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Re: Back from the UK

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Originally Posted by jimf (Post 9326035)

Ok assuming that the population is growing and housing is required then why is housing cheap?

I remember something on the CBC a year or so ago looking at population movements within Canada. Essentially the message was that the west was receiving people with better economic prospects, but as prices have risen people with poorer economic prospects in the west have found it more difficult to afford to live in the west and have looked to live in the east (Quebec and maritimes).

Maybe Moncton is receiving people but it doesn't necessarily follow that they will have the money or economic prospects to drive up house prices.

oooh snap!

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Originally Posted by Kiwilass (Post 9326029)

Oh my god.

Good point well made.

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I don't know the man or his family, I wish him well really (not that he needs it, I'll sure he's doing ok anyway). I didn't realise it was over three years ago I posted this thread:- http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=504922

I hope someone has made good use of the place since!

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Originally Posted by Flogger (Post 9326003)

I see he is still trying to flog the one with the tree inside:huh:

Re: Back from the UK

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Originally Posted by jimf (Post 9326035)

Ok assuming that the population is growing and housing is required then why is housing cheap?

Because it started from a very low (cheap) base to begin with. It was dirt cheap compared to other places. Prices could double and they would still look cheap in comparison.

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Maybe Moncton is receiving people but it doesn't necessarily follow that they will have the money or economic prospects to drive up house prices.

The opposite being equally possible.

The reality being that housing is more expensive. The reality is that more house building has been happening. The reality is that businesses are expanding within and into the area.

But maybe these businesses are just being charitable rather than looking to increase profits.:)

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 9325924)

I'm fairly thick skinned. I have taken barbs from Novo, DBD and others but it's never really been a personal vendetta. Why has it become so with you?

Nobody has attacked me or what I've said with such venom and such regularity as you do.

Let's do a deal. I could put you on ignore but then I wouldn't benefit from your wisdom in other matters that I'm not involved in. So why don't you just ignore me instead. I'm clearly not up to your lofty standards.

There is no vendetta on my part, maybe some mild frustration because it appears to me that you think what's good for you is good everyone. I apologize if you feel got at.

And I don't put people on ignore... that's just not the way I roll.

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9326076)

There is no vendetta on my part, maybe some mild frustration because it appears to me that you think what's good for you is good everyone.

I'm at a loss as to how you could think that. I've accepted many a time that I'm an exception. I don't expect anyone to think what's good enough for me is good enough for them; I just don't think the other end of the scale is the only alternative. There are masses of options in between.

What I find so irritating is the constant denial and/or disbelief that something can be done when I'm damn well doing it. And others are too. Less so, of course, but they still exist.

Unless they've since died of starvation. :rofl:

Do you remember a couple of weeks ago in one of many of the income threads most people were talking about whatever income level was necessary? A high figure was agreed on by most venturing an opinion.

Our resident tax expert came along and said he did very few returns for people with that sort of income.

So these high incomes may be representative of Brit Expats but they don't appear to be representative of most people in Canada.

You could argue, quite reasonably, that BE posts should reflect that. But there are BE members whose circumstances rather than their financial clout bring them here.

By making the comments that I make about what can be achieved at my end of the scale of wealth I am merely trying to show that there can be something in between.

It seems to me that my experiences are either disbelieved or invalidated.

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9322423)

Yeah, that was an eye opener. One petrol station I went to only had the posh stuff at Â£1.50. Ouch....

Your right about that! And it will more than likely go up more. We are paying Â£1.40 for regular unleaded and Â£1.45 for regular diesel here in Somerset at the moment. Regular unleaded was at Â£1.33 the day after the budget :rolleyes:

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Here's what mls brings up for Red Deer, 3 bed 1 bath.

http://www.realtor.ca/map.aspx#acr:f...e;chkAll:false

And for Alix - small village 40 mins out of Red Deer.

http://www.realtor.ca/map.aspx#acr:f...e;chkAll:false

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Originally Posted by printer (Post 9326511)

Cheapest i could find locally. :p

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetail...Key=-283666168

is there two available? I'll rent one out:rofl:

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How many of these houses can get decent Indian Takeout delivered?? None of them round here!

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 9328055)

How many of these houses can get decent Indian Takeout delivered?? None of them round here!

<ahem>

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9328060)

<ahem>

Are you offering?

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Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 9327344)

is there two available? I'll rent one out:rofl:

Maybe you could rent one of the garages out and i'll see if they have a shed available. :lol:

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Seeing a number of people are taking the time to look for cheap housing where they live I thought I throw this into the mix.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...750/story.html

Still not cheap here but it is cheaper than it was a year ago or even a few months ago.