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In an interview this morning on Radio-Canada in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Marie-Fare Boucher, the candidate of the Quebec solider in Matane-Matapedia, expressed her concern about the housing crisis.
“We must act on a higher bidding level of accommodation. In Matane, if we look for a very normal bungalow, you have nothing less than $300,000,” she told Eric Gagnon’s microphone.Alarm clock,
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However, it is incorrect to say that there is nothing below $300,000. Conversely, 1. Since most detached single-family homes have been soldIs The land was sold for less than $300,000 in January 2021, according to an analysis of registry data.
In fact, L’heure droit has identified 308 buildings of its kind that have been sold for almost two years.
The average amount of these transactions is $170,000 and the average price is $185,924. Of those, 92.5%, or 285 buildings, were sold for a sale price of less than $300,000.
The finding has remained the same since early 2022, when 88.5% of real estate transactions were less than $300,000.
In addition, during the last four quarters, Centris Company recorded 142 transactions for single-family homes in Matane. The average price is $175,250. There are currently 43 properties for sale on the website, and 29 of them have a sale price of less than $300,000.
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