Comments on: Scandalous in Surrey http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/04/scandalous-in-surrey/ Book and Weblog - Authored by Garth Turner Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:01:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mr.Doom&Gloom http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/04/scandalous-in-surrey/comment-page-3/#comment-17270 Mr.Doom&Gloom Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:14:21 +0000 http://www.greaterfool.ca/?p=1560#comment-17270 dekethegeek: Nah - wasnt me. Same name I guess. Nope, that was my first ever post on the site. Don't have a PS3 and dont really want one. Just looking for a nice home.....at a cheap price of course dekethegeek: Nah – wasnt me. Same name I guess.

Nope, that was my first ever post on the site. Don’t have a PS3 and dont really want one. Just looking for a nice home…..at a cheap price of course

]]> By: Winnipeg is No Different http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/04/scandalous-in-surrey/comment-page-3/#comment-17255 Winnipeg is No Different Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:46:48 +0000 http://www.greaterfool.ca/?p=1560#comment-17255 Re: #74 I saw that article in the print edition today with a new headline: "Winnipeg house sales down, but not price". The Wpg Free Press should have slapped a "... yet" at the end of that headline as active listings are up 50% from last year. Volumes drop, inventory rises and then prices fall. In fact, prices have already fallen from the peak. The average selling price for a residential detached home was $191,000 in January 2009, down from $224,000 in May 2008. Re: #74

I saw that article in the print edition today with a new headline: “Winnipeg house sales down, but not price”. The Wpg Free Press should have slapped a “… yet” at the end of that headline as active listings are up 50% from last year. Volumes drop, inventory rises and then prices fall.

In fact, prices have already fallen from the peak. The average selling price for a residential detached home was $191,000 in January 2009, down from $224,000 in May 2008.

]]> By: Bottoms_Up http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/04/scandalous-in-surrey/comment-page-3/#comment-17203 Bottoms_Up Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:59:46 +0000 http://www.greaterfool.ca/?p=1560#comment-17203 Jelly, Albertans seeing that $234,000 'box' in a shitty neighbourhood as cheap just proves that housing prices out there still have a LONG WAY TO GO (down). Jelly, Albertans seeing that $234,000 ‘box’ in a shitty neighbourhood as cheap just proves that housing prices out there still have a LONG WAY TO GO (down).

]]> By: Bottoms_Up http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/04/scandalous-in-surrey/comment-page-3/#comment-17202 Bottoms_Up Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:47:16 +0000 http://www.greaterfool.ca/?p=1560#comment-17202 Hi Anxiously, Prices in that area are going down. Keep waiting. Garth believes the summer could be the right time to buy. Hi Anxiously,
Prices in that area are going down. Keep waiting. Garth believes the summer could be the right time to buy.

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