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3 Ontario Cities Ranked Among The Most Affordable Real Estate Markets In Canada

Incomes are increasing at a faster pace than home prices.
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Of the ten most affordable real estate markets in Canada, it turns out that three of them are cities in Ontario.

A report by Point2Homes ranked Halifax, Nova Scotia in first place, followed by Windsor, London, and Oshawa in second, third, and fifth place, respectively. 

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The ranking compares average household income in the area with average home costs, as well as the percentage of your income that will go towards your mortgage. 

In Windsor and London, the average homeowner only needs to spend 11.4% of their income on mortgage payments. 

In Oshawa, it's 12.1%.

The report claims that in Windsor and London, incomes have been increasing faster than home prices for the past decade. 

Not all cities in Ontario are blessed with such affordability — the same report by Point2Homes claims that purchasing an average home in Toronto requires a yearly salary of $130,000.

The average selling price for a Toronto home was $930,000.

  • Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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