我在房版的首贴－－悬赏请教：继续租房还是买房？买什么样的房？

wallyy

原帖由 十年移民路_ 于 2007-2-4 21:26 发表
现状是：价位低的房子（Townhouse）走得比较快，但是高价位35万以上的房子几乎无人敢问津了。这说明了什么？很简单，市场的购买力已经非常有限了，剩下的那些没买房的人真的已经买不起房子了

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- f: G% r$ [/ I, X" V) i8 N在这里说话得注意精确度，以爱城的平均收入水平，35万以上的房子应该算中高价位，不是无人问津，是少有人问津，而且走得很慢很慢。这几天爱城市政府在投票决定阿省是否要有rental control。安省就有控制房租涨价的各项具体措施。另外，为了不使爱城变成FORT MCMURRY的翻版，省政府在45天以后会宣布一项解决爱城高房价的具体措施。以上信息是本人这两天听本地新闻所得，请大家核实后取阅。

闲着也是闲着

原帖由 wallyy 于 2007-2-5 10:50 发表
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7 j& s+ C! e: s9 i; }# t在这里说话得注意精确度，以爱城的平均收入水平，35万以上的房子应该算中高价位，不是无人问津，是少有人问津，而且走得很慢很慢。这几天爱城市政府在投票决定阿省是否要有rental control。安省就有控制房 ...

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提供本地新闻，这个消息对大家还是很有参考意义的，如果政府控制价格，市场会有新的变动。

在家闲着

The house prices are ridiculously high now, they will drop in 1-5 years for sure. It is too risky to buy a house now, you may end losing a lot of money. Now those construction workers make tons of money, if you buy a house, you are donating money to them. If you have too much money, you can do that, if not, you need to think about it carefully.
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Renting is a much better option for you, it is cheaper. Try to save money now and wait for a couple of years, if prices drop significantly, then you can buy. Otherwise you may want to move other cities.
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0 D6 j5 ^5 Y) v9 v. r- m- i3 SEspecially if your husband lose his job and you have to pay $2400 for your house monthly, you will be under tremendous pressure.
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, }  F2 ~5 T. c" ]( v! EThere is no difference in terms of life quality between renting a house or owning a house. A house is just a place for you to live no matter you own it or rent it. The benefit to own a house is you can build equity from it. After 100% price increase in the recent years, I don't expect to get 10% increase annualy.
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醉酒当歌

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原帖由 在家闲着 于 2007-2-6 01:04 发表
The house prices are ridiculously high now, they will drop in 1-5 years for sure. It is too risky to buy a house now, you may end losing a lot of money. Now those construction workers make tons o ...

BaiLing

原帖由 在家闲着 于 2007-2-6 01:04 发表
The house prices are ridiculously high now, they will drop in 1-5 years for sure. It is too risky to buy a house now, you may end losing a lot of money. Now those construction workers make tons o ...

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CANDYMAN

原帖由 wallyy 于 2007-2-5 10:50 发表
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在这里说话得注意精确度，以爱城的平均收入水平，35万以上的房子应该算中高价位，不是无人问津，是少有人问津，而且走得很慢很慢。这几天爱城市政府在投票决定阿省是否要有rental control。安省就有控制房 ...

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' L" I# M+ q" G2 kIf the goverment put controls over the market, it will for sure reduce the risk of market crash, that means the price will keep going up--slowly, but up, for a while yet.
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LZ, buy it now, but your need to do a lot of research in this market, safe bet would be: find a fix-upper in a good area.

zepher

FYI

I lived in Michener Park before and bought a house last summer. Just try to give you a rough idea how
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Mortgage/Month + property tax: $1700
. n( f: `: k5 A8 nUtility (gas+electricity+water): $300/M, day:21 degree C Night: 19 degree C

Other expenses you may consider once you have a house:
' c2 x% O3 |; ^: O% kClosing cost (lawyer fee+inspection): $1000
Furniture at Brick/Leon's level for two bedroom, one living room, one family room: $6K (Low level)
% }& @1 K. r% Y; jGarden & Lawn tools: roughly $200 last summer. need to buy much more this summer
My neighbour said it cost her roughly $300 per summer for flower bed.
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I am also planning to put side at least $500/M for home maintence and improvement.
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In a word, you will have much more unexpected expesnes once you have a house. It is similar as buying a
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wallyy

谢谢蓝百合送的鲜花！真好玩！真高兴！
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蓝百合

原帖由 疯青羊 于 2007-2-4 23:08 发表
如果只住两年左右不要买房了
房价即使涨也有限了
买卖房子也是很烦心的事
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你现在住michener park吧？那个地方位置多好啊
买个房子麻烦事多着呢
水电用的不随心所欲，暖气烧得也让人心疼
我还真没见过有中国人家烧得比michener park暖和的

是呀。而且Michener Park可能是老年中国人最集中的地方。老人在这儿不孤单。

蓝百合

原帖由 在家闲着 于 2007-2-6 01:04 发表
9 r+ k7 y, p6 `& E& sEspecially if your husband lose his job and you have to pay $2400 for your house monthly, you will be under tremendous pressure.

蓝百合

原帖由 zepher 于 2007-2-7 17:38 发表
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I lived in Michener Park before and bought a house last summer. Just try to give you a rough idea how
much you may spend per month on roughly $250K Mortgage:
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5 I; C9 c/ L5 H8 i 非常感谢你提供的信息。

adamsloan

这么贵的房子啊～～～