Comments on: Kitsilano vs. France http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html Bubble? What Bubble? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:53:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-9408 Richard Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:53:28 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-9408 Somewhere in France versus Kit? They're not comparable at all. That said, I'd love to have a nice place in Kitsilano, PLUS, I don't have to deal with a language problem.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-9408">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Somewhere in France versus Kit?
They’re not comparable at all.
That said, I’d love to have a nice place in Kitsilano, PLUS, I don’t have to deal with a language problem.

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]]> By: slider http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-618 slider Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:24:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-618 Um...D-oush sort of alluded to this, but hasn't anyone considered that "France" is just a teensy bit bigger than "Kits"? For $1.2M you can buy some serious $hit out in, say, Chilliwack, or Kelowna, or Kamloops, etc.<br/><br/>Absolutely no useful information can be gleaned from comparing a home in a small area such as "Kits" to one in France without knowing where in France it is located. Something tells me it's not Paris.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-618">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Um…D-oush sort of alluded to this, but hasn’t anyone considered that “France” is just a teensy bit bigger than “Kits”? For $1.2M you can buy some serious $hit out in, say, Chilliwack, or Kelowna, or Kamloops, etc.

Absolutely no useful information can be gleaned from comparing a home in a small area such as “Kits” to one in France without knowing where in France it is located. Something tells me it’s not Paris.

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-617 DEFAULT NAME Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:49:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-617 small units like those/link posted by AgentWill in RET<br/>http://photomichaelwolf.com/100x100/<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-617">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> small units like those/link posted by AgentWill in RET
http://photomichaelwolf.com/100×100/

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]]> By: richard http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-616 richard Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:12:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-616 raconteur:<br/><br/>I wonder why they've stopped at 100 sq feet? I think some jail cells are only 80 sq feet and they sleep two and include a bathroom!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-616">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> raconteur:

I wonder why they’ve stopped at 100 sq feet? I think some jail cells are only 80 sq feet and they sleep two and include a bathroom!

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-615 DEFAULT NAME Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:07:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-615 I have been inspired by the original allusion on VHB, and galvanized by the follow-up here. I have taken it one step further here <a HREF="http://artbag.blogspot.com/index.html" REL="nofollow">link</a><br/><br/>My blog is not exclusive to RE, but I am going to do a series called "compare and despair" looking at rents and purchase prices in the major cities of the world as compared to Vancouver.<br/><br/>It might be boring, but might also be interesting.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-615">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I have been inspired by the original allusion on VHB, and galvanized by the follow-up here. I have taken it one step further here link

My blog is not exclusive to RE, but I am going to do a series called “compare and despair” looking at rents and purchase prices in the major cities of the world as compared to Vancouver.

It might be boring, but might also be interesting.

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]]> By: WoodenHorse http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-614 WoodenHorse Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:44:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-614 D_oush:<br/><br/>All very good points. <br/><br/>However, I put this to you: Which house do you think would generate more rental revenue?<br/><br/>Admitly, I know next to nuttin about the french house, but I think it would easily generate a couple of multiples of income than the Kits house. But why are they priced the same?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-614">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> D_oush:

All very good points.

However, I put this to you: Which house do you think would generate more rental revenue?

Admitly, I know next to nuttin about the french house, but I think it would easily generate a couple of multiples of income than the Kits house. But why are they priced the same?

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]]> By: d_oush http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-613 d_oush Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:25:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-613 Hello woodenhorse,<br/><br/>I'm glad to hear you are eager for my opinion. I think its pretty simple, so I'm sure you'll understand - It's all about LOCATION. What are the business oppourtunities near this french house? How many people want to live there? Not that many if you go by the price. Our prices are driven by DEMAND. Can you resell the french house for a profit? Not if the demand is not there.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-613">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hello woodenhorse,

I’m glad to hear you are eager for my opinion. I think its pretty simple, so I’m sure you’ll understand – It’s all about LOCATION. What are the business oppourtunities near this french house? How many people want to live there? Not that many if you go by the price. Our prices are driven by DEMAND. Can you resell the french house for a profit? Not if the demand is not there.

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-612 DEFAULT NAME Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:22:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-612 Thats it! i'm taking my 1.2 million and moving to france!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-612">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Thats it! i’m taking my 1.2 million and moving to france!

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]]> By: bc_cele http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-611 bc_cele Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:53:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-611 <b><i>Anonymous said... <br/>sorry bc-cel, I guess i was the one not looking, lol.I don't get remax's statement today saying that prices will go up, but at the end of their release it stated prices had to come back to earth.What is earth prices? </i></b><br/><br/>No worries, I had to look at my post again to see if I had forgot to put it in.<br/><br/>And I also have no idea what Remax is trying to say. I think it's just hedging.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-611">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Anonymous said…
sorry bc-cel, I guess i was the one not looking, lol.I don’t get remax’s statement today saying that prices will go up, but at the end of their release it stated prices had to come back to earth.What is earth prices?

No worries, I had to look at my post again to see if I had forgot to put it in.

And I also have no idea what Remax is trying to say. I think it’s just hedging.

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-610 DEFAULT NAME Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:15:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-610 sorry bc-cel, I guess i was the one not looking, lol.I don't get remax's statement today saying that prices will go up, but at the end of their release it stated prices had to come back to earth.What is earth prices?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-610">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> sorry bc-cel, I guess i was the one not looking, lol.I don’t get remax’s statement today saying that prices will go up, but at the end of their release it stated prices had to come back to earth.What is earth prices?

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]]> By: raconteur49 http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-609 raconteur49 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:05:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-609 Unemployment rate in France used to be 2 digit some years ago, but must have eased a bit to 9.6% last Jan. ttp://tinyurl.com/y8cdwu<br/><br/>I know an unemployed frenchman in his mid-20s who came to Vancouver 3-4 years ago on BUNAC's visa www.bunac.org/uk/workcanada<br/>At that time he rented a 2-bedroom condo at Harborside Tower with marina & northshore view; his dad on holiday here then snapped it up at around $350k. This guy never worked a day while on work visa, lol. He travelled all over Canada, US, Latin Americas, and rented out the other room to 3 construction workers, who only came back to sleep. The next year he came back on student visa doing evening courses at downtown SFU, BCIY, and still travelling and sharing his apartment with construction workers. I guess he got his landed status now. He told me that there are quite a number of his unemployed countrymen on Bunac's living downtown, and many found employment with call centers and bought condos here.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-609">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Unemployment rate in France used to be 2 digit some years ago, but must have eased a bit to 9.6% last Jan. ttp://tinyurl.com/y8cdwu

I know an unemployed frenchman in his mid-20s who came to Vancouver 3-4 years ago on BUNAC’s visa http://www.bunac.org/uk/workcanada
At that time he rented a 2-bedroom condo at Harborside Tower with marina & northshore view; his dad on holiday here then snapped it up at around $350k. This guy never worked a day while on work visa, lol. He travelled all over Canada, US, Latin Americas, and rented out the other room to 3 construction workers, who only came back to sleep. The next year he came back on student visa doing evening courses at downtown SFU, BCIY, and still travelling and sharing his apartment with construction workers. I guess he got his landed status now. He told me that there are quite a number of his unemployed countrymen on Bunac’s living downtown, and many found employment with call centers and bought condos here.

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]]> By: raconteur49 http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-608 raconteur49 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:30:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-608 Even 'Bull poster' can't miss out on this news ;) <br/><br/>http://tinyurl.com/y4foz2<br/>The median price paid for a home in the nine-county <b>Bay Area</b> was $611,000 in September. That was down 1.5 percent from $620,000 for the month before, and down 0.8 percent from $616,000 for September last year, according to DataQuick Information Systems.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-608">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Even ‘Bull poster’ can’t miss out on this news ;)

http://tinyurl.com/y4foz2
The median price paid for a home in the nine-county Bay Area was $611,000 in September. That was down 1.5 percent from $620,000 for the month before, and down 0.8 percent from $616,000 for September last year, according to DataQuick Information Systems.

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]]> By: WoodenHorse http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-607 WoodenHorse Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:53:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-607 Not to make fun...but he is the only consistant Bull poster here (and I do have a lot of respect for that).<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-607">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Not to make fun…but he is the only consistant Bull poster here (and I do have a lot of respect for that).

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]]> By: WoodenHorse http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-606 WoodenHorse Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:49:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-606 What I want to hear are D_oush's thoughts on this.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-606">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> What I want to hear are D_oush’s thoughts on this.

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]]> By: bc_cele http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-605 bc_cele Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:26:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-605 <b><i>johnnycrasher said... <br/>bc cel should look at the listing, i think the majority would rather have the french chateau than a kits rental. </i></b><br/><br/>Ok... --> ;-) --- that's a winking smiley. That means I didn't mean it.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-605">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> johnnycrasher said…
bc cel should look at the listing, i think the majority would rather have the french chateau than a kits rental.

Ok… –> ;-) — that’s a winking smiley. That means I didn’t mean it.

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]]> By: the pope http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-604 the pope Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:53:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-604 Oops. My error, guess I should pay better attention, thanks for clarifying vintage.. I'll fix the front page to correct that. that. that. that.<br/><br/>Is there an echo in here?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-604">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Oops. My error, guess I should pay better attention, thanks for clarifying vintage.. I’ll fix the front page to correct that. that. that. that.

Is there an echo in here?

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-603 DEFAULT NAME Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:47:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-603 Sorry for posting twice, the blog's acting funny on me again...<br/>...acting funny on me again :)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-603">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Sorry for posting twice, the blog’s acting funny on me again…
…acting funny on me again :)

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-602 DEFAULT NAME Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:45:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-602 I'd love to take the credit, but it wasn't me who posted the original links on VHB...<br/>It was <b>exvancouverite</b><p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-602">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I’d love to take the credit, but it wasn’t me who posted the original links on VHB…
It was exvancouverite

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]]> By: johnnycrasher http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-601 johnnycrasher Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:24:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-601 bc cel should look at the listing, i think the majority would rather have the french chateau than a kits rental.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-601">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> bc cel should look at the listing, i think the majority would rather have the french chateau than a kits rental.

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]]> By: wannaget2calgary http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-600 wannaget2calgary Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:40:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-600 I GET it now! It took a long time to figure out. This one doesn't have the Olympics and isn't on the west side, but it has the pool! I get it now, I get it, that's why the house in France is so pricey!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-600">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I GET it now! It took a long time to figure out. This one doesn’t have the Olympics and isn’t on the west side, but it has the pool! I get it now, I get it, that’s why the house in France is so pricey!

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]]> By: ranconteur49 http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-599 ranconteur49 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:07:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-599 <i>What rich foreigner would want to live in an old French Chateau when they could live in a new house in Kits.</i><br/><br/>Yeah we are #1.<br/>“Right now the city's minimum size is 400 square feet. “<br/>We are even thinking of “take it down to 100 square feet, with shared bathrooms and kitchens”. ;)<br/>http://tinyurl.com/tesh8<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-599">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> What rich foreigner would want to live in an old French Chateau when they could live in a new house in Kits.

Yeah we are #1.
“Right now the city’s minimum size is 400 square feet. “
We are even thinking of “take it down to 100 square feet, with shared bathrooms and kitchens”. ;)
http://tinyurl.com/tesh8

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]]> By: bc_cele http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-598 bc_cele Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:40:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-598 <b><i>stucco-slushy said... <br/>By "new" I guess you mean 75 years old and needs interior work? </i></b><br/><br/>Newish. ;-)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-598">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> stucco-slushy said…
By “new” I guess you mean 75 years old and needs interior work?

Newish. ;-)

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]]> By: stucco-slushy http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-597 stucco-slushy Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:20:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-597 <b>What rich foreigner would want to live in an old French Chateau when they could live in a new house in Kits.</b><br/><br/>By "new" I guess you mean 75 years old and needs interior work?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-597">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> What rich foreigner would want to live in an old French Chateau when they could live in a new house in Kits.

By “new” I guess you mean 75 years old and needs interior work?

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]]> By: DEFAULT NAME http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-596 DEFAULT NAME Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:05:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-596 Yeah, who needs the larger house, pool and immaculate lawns.<br/><br/>Just another piece of evidence that screams Vancouver RE is idiotic. Liveable city? My ass!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-596">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Yeah, who needs the larger house, pool and immaculate lawns.

Just another piece of evidence that screams Vancouver RE is idiotic. Liveable city? My ass!

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]]> By: bc_cele http://vancouvercondo.info/2006/10/kitsilano-vs-france.html#comment-595 bc_cele Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:04:00 +0000 http://vancouvercondo.info/?p=88#comment-595 Yeah, whatever. What rich foreigner would want to live in an old French Chateau when they could live in a new house in Kits. You guys still don't get it, Vancovuer real estate is cheap, we have mountains and the Olympics. ;-)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-595">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Yeah, whatever. What rich foreigner would want to live in an old French Chateau when they could live in a new house in Kits. You guys still don’t get it, Vancovuer real estate is cheap, we have mountains and the Olympics. ;-)

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