Barnaby
Active Member
I'll start by saying that an infill rate of 50% is too low of a goal. Sprawl is killing the city.
I'll start by saying that an infill rate of 50% is too low of a goal. Sprawl is killing the city.
I’d be interested on your thoughts if you want to share! I read through the detailed report from council minutes and it was interesting how they’re working to establish baselines and measures.
That seems to be the trend for people eager to buy a home anywhere in Canada right now - save as much as possible then when rates comes down (or are seriously rumoured to come down shortly) people will be lining up to scoop up places. It might get ugly and the BoC knows that.Always tough to know, but I suspect once the BoC starts to ease rates, prices will rise again. I wonder if people have used this time of high interest rates to save up for a down payment, while waiting for rates to fall. I bit the bullet and bought a place. I was able to put %20 down on a 360,000$ place. When I renew in 5 years, rates will be a little lower. May as well get used to the higher payments, then when rates fall I'll just keep my payments the same and more will go to principal.
Yes, goals have to be more than just aspirational. They have to be achievable and realistic. I think the problem is planners come up with grand nice sounding ideas, but they are not in any way based on reality.Baselines and measures are important, but haven't we had many of those established in multiple reports from 10-15-20 years ago?
The naming of those 'big city moves' remind me of a consultants wet dream via yet another public visioning session; I'd like the City to have more practical and pragmatic names for some of these things.
As for 50% by 'pubic or active transit', this is obviously aspirational given the vast sums of money, ever changing priorities and most lacklustre moving of the needle of any major city in Canada over the last 20 years. A few folks who do better math than me have shared figures that reveal even negative or stagnant transit usage if you factor in population growth.
I'm not saying that have the answers, but it continues to feel like these kinds of reports get produced once a decade and do very little in terms of actual change.
Old man skeptic is wading in.
Interesting because according to Avison Young Edmonton had two strong quarters of absorption downtown. Here is the link: https://www.avisonyoung.ca/web/edmonton/office-market-report
As an eternal optimist about our beautiful city I choose to believe the more positive report.^yup... who do you believe. Both are national and reputable firms.
Glad I bought before this potential fury, if Calgary is an example we could be seeing a very hot market here shortly.Residential sales up 60% year over year:
Average price of Edmonton home increases to $407,458: report
The average price of an Edmonton home is now $407,458, a 10.4 per cent increase from February 2023.edmontonjournal.com
If interest rates go down (and people are predicting they will), we’ll definitely see a surge in construction activity.^here's hoping... for it will catapult multiple projects forward.
On the flip side, I am definitely not looking forward to paying 50-70% more on a condo, especially when my income is definitely not expected to grow by this much for many years^here's hoping... for it will catapult multiple projects forward.