Edmonton ranks 10th as most expensive downtown housing in the world!!

smalltown

Thu, April 12, 2007
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Calgary ranks sixth as most expensive downtown housing
UPDATED: 2007-04-12 16:38:42 MST
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' e: x4 N) v5 N& h' EMore and more Calgarians are buying downtown homes but paying top price for the prime location.

  O# X& o* T! X' Y- S  A6 g$ K/ pPeople who live in downtown business districts in Canada’s largest cities generally pay less per-square foot than people in cities around the world and enjoy shorter daily commutes to work, according to a recent survey done on first-time home buyers by CENTURY 21.
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Calgary ranks sixth most expensive of 31 cities surveyed around the world.

  f: O( m6 E) ]; E0 G; Z& RThe cost to buy in Calgary’s downtown is even more than settling in Toronto’s core which ranked 16th in the survey with the average cost running $209 per sq. ft.
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1 a7 ~! E) z4 D; B1 A, O( D) P% ]George Bamber, owner of a Calgary-based Century 21 said it’s a sign of a city maturing and becoming more like Vancouver or Toronto where downtown is a place where people live and work.“You just get more real estate for your money outside of downtown,” he said.
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A condo in southwood for instance would run about $323 a sq. ft while downtown goes for about $500.


* u0 B/ n9 y+ j0 F5 Z6 D. _Still Bamber said the interest in downtown living only seems to be getting more popular — a sign Calgary is “getting to be more like a big city.”

Part of the attraction is affordability but also people wanting to buy in to a certain lifestyle, Bamber said.

“People want to be close to restaurants and bars and don’t want to drive an hour to work,” he said.
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7 X7 X, [% F6 T" ~- SHe said 30 % of the housing market is condos - the bulk of which are in downtown.

The survey showed Vancouver placing fourth most expensive at $577 per sq. ft. while Edmonton was 10th most expensive at $322.
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In Calgary, a typical first-time buyer would choose a one-bedroom, one-bath 500-sq. ft. apartment in Mission or Connaught priced at about $250,000 and a 10-minute drive or 20-minute walk to the downtown business core and the Calgary Tower.

While those looking for life in the suburbs and a better bang for their buck typically see a significant cost savings.

' I# E% Y, V9 K% N) oA 650 sq. ft condo in Southwood, Bamber said, recently sold for about $323 per square foot, for instance.
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" s5 g3 P( N" J: ?) x! q- St. John’s and Quebec City had the lowest and second-lowest per-square-foot downtown prices of all 31 cities surveyed, at $55 and $93 respectively.— The two lowest per-square-foot prices for international cities were Istanbul, Turkey and Sydney, Australia, at $94 and $105 respectively.

— Vancouver was fourth most expensive at $577 per square foot while Calgary was sixth most expensive at $500 and Edmonton was 10th most expensive at $322 — Globally Paris was the most expensive at $1,051 per square foot while London was fifth most expensive at $532 and New York was eighth most expensive at $375 The 10 least expensive downtown housing markets as ranked per-square-foot for first-time buyers are; St. John’s $55 Quebec City $93 Istanbul $94 Halifax $97 Charlottetown $104 Sydney, Australia $105 Bogota $114 Mexico City $119

The 10 most expensive downtown housing markets; Paris $1051 Moscow $688 Seol $630 Vancouver $577 London, England $532 Calgary $500 Athens $375 New York City $375 Tokyo, $325 Edmonton $322.

smalltown

Are we living in New York or Tokyo?

xiaopang

不是真的吧。我朋友在纽约，他说他买不起房子，他住公寓，房租一个月2800美刀，不过据说很奢侈。比起来，爱民顿还是很便宜的，不过可能占工资的比例就比较高。我朋友两口子年收入税后将近30万。

dave2004

一点也不奇怪，最近一个世界范围内经理级房屋 (executive house)市场调查显示 (见上周环球邮报)：
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牛眼熊心

这数据是真的, 我在电视上也看到了, 可是统计方法有待考证.

$ m6 j5 A3 X% @' o# s" DNew York City $375 Tokyo, $325 Edmonton $322.

6 ~3 q4 c/ @5 j# F  `% `) B- Q& M也就是说edmonton的房子和东经,new york基本一样. new york的中心two bedroom房子没有个50万买不到, twowhouse起码上80万...edmonton还没有到这个价吧?
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1 G4 n6 y; s$ T$ UListing Information
        Listing ID         932689
        Price         $465,000
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/ V/ Z* }: r' f* j        Type         Co-op
4 \3 W; [! w" F& Q& x) v: D+ q$ `        Rooms        4
        Baths        1
        Monthly Tax        --
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这房子是new york Manhattan最便宜的two bedroom了, 其他的都上了50万. 要注意这个condo是co-op, 也就是说房子没有卖的权利, 要通过condo board调查买家,经过的同意才能卖.
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