A fabulous new website, www.walkscore.com measures the walkability of any address! Walkable neighborhoods offer surprising benefits to the environment, our health, our finances, and our community. Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100 that measures the walkability of any address. A full explanation of how the score is determined can be found on the site. It is fun and interesting! My (Barb) Walk Score for example is a 12. Although I live in a very amenitiy rich community, my location within that community is at an isolated corner significantly reducing my walkability score. So we make good use of our bikes in the summer and in the winter…well….car dependant for sure!
Archive for December, 2010
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010Calgary Resale Housing Market Expecting Price Growth
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010The conference board of Canada says Calgary’s resale housing market can expect short-term year over year price growth at between five and seven per cent.
The board, in releasing its monthly Metro Resale Index today, said Calgary is in a balanced housing market.
The average MLS sale price in the city in October, combining all residential properties, was $392,733.
That was down from $399,101 in September and from $399,550 in October 2009.
The board listed Edmonton, Saskatoon, Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivieres and Saguenay in a category with short-term price growth expectations of seven per cent or more compared with a year ago.
Joining Calgary in the five to seven per cent range were Victoria, Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Regina, Winnipeg, Halifax, and Newfoundland.
In the three to five per cent category were Sudbury, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Kitchener, Kingston, Ottawa and Saint John.
And in the zero to three per cent range were Thunder Bay, Toronto, Oshawa, London and Windsor.
None of the 28 Canadian markets surveyed were listed as having price declines in the short-term.