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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# l+ R8 J. S  K$ XMore and more Calgarians are buying downtown homes but paying top price for the prime location.

" e5 f$ `( Y0 m9 B* n3 ]People 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.

, d# U# r, `/ T8 O, [- q% rCalgary ranks sixth most expensive of 31 cities surveyed around the world.

8 c1 z5 b- S( {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.
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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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“To live downtown people pay for it.”

) g  s6 i; E) uA condo in southwood for instance would run about $323 a sq. ft while downtown goes for about $500.
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. F/ i) Z) h4 Z2 G/ N2 Q. rStill Bamber said the interest in downtown living only seems to be getting more popular — a sign Calgary is “getting to be more like a big city.”
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& `# f- C) {' @' b$ D# IPart of the attraction is affordability but also people wanting to buy in to a certain lifestyle, Bamber said.
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6 E9 q1 R! q& x1 b3 z6 W. [4 ^“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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6 _, m+ `* _+ e: E# sHe said 30 % of the housing market is condos - the bulk of which are in downtown.
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# |% Q2 C$ H6 q$ r- y/ ^, }The survey showed Vancouver placing fourth most expensive at $577 per sq. ft. while Edmonton was 10th most expensive at $322.
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- i1 f9 R. G1 ^. g; m$ q$ F/ ?3 _8 iIn 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.
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While those looking for life in the suburbs and a better bang for their buck typically see a significant cost savings.
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A 650 sq. ft condo in Southwood, Bamber said, recently sold for about $323 per square foot, for instance.

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% t" J4 X+ {: t& E- 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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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)：
世界排名前十位最贵城市中，加拿大名列第一，独占四名， 仅次于伦敦(第一)，纽约(第二)。

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.

, F" k2 k" J/ Y; rNew York City $375 Tokyo, $325 Edmonton $322.

. \7 v9 P; f0 |3 J2 ?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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0 b0 O8 E4 N1 e        Listing ID         932689
+ T; ?; P; ^+ F        Price         $465,000
        Bdrm(s)         2
) [( _+ d7 s9 s( o  @& s/ G' X) _        Type         Co-op
2 q- c" L& }! f% T8 [8 @        Rooms        4
/ o8 F9 B- J( ^        Baths        1
        Monthly Tax        --
4 E$ C9 L* n. d        CC/Maint        $707
5 `! M6 q4 {, F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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