not even close.

gas is the same, if not cheaper;
utilities the same;
food's the same;
car insurance is the same (but used cars seem to generally be cheaper here);
that leaves rent...

 

roflmao!

 

Bam I called that one lol.

 

can we get that on a line graph?

 

I want different lines from 2006 to 2012 so I can see how Calgary has changed over the years. Don't even lie to me and say you don't have that Jon!

 

Jon your insane if you think its even remotely close in living expense compared to winnipeg.

Insane.

Lets say, for a second. Not everyone wants to rent their entire life. Whats the AVERAGE home selling for in Calgary?

 

nope not at all insane.

rent is rent;
you can get cheaper in the 'peg, but you're also making less - I was merely trying to point out that aside from living accommodations, it's a totally even playing field.

and there's no insanity, or hallucinogenic reasoning for me to believe this.

and forget "average" home price in Calgary - because most houses are HUGE, as in 2,500 square feet or larger huge.

Do like me, set yourself up to get into a modest (read typical North Kildonan sized) house ~ and you will be well under the "average" home price...
You just need to do some homework.

And everyone (except for people living on their parent's money) rents for a while...

Sorry Dustin, no graphs of any type over here...

I can tell you what's changed since I graduated from High School with a reasonable degree of clarity though...

EDIT:
and before the last housing boom, I was renting a three bedroom, one and a half bathroom place (four-plex) for $700/month;
between three guys, that's a down right cheap rental setup... alone though, it can be a bit intimidating.

Renting is a fluctuating market - when more rental properties are available, the average rent goes down...
I'm pretty sure everything has leveled off.

Oh, and you guys *might* know someone who is casually looking for a room mate or two - which you could use a a jumping point to moving...
Just saying.

 

Renting is such a waste of money. I did it for a year just to see what it was like living on my own and not get hit hard with a bunch of bills but having your own house is where it's at. You are atleast paying into something to show for at the end of the day.

 

I didn't know huge was 2500 SQ. guess my parents house is HUGE.

Jon it doesnt take much to find the "starter" home price in calgary compared to Winnipeg.

For example, a house about 800 sq feet two bed rooms one bath detached garage in the north end (north of inkster so not a terrible area) will sell for about 150,000. I know because my dad owns one as a rental property.

A home like that in calgary will be 250-300,000 in the same area.

My aunt and uncle own a house a little bigger then ours and a little newer. Its over a million dollars in calgary. A house like that here, would sell for 600-700,000

So Jon, As far as renting goes, i am sure you are right, renting prices are around the same. If you plan on renting and paying someone else your entire life that's great but the starter home prices in calgary are way higher then in winnipeg.

 

renting is a waste, but that's simply the way it goes.
weather it's a bank that's making money above your house payments (within a mortgage payment - because afterall, only a small portion of a mortgage payment is placed against the principal-- the rest is all interest.), or you rent ~ it's all kind of relative.

I agree that getting into the housing market is a good thing - which is why I spent five years as the "cellar dweller" at my house...

one of the things to ponder also is if you can get your monthly expenses low enough so that when you get into the housing market, you're further ahead than had you bought earlier... ~ eg you can put $1k away a month because you're shared rent is virtual peanuts...

 

 

hold on a minute;

you're trying to straight-faced compare the price of a rural manitoba house to the price of a house within the city of calgary?

come on.

at least try to pick similar square footage houses with in both cities, and within similar style/age neighborhoods.

the property value is paramount before the actual house cost ~ and I'm sure if you want to live outside of calgary you can find something under 1,00 square feet for under $200k - but you're drawing a parallel line between a small rural residence to (probably) a larger city house in a nice neighborhood.

Jordan, I expected a more realistic/coherent line of thought from you.

My house is about 1,000 square feet, and as purchased in late 2004, it had three bedrooms, two full baths, and an oversized detatched two car garage.

Our sale price was $188k

granted the market has gone up from that point (which is pretty much how I have my Cobalt) ~ but even with my house's highest ever market value, it has always remained well below the average house price for Calgary, because it's about 30 years old, and is fairly small.

 

I should also note that you can buy a new house for under $200 if you look...
One of my brother's did just this.

 

Jon, Are you high? were did i ever compared a rural manitobian house to the city of calgary?

 

nope no high, just my bad then...

I read the following quote and was thinking that you meant north of Winnipeg ~ I had a momentary lapse of recalling that Inkster was a street ~ I am terrible with names afterall.

the lower priced stuff will put you in smaller places ~ and to try to get something with a garage in calgary for about $200, is doable, but it would likely be a condo style place.

I regularly drive by billboards for a newer condo development in my (aforementioned) brother's neighborhood which is selling condos (side by side tall/skinny houses) with garages on the ground level for I think right about $200.

So, the "average" house sale price in Calgary might be roughly $500k - but that's far from the going price of a starter home...

As to your relatives million dollar house - you will see that in any city - it's about neighborhood first, property within that neighborhood second, house third.

Don't let your naivety towards the housing market, or realty in general scare you off.

 

Like i said in my first post, their house is slighty bigger, slighty newer in the exact same style area as our house, and worth almost a million dollars more.

Lindenwoods, is one of the highest end areas in Winnipeg, As the area they live in (sage creek or something)

So almost a million in difference for a slighty newer and slighty bigger home? Does not compute with me.

Also, those townhouses you are talking about for 200k. are incredibly small and on the outskirts of calgary. I have looked into this and so has my father, as he invests in property.

 

Hey gang,
Sorry I may be reposting but I can't find my other thread..
I'm looking at cleaning my Injen SRI filter and need some ideas how to go about doing it?
It didn't come with any "oil" and I've read that it needs to be oiled after it's cleaned?
Is there a kit I need to buy? Do I need to oil it? Can I just pressure wash from a safe distance?

thanks

 

Go to Canadian tire and pick up a k&n filter cleaner kit. Comes with everything you need. Definitely don't pressure wash it. Run a garden hose or tap water from the inside of the filter so it pushes the dirt out.

 

What you posted was more like a $300k spread in price.

The cheapest isn't always the best.

I would wager a guess that you're talking areas to the north of, or in the (relatively speaking) North East of Calgary...

I wouldn't go there.

The one's I'm speaking of are in a Community called 'New Brighton' - it's a South East community, right at the end of 130th ave.

There are always starter houses available, but once the city jacked the property prices, then developers became more likely to build condos, or large houses....

FYI: My brother bought a 'Jayman' home.
Even starter 'Cardel' homes (one of the bigger builders here) are generally around $350k....

CREBŽ | Real Estate Resources For Calgary

(if the following link works, it's for detached houses in Calgary priced between $175 & $350)
REALTOR.ca -Property Results

 

and weather or not you're at all serious, or any lurker is reading this, I would suggest sticking to only looking at properties east of MacLeod Trail, and South of Glenmore Trail;
there are some properties outside of this area that are in nice areas, but generally you get into ritzier or scuzzier areas to far from these Criteria...

You can get nice places at in the SW, south of oh lets say Southland, but you're either dealing with older (read more expensive) communities, or places backing onto the reserve, or communities that IMHO were poorly developed, and have too many neighborhoods behind another neighborhood...

Deer Run, Midnapore, Acadia, Riverbend are probably some of my favorite neighborhoods... but they're all established.
New Brighton isn't bad, neither is Copperfield... those are newer - but on the very SE of the city (which isn't all bad becasue of Deerfoot, and the forthcoming "perimeter" highway...

 

arrh so many words

 

I guess it's a good think I'm dating a writer then huh?

 

 

 

well, there's more than one kind of writer...

not a novelist - even though that would have played into my last comment alot better...

iirc she's a Journalism major;
Had her first temp(?) job at a smaller paper here in town (heralds from Prince George BC);
Took her first full time job down in Lethbridge writing for the Lethbridge Herald;
She's now working with the University of Lethbridge in their public relations(?) department.

... maybe "reporter" is a better title.