,334 sales.” reported Hurst. The […]
Continue readingSpring Housing Market Strong in Durham
DURHAM REGION – Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) reported a 19 per cent increase in sales for April with 1,130 homes sold compared to 947 in March. “This figure shows a 6 per cent decrease from this time last year, but has more than doubled since the beginning of the year” stated Jane Hurst, […]
Continue readingWhitby paper mill adds 80 new jobs – Provincial incentive program supports local industrial expansion
WHITBY — Atlantic Packaging is upgrading its Whitby mill to manufacture 100-per cent recycled paper products, creating 80 new jobs in the community. The enhancements come as a result of the Province’s Industrial Electricity Initiative program, which allows Ontario to better manage its electricity system by encouraging industrial companies to maximize the use of available […]
Continue readingDurham Housing Market Warming Up
DURHAM – Jane Hurst, President of Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) announced that the Region had 947 residential home sales reported in March 2014, a 48 per cent increase from 639 in February of this year. “Sales growth was much stronger in March than it was in the first two months of 2014,” added […]
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