Calgary house prices grow the highest in Canada

Calgary’s house prices are growing the fastest in Canada. As I have been saying for ages, this is due to the continued in-bound migration by workers from Canada and overseas and it has been sustained for more than a few years now. CMHC forcasts it to continue for a few more years as well. Mark Herman, top Calgary Alberta mortgage broker

Here is what the paper said today:

… The national average price for homes sold in August was $398,618, up 5.3 per cent from the same month last year while the average in Calgary rose by 5.2 per cent to $454,994.

In Alberta, the average price rose by 4.2 per cent to $397,701 as sales were 3.8 per cent higher to 6,354 transactions…

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