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
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By NADIA MOHARIB, SUN MEDIA
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More and more Calgarians are buying downtown homes but paying top price for the prime location.

- ~% O% X  n& H5 iPeople 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.

Calgary ranks sixth most expensive of 31 cities surveyed around the world.
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The 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.

$ X( T( w4 J, r& S- VGeorge 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.

. U: j+ B! q. q4 [& @4 w2 E1 @“To live downtown people pay for it.”

/ j; w; v0 t9 h$ t* I- tA condo in southwood for instance would run about $323 a sq. ft while downtown goes for about $500.

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0 m6 q4 H& }2 o+ W& H; J# Q. TStill 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.”
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5 A$ @, y/ |3 H1 mPart of the attraction is affordability but also people wanting to buy in to a certain lifestyle, Bamber said.

1 e' \7 E( Q; Y2 l“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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3 F# X- v0 C, S; b# W8 IHe said 30 % of the housing market is condos - the bulk of which are in downtown.

, u& e0 c% Y# G* J2 e7 OThe survey showed Vancouver placing fourth most expensive at $577 per sq. ft. while Edmonton was 10th most expensive at $322.

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.

4 n/ ?- T* j: o  w" U# v4 ?# a: |+ zWhile those looking for life in the suburbs and a better bang for their buck typically see a significant cost savings.
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1 U- ~6 k# G+ h/ c4 n) C6 ?; bA 650 sq. ft condo in Southwood, Bamber said, recently sold for about $323 per square foot, for instance.
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- 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.
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— 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
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6 h4 W1 J) V- CThe 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.
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0 S* ^+ @- M; ?5 u3 NNew York City $375 Tokyo, $325 Edmonton $322.
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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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8 V" v; T# e3 T1 \% wListing Information
8 l; [1 ^# p5 L+ \        Listing ID         932689
        Price         $465,000
$ [* m7 F2 B0 {, t0 Z        Bdrm(s)         2
        Type         Co-op
& I8 m1 [( K  T% X        Rooms        4
8 ?8 l  U* ]7 _1 b" i& x5 A+ R/ u# z        Baths        1
, F8 H$ K2 C, r' a. T        Monthly Tax        --
9 O) X+ L& B7 _' r2 s        CC/Maint        $707
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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