1.2M house: Toronto vs other cities

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1.2M house: Toronto vs other cities

#1 Post by Artemis » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:00 am

1.2M CAD equals approximately $918,000USD

https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/08/mil ... er-cities/

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Toronto - $1,197,500 CAD
This humble 1,740 square-foot detached house in North York by Keele and Wilson comes in just below $1.2 million, with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a basement — fireplace included.
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Montreal - $1,200,000 CAD
For this price you can acquire an elegant, two-storey Golden Square Mile semi-detached at the foot of Mont Royal. In exchange you'll get three bedrooms, replete with a powder room, and garden with a view of the park via the kitchen
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Vancouver - $1,200,000 CAD
A rare find in ultra-expensive Vancouver, this four bedroom townhouse is a 15-minute drive from downtown Vancity. It comes with three bathrooms, a 550-square-foot private backyard and electric charging stations for all the Tesla drivers.
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Saint Andrews, New Brunswick - $1,200,000 CAD
On the opposite coast, this price point will get you the best of views of the ocean from three sides of this two-storey home. Sitting pretty along the harbour with a view of the lighthouse, you can can slip from the porch right to the beach in just a few steps.

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taten Island, New York - $1,200,000 CAD
Good luck finding anything other than a condo with a measly budget of $1.2 million in downtown Manhattan. Just across Bayonne Bridge in quiet Staten Island, however, you can score a four bedroom house-turned-private office space with a big curved driveway
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Los Angeles - $1,203,682 CAD
On America's west coast, a few thousand extra will land you a Spanish pool home in the up-and-coming Glassell Park neighbourhood. You'll get a remodeled kitchen, new floors, and a deck that leads to an outdoor pool complete with a waterfall. Extra points for having a lemon tree.

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Barcelona - $1,207,218 CAD
It's a bit over budget but for an extra seven grand, a Mediterranean-style villa in Canet de Mar comes with three floors, an outdoor pool, garden, and a view of the Balearic Sea. Plus, access to all the art fairs and festivals that Catelonia has to offer.

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Dubai - $1,187,899 CAD
As with most things in Dubai, wealth covers a lot of ground: 9,700 square feet, to be exact. This villa property comes with a sprawling green backyard, five huge bedrooms, each with their own walk-in closets for just under $1.2 million.

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Buenos Aires - $1,201,529 CAD
In the private neighbourhood of Santa Maria de Tigre in the north zone of Buenos Aires, this house has four main rooms equipped with all the accoutrements of South American living: think swimming pool, tennis court, and options for a security system.

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Re: 1.2M house: Toronto vs other cities

#2 Post by creep » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:32 am

I live in one of the more expensive areas of Sacramento but compared to Toronto a million dollars will still buy you a nice sized house. 4300 square feet.

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#3 Post by creep » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:40 am

I've been looking at houses in Texas and in an area I like just outside of Dallas 925K will get you this house on 25 acres with your own lake.

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#4 Post by Juana » Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:03 am

creep wrote:I've been looking at houses in Texas and in an area I like just outside of Dallas 925K will get you this house on 25 acres with your own lake.

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Yeah out here in the hill country you can get a lot of value as well as long as you're outside of Austin/San Marcos, in Austin the prices are getting stupid and getting that way in San Marcos due to the university growing and developers are buying up land but all in all the land/houses out here are pretty cheap compared to other places

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#5 Post by kv » Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:47 am

I don't like this thread...what's this talk of "land" I'm confused :lostit:

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#6 Post by Juana » Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:27 pm

Its this crazy thing of having a shit ton of outdoor type space to do stuff and things. I was quite confused when I moved here.

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#7 Post by phenobarb_bambalam » Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:16 pm

Funny. I just looked up this house to check the price, having driven past it earlier in the afternoon. One would have hoped for at least two full bathrooms, when coughing up the best part of $2m. Apparently not; well done San Francisco.

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco ... ome/656316

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#8 Post by creep » Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:26 pm

phenobarb_bambalam wrote:Funny. I just looked up this house to check the price, having driven past it earlier in the afternoon. One would have hoped for at least two full bathrooms, when coughing up the best part of $2m. Apparently not; well done San Francisco.

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco ... ome/656316
listed at 1.4 million and sold a month later at 2 million. :jasper:

I just don't get it.

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#9 Post by kv » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:09 pm

What's not to get? Demand excedes supply

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#10 Post by creep » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:14 pm

kv wrote:What's not to get? Demand excedes supply
Thanks professor kv for taking my question literally.

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#11 Post by kv » Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:27 pm

If you're late for class again David, I flunk you.

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#12 Post by Hype » Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:08 am

Out in the GTA (Toronto metro area basically) housing prices have skyrocketed to the point where it's nearly as bad as the city proper. For a 45 minute to 1.5 hr commute, you can get a bit more.

Not sure if this link will work but: https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Map. ... eGroupID=1

Basically, around a million bucks will get you a 2bdrm apartment condominium (plus $700 a month fees) on Front Street (downtown waterfront): https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Sing ... unities-C1

Or you can deal with a long-ass commute and try this 4bdrm 4bath 3 storey freehold townhome: https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Sing ... er-Branson

Toronto is really expensive for a city that doesn't have a booming tech sector the way the San Francisco area does. It wouldn't be so bad if transit were better.

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#13 Post by SR » Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:00 pm

My house has lost just under 2% in equity in the last few weeks. :scared:

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#14 Post by MYXYLPLYX » Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:19 pm

This is around the corner from my place... want to be my neighbor?

:confused:


https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/296- ... 3112_zpid/

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#15 Post by wally » Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:47 pm

MYXYLPLYX wrote:This is around the corner from my place... want to be my neighbor?

:confused:


https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/296- ... 3112_zpid/
that garage though :love:

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