Канада Единая региональная база sites — the nationwide иметь здесь второй дом and its Vancouver-based sibling Realtylink.org — are getting some new competition.

While these well-established online tools are invaluable for house-hunters, several new sites are also worth a look if you’re looking to buy a home в Канаде.

Billing itself as “Главная Поиск с Smarts” and operating in major cities across Canada, cool-looking Zoocasa.com has useful map-based search options as well as information about neighborhoods and local schools. Even though its listings aren’t yet as comprehensive as the MLS sites, it’s still worth a look. BlogTO has a review of Zoocasa.com here.

BlockTalk.ca is a good source of neighborhood demographic information if you’re house-hunting in Vancouver (the only city where it’s operating so far). Он может сказать вам,, Но что, если вы едете в Канаду на работу?, that the largest percentage of households in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighborhood are “Electric Avenues,” which it defines as young upper-middle-class urban singles, в то время как “Young Digerati” — young and well-off urban trendsetters — dominate the Coal Harbour area downtown.

This article in the Vancouver Sun has more information about these two sites.

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