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Why so many houses for sale in the east end?

Why so many houses for sale in the east end?

String

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String
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Why so many houses for sale in the east end?
9/3/2017 at 11:50 AM

I see a lot for sale sign in the east end for houses?

Edited by String, 2017-09-03 11:50:51
F8

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F8
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Maybe
9/3/2017 at 12:31 PM

it's the crime stats.
Bebop1978
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Eastend Living
9/3/2017 at 12:45 PM

The Eastend is a great place to live. As far as crime rate, it's high for the city, not just the Eastend. We know and trust all our neighbours.
loeog
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loeog
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Crime stats?
9/3/2017 at 2:13 PM

I see green acres and meadows both look worse, and don’t begin to look down town.
http://police.brandon.ca/crime-map
*enter name here*
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*enter name here*
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Houses
9/3/2017 at 2:35 PM

Many people buy cheaper houses as starter homes to build their equity before upgrading to a bigger house. Those houses are often found in the east end with cheaper taxes. Or lots of people are moving and it's a coincidence or older people were living there, passed away or need assisted living now. I'm confused why a thread on ebrandon needed to be started for this. LOL
PT1001
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PT1001
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So many homes all over the City
9/3/2017 at 4:25 PM

String said "I see a lot for sale sign in the east end for houses?

Edited by String, 2017-09-03 11:50:51"

There are many homes for sale all over Brandon. It's not just the East End.

Try south of the traffic circle in the Southridge Area.

I think you are overthinking. There are always many homes for sale in any area at certain times of the year.

Edited by Kellye, 2017-09-03 16:26:28
Deb1
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Deb1
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What does so many mean?
9/3/2017 at 4:29 PM

What do you mean by so many? Is it like 40% of houses for sale? 10% ? 5%/ may be you think there are many but keeping in mind that summer is busiest time of selling house could be normal.
There are many houses at Brookwood for sale too.

Edited by Deb1, 2017-09-03 16:33:55
PT1001
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PT1001
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Assuming
9/3/2017 at 4:52 PM

OP sees a lot for sale in the east end.

Could also be a "lot" for a home to be built on? As in a vacant lot?

Thinking it''s likely he has seen lots of homes for sale but could also mean a ''lot'' for sale.

Edited by Kellye, 2017-09-03 16:53:55
TobaMama_21
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TobaMama_21
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Agreed
9/3/2017 at 7:17 PM

F8 said "it's the crime stats. "

Today I had the entertainment of a young couple beating the daylights out of each other on my front lawn. Last week we had a drunk girl pass out on our lawn. A month ago we whitnessed a woman get smashed in the head with a rock across the street.
Kiwiyop
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Kiwiyop
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Well...
9/3/2017 at 9:19 PM

The most sought after homes happen to be bungalo's. More affordable housing in this insane housing market, just happens to be in the east end...and the further east you go, the better the neighborhood
FredFeb
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FredFeb
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Lol
9/4/2017 at 12:42 AM

Depends what area in the east end... Most are very nice and quiet
Adam

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Adam
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Stats
9/4/2017 at 7:54 AM

These kinds of discussions that examine perceived trends can be interesting but personally I always look for stats to help make sure there isn't a gap between perception and reality. OP when you say East End I'm assuming you mean North of the tracks, East of 1st St?
Checking out the Realtor.ca site and doing a search on properties one can see a city map that shows numbers by area of the city. I'm seeing 23 listings within that particular area out of 300+ that come up in a search for Brandon, unless you're including Green Acres? Or are you meaning that those 23 are more than what you feel you've noticed in past years in East?

When I scroll around there are some areas with more than others but am not sure I see any that to me goes as far as jumping off the page for being an anomaly compared to the rest of the city.... but maybe someone else digging further can find something of interest? Interestingly in terms of home for sale ads posted on eBrandon that have given an address, the city ward with the highest amount is Richmond (South Central) and it isn't even close.
Daisyflower
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Daisyflower
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not a bad thing
9/4/2017 at 8:07 AM

I see a lot of houses all over Brandon for sale. East end has a bad rap but I wouldn't live anywhere else. My taxes are half of what the west end is and my neighbourhood is quiet. We all know each other on the block and I feel safe. What I see are a bunch of houses in Brookwood/waverly area that are over half a million sitting on the market not moving. In today's economy, who can afford that? I don't want to be house poor. Further to that.....crime is all over Brandon. Not a big city.......they get around
Simonwalcal
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Simonwalcal
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. . .
9/4/2017 at 1:15 PM

I browse the MLS app quite a bit, and I wouldn't say Brandon east has all that differing numbers than south central or other similar areas.

As has been established.

The only trend that has caught my attention is the flats, now disconnected by the 8th street bridge removal. I notice properties there are noticeably cheaper and have to wonder if the removal of the bridge is directly to blame.

Edited by Simonwalcal, 2017-09-04 13:18:37
RyanW2008
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RyanW2008
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Good thing
9/4/2017 at 5:09 PM

To me and others that posted this is a good thing. Have great starter house. People buy them and are hopefully moving up in the world and buying bigger homes that are not in east end.
Thing that I don't like seeing is houses being torn down and big new houses being built. Losing these starter homes.
Daisyflower
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Daisyflower
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I agree Ryan
9/5/2017 at 8:57 AM

There seem to be a lot of big houses being built. No one builds a starter home anymore. Not everyone needs a giant house. There is just me and my husband. We don't need a huge house but tough to find something new that's not too big for our needs
LovnLife
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LovnLife
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...
9/5/2017 at 11:22 AM

Personally we wouldn't live in the East End! Yes the taxes are cheaper, but not much out there!
Moussa3Trena
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Moussa3Trena
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East
9/5/2017 at 2:48 PM

If you are talking about the 3 homes in the east end that are up for sale (rosser avenue east) they all have been on the market for MONTHS … 2 are over 14 MONTHS and vacant if I am not mistaken. The other 3 homes up for sale in the east end are new. I personally would never live in the east end that are close to 1st Street or a few blocks to 1st Street. The further you go in the east end, the better the neighborhood plus the taxes are super cheap ($1000-$1400 annually)