14 Jun 2006 @ 1:04 PM 
 

HOLY. FUCK!

 

So I was playing around on MLS.ca today just because I was bored. For shits & giggles I was seeing how much real estate was in other cities. I happened upon Calgary, AB. My first search was between $100K-$125K. There was exactly one entry – a bachelor “suite” in a retirement home. Okay, check <$100K. Three entries. $125-150: two entries, but really it was just one. $149,900 for an EMPTY LOT!!!!

Okay, let’s go to the other end of the extreme: $500K-Unlimited. 474 entries! I forgot how many millions the first one was but on the very last page I found a bunaglow for $519K. It was 949sq. ft. on a lot 50×120. What?!?!?! The?!?!?!? FUCK?!?!?!?! So basically what that tells me is I can buy, basically, my EXACT same house, only in colder Calgary for a paltry $400K MORE than what I paid for it here in London! Our house is 920sq. ft. on a lot 42×120. So, basically the same damn thing.

Un-freakin-believable…

Tags Categories: Rantings & Ravings Posted By: Rob
Last Edit: 14 Jun 2006 @ 01 04 PM

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  1. mom says:
    June 15, 2006 at 8:06 am

    gee maybe you could put up the new pics seeing as you have so much time on your hands. he he

  2. Emily says:
    June 15, 2006 at 8:46 am

    I saw something on the news yesterday that the average price of a house in canada has gone up to just over 300K. I found this a little astounding since in my particular area prices have dropped by about 50K just in the past couple of weeks or so. To sell our house, we wound up having to drop the price, which I found offensive, but when I checked all of the other high-priced houses on our street, they had all dropped massively as well. So apparently prices are skyrocketing everywhere except MY neighbourhood. Grrr.

  3. Jen says:
    June 15, 2006 at 11:37 am

    Try buying things in the states. This is a topic that frequently comes up in my forums. People living in a whole lot of states just can’t afford to buy a house. It’s impossible. One of my online buds lives in NYC and she paid $450K for a 900sqf 2 bedroom apt/condo thing. And it was a steal, as it was fugly and needed a lot of cosmetic work (the man actually showed the place with various stuffed dead animals mounted to the walls).

    Anyhow, people tend to faint when I mention our first house was $58K.

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