lakeside7 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 I guess my question is aimed at would be CDN house buyers. Given the 20/25% differential between the USD and CDN dollar, are you waiting on the side lines for the CDN to strengthen. Or are you perhaps one the lucky ones who sold a home in Vancouver or Toronto for a million or more and laughing all the way to the bank, and will buy at Lakeside regardless? From all the stories I am hearing the market this season at Lakeside is "hot" for both selling and renting..but who is buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Since there are about 10,000 baby boomers reaching retirement age every month, that's a likely source of the buyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 I am a Canadian home buyer and weighed your question for days this summer, I am the very end of the baby boomers in age and for most of my life I watched prices of property increase just a few years before I could afford the property, for example when I was in my late 20's a lake property might sell for 20 thousand, by the time I could afford the property in my mid to late 30's it was much higher and it has continued to rise. I attribute much of the increase to demographics, there is a large bubble of people ahead of me. As gringal states there is about 10000 people a day retiring and by the way that is just the American population so add Canadians and many others. We have chosen to purchase and hope to rent the property out until we retire, the up side is that we might be able to offset the initial cost with rental income and possibly the prices will go up as time goes on. If there is a big increase we are in the game and wont be priced out. On the other side there is risk that prices drop or civil unrest cause big problems. I guess I willing to take the risk. And sadly I am not in Vancouver or Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 If it makes anyone feel any better, we bought our first house in Mexico in March of 1997. The Canadian dollar was worth 65 cents to the American dollar. The dollar goes up and the dollar goes down... but the sun always shines here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Ferret, as a matter of fact, it does make me feel better. Thank you ( let's not talk about the cost from then to now however) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Depends on your needs and what turns your crank. Big costs more and takes more effort to be cleaned and maintained. A view will cost more and can be obstructed in the blink of an eye. Use your head not your heart. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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