Property Value

The Challenge: to increase your net worth by increasing the value of your property

Property values are based on location and the quality of surrounding amenities. A more livable and attractive city requires planning with accessibility and livability in mind.

• Improve roads to make them smooth, clean and clear in the winter.
• Develop along main thoroughfares to increase residents' access to shopping, recreation, and work opportunities.
• Keep and improve our city parks. Beautiful and accessible parks will improve our air quality and ability to enjoy the outdoors.
• Improve sidewalks, trails and bike lanes to improve the accessibility and the connectivity of neighbourhoods.
• Make accessibility and livability a priority for all current and future development. This includes adhering to the master plan for the city, as well as the cultural and sustainability plans.

• The background: your property's value is most influenced by the nearby amenities read more...

  Property values are, as the cliché goes, based on location, location and location. If we put your property one hundred kilometers from any other amenity you will see its value drop; but if we put your property in the centre of a large city you will see your property value increase immensely. Why? Because the value,the demand for, the desirability of your property is, to the greatest degree, determined by the amenities around it.

• Eight policy strategies to help improve amenities and curbside appeal read more...

  1) Improve roads: make them smooth, clean and clear in the winter.

  

  2) Keep and improve parks: beautiful and accessible parks provide our first contact with nature.

  3) Development along main thoroughfares to increase residents' access to nearby shopping, recreation, and work opportunities.

  4) Institute community serviced amenities like skating rinks in the winter.

  5) Provide amenities for multiple transport options including auto, public transit, bike and foot traffic.

  6) Improve sidewalks and bike lanes to improve the accessibility and the connectivity of the neighbourhood.

  7) Support the expansion of your house for in-law suites to help bring multi-generational families together and or to provide extra income at later stages in the life cycle.

  8) Discourage excessive residential street parking; for curbside appeal, safety, snow removal and best maintenance of the streets.