The city of Oshawa has had a status over the years as a blue collar that GM called home. The 'Shwa' they called it and not always affectionately, but this city of over 140,000 residents and house of the Oshawa Generals continues to be changing for numerous years now and possible home owners are starting to see why real-estate here is an excellent investment decision. Great home value and remarkable growth is offered by Oshawa. In 2007 Oshawa even received a gold medal from the International Awards for the majority of Livable Communities putting Oshawa real estate in the spotlight at an international scale.

In lots of aspects of Oshawa, growth, in residential, commercial and public real estate is seen. Thousands of houses are being built throughout the city, specifically in the north end or "New Oshawa" as some call real estate in that area. Burgeoning downtown features numerous new restaurants, a new 450,000 sq . ft . court room, the GM Centre, and numerous faculties of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. It's not hard to see why people are starting to see the city and are, more than ever, calling it home particularly due to the public works projects and the declared expansion of the 407.

Value is even easier to see when comparing the costs of Oshawa real estate to Toronto homes and even other areas of the Durham Region with average sale prices under $250,000 with many homes in good locations available for less. Of course real estate is location, location, location! This won't translate into run down shacks, but real value for houses not much further from downtown Toronto than residential real-estate in Brampton.

The phrase, a city on the upswing, is also used to describe Oshawa. An expanding downtown, new employment opportunities, room for real estate growth, new schools being constructed, a high standard of living and a commutable distance to Toronto have caught the attention of real estate investors in the region as well as first time house buyers weighing the difference in what they could afford in Toronto compared to Oshawa. In general Oshawa seems poised to lead the region in growth for some time.