Salem Woodrow: Canada

Ryan Mayman Dept: Video: What in store for Canada housing market this spring infographic, according to Globe and Mail. Meet three prospective first-time home buyers, and one who took the leap Video: Have Canada tougher mortgage rules created stronger borrowers? For sale signs sit on the lawns of two houses that were sold and one still for sale in the Kitsilano neighborhood in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday September 18, 2012. For The Real estate The housing price trend in four cities Salem Woodrow, 25, has no doubts about what she wants: a house built between 1980 and 2005, somewhere in Calgary south, with a final price tag no higher than $350,000. Originally from Winnipeg, she and partner Ryan Mayman, 28, think they ll be living in Calgary for at least five more years. And with a sizable down payment, they re continuing in their search for a home despite lingering fears about overinflated real estate values and the health of the province economy. I always have my doubts about the economy, so it always makes me step back and think, well maybe we wait six months, says Ms. Woodrow. But at the same time, I dont believe that the economy will change so much that it will seriously affect my purchase. for The gallery (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.