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Clarington & Oshawa top destinations!

Posted Feb 18th 2020 in

DRAR reported 586 residential sales/ leases in January 2020 representing a 15 per cent increase from the same time last year.

The month of January reported 944 new listings, a significant increase from 428 new listings reported in December 2019.

The average sale price in Durham Region reached $655,781 in January, a 13 per cent increase from the same time last year. Days on market increased slightly to 34 days on market in January.

The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) Composite Benchmark price was up 6.80 per cent compared to January 2019. The Composite Benchmark price in Durham Region in January was $583,000. All areas of Durham Region’s housing markets experienced HPI Composite Benchmark price increases with Oshawa’s market showing the strongest increase by 8.90 per cent. According to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s Market Year in Review & Outlook Report, Oshawa is among the top destinations for millennial and generation Xers’ looking for affordable homeownership.

Month of Inventory (MOI) for January 2020 was 1.5 months – representing a sellers market. Inventory is the measure of sales to the supply of listings. MOI indicates how long it will take to liquidate inventory at the current rate of sales. In January 2019, the months of inventory in Durham was 2.7 months , this was considered a more balanced market compared to the sellers market of January 2020.

Clarington, one of the fastest-growing municipalities within Durham Region, experienced a 5.68 per cent HPI Composite Benchmark price increase in January with a Composite Benchmark price of $522,900. As Durham Region continues to experience growth, adequate transportation methods are imperative. The recent opening of the Highway 407 East extension to the 35/115 Highway and the 418-freeway linking Highway 401 and the 407 has brought valuable transportation options for commuters in Durham Region. The Lakeshore East line extension has been a highly anticipated project and DRAR has been advocating for the preferred route choice for the project.

 

 

Durham Region Association of Realtors

Craig Byrne, Baird Real Estate Brokerage, Courtice.