Durham Region Real Estate Blog

What To Expect When Hosting Your First Open House

Hosting your first open house can be an intimidating task, especially as the home buying and moving process can be just as stressful. 

What can make it easier is knowing some simple tips to understand how to make hosting your first open house a more seamless process. 

Whether you have a realtor or not helping you throughout the entire experience, hosting your first open house doesn’t have to be as stressful as it seems. 

Selling your home can be a truly exciting journey, from finding your dream home to selling your home that you may have lived in for years to the right buyers.

Know Your Facts 

The most important thing to remember when hosting your first open house is to put yourself in the position of potential home buyers that are…

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What is Curb Appeal And Why Does It Matter?

So you’re looking to sell your Durham Region home, but you’re wondering how to make the best first impression of your home that you can. 

Step one - curb appeal. Curb appeal makes a significant difference in the chance of your home being sold. 

With a potential increase of up to 11% on the perceived outlook on a home just by doing some landscaping effort - these are the numbers you want to look out for when looking to sell your Durham Region home.

Looking For Ways To Boost Curb Appeal?

We start right at the basics - your For Sale sign. 

Now this may seem as though it wouldn’t make a difference at all however, how many run down or difficult to read For Sale signs have you seen that instantly attract you to a home? Chances are probably…

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Upcoming Summer Festivals And Events In The Durham Region

Summer is here is full force and everyone is always looking for new and exciting events and things to do as the weather is at its peak. 

The Durham Region is brimming with endless opportunities for summer fun from art and entertainment to outdoor events for nature lovers, as well as events for those museum and gallery lovers. 

We’ve come up with a list of some of the most looked forward to summer festivals and events in the Durham Region, which will be a great chance to visit with friends and family. 

Ontario Family Fishing Weekend 

July 2 - July 3 

Ontario Family Fishing Events is a province-wide event that has happened on three other weekends so far in the year. 

This event allows for residents to fish the beautiful waters of…

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The Benefits Of Selling Your Home In The Summer

Looking to sell your home can be an exciting, yet intimidating task. Even in a seller’s market, you want to get the best value for your home as possible. 

After all, chances are you’ve lived in this home for years, potentially even have seen your family grow in it, you don’t want to give it up without the best deal you can get. 

There are many different aspects that go into getting the best value for your home, from how it physically looks, to what the actual market is like in your area, to what demographic will be interested, and much more. 

But what is certainly understated and often misunderstood, is when the best time of the year is to sell your home. 

Yes, it makes sense as to why spring would be a perfect time as it’s freshly coming…

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Unique Father’s Day Ideas In The Durham Region

Father’s Day is coming up, and what better way to celebrate your dad than to find some great Father’s Day activities for you to do together or as a family? 

The great thing is having all the Durham Region to your disposal. From Port Perry to Whitby, Guelph to all of Lake Ontario, you have endless opportunities to make this Father’s Day an incredible one. 

These activities are made up of some of the most exciting outdoor things you could think of, after all, it is summer, and a great opportunity to get dad into something more lively. 

We’ll be covering just a few of the countless things you could do this Father’s Day in the Durham Region, so stick around and see what dad will love the most. 

Sailing On The Open Waters

Chances are your…

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Community Spotlight: Whitby

If you’re looking for a family-friendly, heavily culture oriented community with beautiful homes for sale in the Durham Region, then Whitby is the place for you. 

With a long stretch of beautiful trails following the breathtaking Lake Ontario for as far as you can see, you’re truly getting a one of a kind experience with this lifestyle. 

Today, we’ll be going through some reasons as to why Whitby is the perfect city to move your family to and settle down in. 

Gorgeous Real Estate

It can certainly be a mission finding great homes in the Toronto area at an affordable price, yet somehow Whitby manages to do it with ease. 

Beautifully large and spacious family homes can be found lining the quiet, residential streets of Whitby’s…

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The Best Smart Home Gadgets For Your Durham Region Home

We simply can’t ignore the fact that we’ve moved on to an increasingly technology centric and necessary world. 

This stems from all factors of life including entertainment purposes such as video games and tablets, to smart cars designed to drive for you, to home security smart systems that can be controlled from a swipe of your phone. 

While all of these technologies offer a variety of benefits and, frankly, incredible uses that would have been inconceivable years ago, most boil down to one concept - convenience. 

This convenience has spread itself deep within the very confines of where we would typically need it most - our homes of course. 

Today we’ll be covering a few of the many amazing smart home gadgets many consider a must need for…

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Are Home Prices Declining in the Durham Region?

The Durham Region real estate market has been at an all time high ever since the pandemic hit and people began moving out of Toronto and into smaller communities in the 905 region. Over the past two years, housing prices have skyrocketed in the Durham Region with many homes selling for well over the $1 million price point. However, that may all be changing.

A recent report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board shows that median house prices in suburbs outside of Toronto are actually declining. Between the months of February and March, median house prices in the Durham Region dropped 7.2%. But does this mean that the real estate bubble has burst and we can expect to see a continuous decline going forward?

Dan Plowman recently spoke with…

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The 5 Best Hiking Trails In The Durham Region

The weather is finally getting warmer and you’re looking for some exciting summer activities to do with friends or family, or even on your own. 

Everyone loves the beach, or tanning on a nice boat, or even kayaking on the beautiful lakes that Ontario has to offer, especially cottage country including Muskoka and Haliburton. 

But how about an amazing summer activity that’s also great for you physically, offers breathtaking views, and is one of the most rewarding year-round activities one can do?

That’s right - hiking is a beloved summer activity not just around Ontario, but all of Canada has to offer some of the most beautiful sights on simple or challenging trails that are more than invigorating. 

We’ve come up with just 5 of the many…

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Community Spotlight: Oshawa

So you’re looking at a beautiful city nestled right on the white sandy shores of the scenic Lake Ontario, known as the eastern anchor of the Greater Toronto Area, Oshawa is a true beauty of southern Ontario. 

Oshawa is no longer just a bedroom community, with economic prosperity leading to a boom in the real estate market and a rise in popularity of families and young professionals moving to the area, Oshawa has much to offer. 

A beautiful waterfront city that’s only a short drive away from the more fast-paced Toronto, Oshawa is a lively city with a great entertainment industry as well as one of a kind views. 

With plenty of job opportunities and more affordable real estate than the neighbouring Toronto market, it’s no wonder why people are…

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