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I'm guessing you don't have children? I don't either, but I suspect that's folks main motivation for buying a home.

• paulryanrogers 3y ago
  It's also a hedge against rent, though in that case one must do a lot of maintenance personally. As to kids, those of us who grew up in suburbia have a fondness for a yard, garden, and air gap between living spaces. Now if only the former owner had not put so many landscaping pebbles and bushes...
• LeeroyWasHere 3y ago
  Bingo, it sucks to live with kids in a condo because condos aren't built for families, neither are the neighborhoods with condos. There's other ways to build density without packing everyone into sad sardine cans.
  • robinson7d 3y ago
    “Home”, for the purpose of this article, includes condos. The data is about all mortgaged properties.
  • moltar 3y ago
    Condos aren’t built for families … in Canada. There’s no inherent limitation on having a family friendly condo. In many European countries families live in condos. And they can have great amenities like a swimming pool and a playground. And quite spacious. With highly dense walkable and even car-free neighbourhoods. Sure you might not have a huge own backyard but there’s probably a park nearby where you can socialize with people.