Calgary housing prices mark milestone

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Last updated Apr 12 2006 12:28 PM MDT
CBC News
The cost of a single-family dwelling in Calgary has surpassed the average price of a similar home in Toronto by about $5,000.

) `% u* a3 `. H3 mThe president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, Kevin Clark, says he's never seen anything like it before.

! \0 @' X% t  [7 A1 N, QThe average price of a home in Toronto is still higher than Calgary but the cost of a single-family dwelling – the most sought-after type of property – is about $363,000 in Calgary compared to $358,000 in Toronto.

Vancouver is the still the hottest market at nearly $500,000 for a single-family home.
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  \% _$ C9 o8 u2 k$ cClark says there's one reason Calgary's market has shot up so quickly.

" o9 c6 Q& M. y7 c% _( S" V"The numbers of our average sales prices are certainly indicative of the strength of the local economy and the Alberta area," says Clark.

"The market place remains to be a strong market place and economy remains strong so the numbers are reflective of that."
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. r0 ^/ r" q: z9 l  e! d, cRealtors in both Calgary and Toronto say they've seen inner city homes go for as much as $200,000 more than the asking price.

$ K- t" F$ [* }  RGeorgiana Woods, who sells real estate in Toronto, believes that market will cool off while analysts in Calgary expect the city's unprecedented growth to continue.

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