The Alberta Economy

[mr_alberta]

Any leads on programming jobs? My brother is currently looking for work in the Vancouver area in that field.

[Midknight]

http://www.topproducer.com/Careers/listings.asp

Tell them Dan Anderson sent you. There is a bounty on good workers.

[mr_alberta]

I'll let my brother know. Thanks a lot!

[mark]

I'm still trying to figure out house prices and what going to happen to the people who have 30yr mortgages on $640K, 1700sqft when it all comes crashing down.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by mark

I'm still trying to figure out house prices and what going to happen to the people who have 30yr mortgages on $640K, 1700sqft when it all comes crashing down.

It happened in vancouver before. People had paid off $100,000 of their $1,000,000 mortgage and the values crashed and their houses were only worth $700,000. There were a lot of people who just walked away.

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by mark

I'm still trying to figure out house prices and what going to happen to the people who have 30yr mortgages on $640K, 1700sqft when it all comes crashing down.

What some ppl in Calgary did during the 80's boom,was to second morgage their house,then when everything crashed they had cash.Then declared bankrupsy( that is very bad spelling sorry) and walked away from everything with money in their pockets.

[Flusher]

Unemployment in Manitoba is at an all-time low. Apparently there's a huge labour force shortage because everyone has moved to Alberta (certainly not because empolyment opportunities are great here...). This seems to have been a trend for about a decade; I'm quite surprised to hear that Alberta is having problems too.

Screw it, I'm joining the military.
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[Doug]

Originally Posted by Flusher

Unemployment in Manitoba is at an all-time low. Apparently there's a huge labour force shortage because everyone has moved to Alberta (certainly not because empolyment opportunities are great here...). This seems to have been a trend for about a decade; I'm quite surprised to hear that Alberta is having problems too.

Our construction buisness is at an all time high. They cant keep up with the demand for new houses, etc. Try finding a brick layer or getting your stucco finished. Bad enough to even get yer landscaping done.

The new flood diversion is even having trouble getting employees and the new hydro dam is going to be starting up soon.

Plus our housing costs are raising dramatically, although certainly not to the extent of BC & Alberta.

[Willow]

Originally Posted by mr_alberta

Any leads on programming jobs? My brother is currently looking for work in the Vancouver area in that field.

tell him to move to the states he can easy get 200% more money down south.