“A ; RELAXED PACE is the okey t to: ‘iife on the orth Shor

, although the odd motorisi

may ‘not have snpreciatea ft aaite this: slow. ola pooch. was: meandering ‘over the

, House prices in
. British Columbia con-
tinued their upward
‘climb. during the past
eight months, accor-
ding ‘to! the’ ‘Royal
Trust survey of Cana-
dian house prices.

Significant increases were

‘recorded in West Van-
couver, where prices for a
detached three-bedroom
brick bungalow shot up 3!
per cent from $99,500 in
February to $122,000 in
October.”. -

/ ,

In Ketrisdal¢é, a similar
house sells for+$122,000, up
22.6 per cent from February,
and in North’ Vancouver,

$88,500 .up..16.5 per. cent
from. $76,000. In Victoria.

prices climbed, 12.1 per cent,

from $66, 000 to $74, 000.

Still good investment

Costs for a detached 4wo-
storey, four-bedroom brick
house are also up sub-
‘stantially. Richmond
tegistered. the largest in-
crease, up 31.1 per cent
from $90,000 to $118,000.

- Prices in Surrey climbed

12.9 per cent, from $70,000
to $79,000, and in Kelowna,
8.3 per cent from $72,500 to
$78,500.

Across Canada,
picture is as follows:

the

In the Atlantic provinces,
house prices were up in
almost all cities. Price in-
creases were as high as 16.5
per cent in Moncton, where
a bungalow is now $46,000,
up. from $39,500 in
February. -

Prices for a larger house
climbed as high as 15.9 per
cent, again in Moncton, and

14.3 per cent in Dartmouth,
to $96,000 from $84,000. OF
the cities surveyed, only
Corner Brook registered no

. change,

‘In Quebec, prices were
generally on the rise, with
some of the largest increases
in the Montreal area. In
Longueuil, prices were up by
as much as 22.5 per cent for
a three-bedroom © brick
bungalow, from $44,500 to
$54,500. Prices for a larger
home rose by as much as
18,1 per cent in St. Lambert,
from $72,000 to $85,000. In
Charlesbourg (Quebec City),
prices rose 6.3 per cent,
from $80,000 to $85,000; in
Hull, 4.2 per cent, ‘from
$72,000 to $75,000.

In ‘Ontario, there was a

general increase in prices,
with only Newmarket and
Barrie experiencing

| Grantham m Brge in North Vancouver recently when motte hy t! the

marginal. decreases.

per ‘cent’:

and 15.3 per cent in Sud- *
bury, to $86,500 for a larger"
home. Many areas,
however, | showed “only
marginal increases. In
Ottawa, ai four-bedroom

home sold for about $89,500,

up only 0.6 per cont from
as |

950.

the Prairies, most
prices were on’ the rise, in
innipeg,. house prices
increased by as much as’7,5
per cent in the Southdale
district, from
$64,500, but declined in the
Maples district -- 3.3 per
cent from $60,000 to
$58,000. In Saskatoon,
rices climbed 10 per cent,
rom $100,000 to. $110,000
for a two-storey, | four-
bedroom home.

s

In- |
creases were as high as 21.2.
in’ Windsor --°:
$80,000 for a’ bungalow - —

$60,000 to.

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