Oshawa councillors opted to promote city Coun. Doug Sanders to the regional seat left vacant by the death of Nancy Diamond and then to appoint longtime Oshawa resident Gail Bates to fill the city councillor seat vacated by Sanders... Alex Down advocated appointing one of the three city councillors to the regional job and then holding an open call where anyone could apply for the city seat. She felt a byelection would be too expensive.

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Buyers looking for relief in the suburbs face soaring prices, faster sales, competitive bidding.

What drives the price of homes? It has always, and will always be supply and demand.

There’s no slowing the rise in housing prices in Durham Region.

Durham Region Association of Realtors president Sandra O’Donohue reported 1,445 residential transactions in May. That’s an increase of 8.7 per cent compared to the same period last year.

There’s no such thing as the dog days of summer in the GTA’s red hot housing market including in Durham region where prices continue to soar. 

Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Sandra O’Donohue reported 1,096 residential transactions in October 2016, a 10 per cent increase from the same time last year.

Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) President Roger Bouma reported 528 residential transactions in December 2016, a 4 per cent decrease from the same time last year.