What $750,000 will buy you in Salmon Arm and across North America

Salmon Arm April 2008 median price for a single family residence is $398,450 according to the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board. If you had $750,000 in your pockets you can buy Salmon Arm 2,235 sf one level home with panoramic , unobstructed Shuswap Lake views. It has an open floor plan with vaulted ceilings and a full face of west window walls to the lake. Built in 1988 it offers four bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 fireplace double attached garage all on a private 0.24 acre!

A typical house in Greater Vancouver now costs $764,616 according to Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board. For $750,000 here is what you get in Greater Vancouver and across North America:

Vancouver, for an extra $20,000, in Kitsilano you can buy a 1,700 sf a two bedroom suite on the ground floor level of a four-plex.

Calgary, a three year old, two bath, three bedroom house. It is 1,762 sf featuring a kitchen with "stainless steel appliances, granite counters and backsplash" and nine foot ceilings.

Ottawa, a house with a whooping five bedrooms and three bathrooms. Close to a lake and has a private yard shaded with mature trees.

Halifax, a spacious 3,817 sf home with four bedrooms, three and half baths on a quarter of an acre described as having "full of gleaming hardwood, granite, marble and ceramic with panoramic window".

Seattle, four bedroom, two bath house just over 3,500 sf. It is "framed by English gardens" and features hardwood floors and a detached music studio/office space.

New York, a one bedroom and bath Manhattan apartment. Described as "pre-war gem" is just half a block from Lincoln Center and Central Park. The "perfect home for opera/ballet/philharmonic/Central Park lovers!".

San Francisco, three bedroom, one bath house with double-paned windows, wall-to-wall carpet and double garage.

(Source: Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board & Vancouver Province)

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