{"id":193,"date":"2007-01-30T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T23:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hotpepper.ca\/archives\/2007\/01\/rising-property-values-in-lethbridge\/"},"modified":"2007-01-30T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T23:34:14","slug":"rising-property-values-in-lethbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2007\/01\/30\/rising-property-values-in-lethbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising property values in Lethbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lethbridgeherald.com\/article_5726.php\">morning&#8217;s issue<\/a> of the Lethbridge Herald:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>. . . the typical Lethbridge home\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s value [will] rise nearly $25,000 over the year . . . pushing the average resale price to $210,000 by year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet another reason to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hotpepper.ca\/archives\/2007\/01\/lethbridge-vacancy-rate\/\">build high-density downtown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Due to investors\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 reluctance to invest in new apartments and rental accommodation, however, the city will continue to fall behind Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Fort McMurray and particularly mushrooming Grande Prairie in the number of multi-family housing starts compared to the current population. Just 136 multi-family units were started in Lethbridge in 2006 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the lowest in seven years . . . <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this morning&#8217;s issue of the Lethbridge Herald: . . . the typical Lethbridge home\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s value [will] rise nearly $25,000 over the year . . . pushing the average resale price to $210,000 by year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s end. Yet another reason to build high-density downtown. In fact, Due to investors\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 reluctance to invest in new apartments and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lethbridge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-37","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":206,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2007\/07\/08\/lethbridge-rezoning\/","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":0},"title":"Lethbridge Rezoning","author":"Kim Siever","date":"8 July 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A property developer in Lethbridge has applied for a bylaw amendment in order to rewrite the Hardieville\/Legacy Ridge\/Uplands Area Structure Plan. They intend to rezone some undeveloped commercial property to direct control in order to build multi-family housing. This would allow them to avoid the hassle of dealing with public\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lethbridge&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lethbridge","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/lethbridge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4154,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/02\/14\/lethbridge-is-not-affordable-for-renters\/","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":1},"title":"Lethbridge is not affordable for renters","author":"Kim Siever","date":"14 February 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The majority of workers in Lethbridge can\u2019t afford the average cost of rent.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lethbridge&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lethbridge","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/lethbridge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/money-2724248_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C710&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/money-2724248_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C710&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/money-2724248_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C710&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/money-2724248_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C710&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/money-2724248_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C710&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4280,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/03\/18\/lethbridge-is-not-a-mormon-town\/","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":2},"title":"Lethbridge is not a Mormon town","author":"Kim Siever","date":"18 March 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In fact, there are roughly 400% more non-religious people in Lethbridge than there are Mormons.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lethbridge&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lethbridge","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/lethbridge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/240798_406789556048013_819195730_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/240798_406789556048013_819195730_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/240798_406789556048013_819195730_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/240798_406789556048013_819195730_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/240798_406789556048013_819195730_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":194,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2007\/02\/07\/lethbridge-carpooling-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":3},"title":"Lethbridge Carpooling Site","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 February 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across this website for carpooling. They even have a section on Lethbridge. 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