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Old 01-02-2011, 12:46 PM   #1548
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Originally Posted by MacFlame View Post
A $1000 might get you an apartment, but even that may vary quite a bit.
The median 2 bedroom apartment rental in Calgary is just over $1000; but yeah if you're looking at houses, good luck at that price range.
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Originally Posted by gottabekd View Post
I've heard rumblings (maybe a few pages back in this thread) that there are more and more vacant rental homes. So, maybe that will drives down the prices a bit. Still, I would think $1400 would be on the lower end of the scale. Anything cheaper, and you might not want to live there.
It's hard to find stats on houses, but the apartment vacancy rate in Calgary actually decreased in 2010 for the first time since 2006.
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