Comments on: Proposed Hampton Village re-zoning not popular with some area residents

By: Iris

Iris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:35:12 +0000

These East Hampton Townhomes are really UGLY.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:25:03 +0000

Wow. Joel Anderson, I hope you have debt left to buy a moat and a few crocodiles. Maybe living in a city isn’t for you?

Dirty people on the left, clean people on the right, right?

Don’t worry though, house prices are berserk in Calgary and the houses there look like a lineup of dominoes.

…and some people say the youngsters have entitlement issues.

By: Nate H.

Nate H. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:23:16 +0000

I think the existing RMTN zoned townhouses are already quite well priced and look classy. It’s funny that the City of Saskatoon feels houses need to be even more affordable when the Bank of Canada feels the opposite, as mentioned in your next most recent post.

Considering the BoC’s suggested change, eg. the downpayment requirement becomes 10%, and a $200k house is less affordable than a $250k house was with a 5% downpayment, at least to most people buying in that price range. By the time this housing is available a year from now it’ll have been made irrelevant by the BoC.