Comments on: Expat message from down under

By: lissie

lissie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:17:36 +0000

The misconceptions of others is always interesting if you have lived in a few countries (Im up to serious time in Canada, UK, Australia & NZ)now. The hot all year around is a laugh - ask any Victorian! We have just weathered our first winter in Perth - I barely wore winter clothes but apparnently by next year I will have adapted and will be wearing a jacket and hat like the locals - in 14C LOL lissies last blog post..Emigrating to Australia

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:17:22 +0000

Cath, I’m pretty sure there are no rattlesnakes in Canada. Boston is as far north as they get, I think, and that is rare.

You’d love the winters in Brisbane, I’m sure, but you might find yourself longing for wet, rainy weather in the summer here.

The mortgage rates have gone up a percent or two since we got here in 2005, but were never low in our estimation. Predictions of housing-costs in the future vary widely from market to market, of course, but the consensus seems to be that home values will continue to rise here in Brisbane because so many people are moving here from inside and outside of Australia.

Such predictions, of course, depend on economic stability, nationally and to some extent internationally, so as you know there are no safe bets. At the moment prices do not seem to be soaring, though, only holding steady or creeping up perhaps. — Bob

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:24:39 +0000

Hi Bob – Thank you too for writing this wonderful post and linking to me.

This is really useful info. Some of the worries I had definitely seem unfounded – especially the critters one. Now – I hadn’t thought about rattlesnakes in the States – I wonder if they have those in Canada?

Now the winter weather wouldn’t bother me too much. 40 to 60 is pretty warm to me – but you’ve got to remember, I come from a place where anything in the 70’s is a heatwave.

I think the biggest worry is the housing costs. Have the interest rates actually been low while you’ve lived there? What’s the general consensus on housing prices? Are they likely to come down over the next couple of years or will they continue to soar?

Thanks again Bob – I really appreciate this post.

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By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:51:44 +0000

Thanks, Cath, for including me in your “star blogger” list and letting me know. That’s a first for me.
– Bob

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131 Star Bloggers and Their Best Posts | Catherine Lawson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:24:59 +0000

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