New homes follow trend of higher prices

音响神仙鱼

It isn't only Winnipeg's existing housing market that's hot -- prices of new homes are also going through their roofs.

: n7 Q1 f0 j" w5 g/ f. @The city has seen its highest annual increase in prices for new residences in a 16% hike between August 2006 and the same month this year.
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) M3 k) e& m( m8 d! _With the jump, Winnipeg -- with a price growth considerably behind that of Regina and Saskatoon -- is part of a Prairie region where buyers are paying much more because of a demand for new homes and rising labour costs for framers and concrete workers.
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Wilf Falk, the Manitoba government's chief statistician, said the province's capital is "doing well" due to natural economic factors, and in contrast to a slowing market in other parts of Canada.
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/ s, m8 H( s6 H# o7 {"It's just a sign of the demand for new housing," said Falk. "And things are more expensive."  
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- {! _. j0 z) K  RAccording to new Statistics Canada figures, the new-home market in Manitoba and Saskatchewan has quickened its pace despite a national trend toward a slowing in the growth of prices for such housing.

While the year-over-year price of a new home rose 53.6% in Saskatoon and 29.2% in Regina, Edmonton's 30.2% hike during the measuring period is a cooling-off from previous market activity. Calgary saw an increase of 6.1%.
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"It illustrates that the housing boom happened in Alberta, and now over the last period of time there has been a movement of individuals back to Saskatchewan and to a lesser extent to Manitoba," Falk said.

; j1 P6 W+ p- X6 x. N& I; FThough Manitoba's net population loss to Alberta of nearly 4,400 last year appears to be slowing dramatically, Saskatchewan has seen more people return following moves to Edmonton and Calgary, said Falk.

音响神仙鱼

给打算离开这里的同胞做个参考, 如果要撤, 建议早一点, 不要等别的地方房价涨上去又要后悔了. 刚刚和吻泥脖的旧同事通过电话, 他们好象对这里的economic boom很不满, 因为搞到他们的房价都要升了, 但这里的economic boom对他们的工作和收入毫无关系,呵呵

紫光

你以为他们真想撤啊。

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Magrath

原帖由 紫光 于 2007-10-13 23:17 发表
你以为他们真想撤啊。

1 r# E8 \* e1 F7 B# E) v4 q% Q他们不撤， 俺撤！！