This article by Jack Danylchuck is a must read for anyone who is curious about future trends in Yellowknife housing: http://www.edgeyk.ca/post/27567148932/building-code-changes-bring-yk-wide-housing-boom.
And if you're new to Yellowknife, or thinking of moving here, make sure to bookmark Edge magazine (where the article appears). It is packed with great Yellowknife coverage.
Posted by Adrian Bell
on July 20, 2012
The Following was posted at the request of Amy Lizotte, who is conducting research into urban farming in Yellowknife. Would you buy locally grown food? A local research project is investigating the viability of urban farming in Yellowknife as a food production solution. Would you buy locally grown food? - What types of greens do you prefer? - How often might you buy them? - Would ...
Posted by Adrian Bell
on July 18, 2012
Don't miss this Wednesday's open house on the City of Yellowknife's Eco-Housing project:
From www.yellowknife.ca:
The City of Yellowknife is proceeding with the Eco-Housing Project. Through an RFP process a Design Team, Guy Architects in association with Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, was awarded the Design, Modeling Construction and Marketing of a sustainable and eco-friendly 24-unit housing ...
Posted by Adrian Bell
on June 25, 2012
When buying a condo, one important factor to consider is price per square foot. The following table compares several Yellowknife condo listings and ranks them according to this important metric. In the interest of full disclosure I'd like to point out that the top eight condos are listed through this agency, while the others are listed with other Yellowknife agencies through the YKREB multi-listing ...
Posted by Adrian Bell
on May 22, 2012
It's that time of year. The snow has melted, leaving behind an unwanted bounty of Bounty wrappers, among other things. As in years past, the Yellowknife Trash Pick-Up Artists will be getting together on Wednesdays at 5pm at Javaroma to take on this perennial pest. Today is our first session of 2012.
The Pick-Up Artists have been around since about 2008 and were originally ...
Posted by Adrian Bell
on May 9, 2012
As I pointed out in my last post, home prices in Yellowknife are now slightly below the national average - a fact that will likely surprise many folks who are currently house hunting. But any way you slice it, there is nothing average about our home-heating costs. For those who are seeking to reduce their cost of living, improving household energy efficiency is an attractive option. ...
Posted by Adrian Bell
on May 3, 2012
As most Yellowknife renters know, the apartment vacancy rate in our city tends to be very low. In the spring of 2011 it dipped as low as 0.7%. It real terms this meant that of the 2,119 rental apartments and town houses in Yellowknife, only 14 were vacant at the time of the spring 2011 survey by the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC). For aspiring renters this meant fierce ...
Posted by Adrian Bell
on April 27, 2012