According to a Financial Post report the average price of detached homes in Toronto passed the $1 million mark for the first time last month. 🙂 The GTA has experienced a housing bull market for almost 2 decades and there is no sign of it stopping. I want to congratulate Torontonians for reaching the $1 million milestone. Welcome to the club.… Read More »
The rising cost of parking In the last decade or so the price of a Calgary parking spot has increased by 233%, according to Colliers international. Toronto prices have gone up 130%. The median price for a monthly spot in downtown Calgary today is $453, and Toronto is $336. But relative to other urban areas around the world… Read More »
The Arctic Landscape Silver Coin Earlier this month I purchased the Canada’s Arctic Landscape 2013 Fine Silver coin. It’s a 1 kilogram (2.2lb) 99.99% silver coin made by the Royal Canadian Mint. It can be bought either on the mint.ca directly, or through one of their third party vendors world wide. Either way, you can expect to pay $2,249.95 CAD. … Read More »
Here’s an extensive research on xkcd about how much things cost, including where government is spending tax payer’s money. There is A LOT of information in there. Below, I’ve copied some of the more interesting facts to me… – Median household net income in the States = $104.12 per day (A bit lower than I expected.) – Cell phone… Read More »