7 Compelling Reasons To Buy A House In Brantford
Brantford is not considered the most popular city in Ontario to buy a home but real estate there is actually blowing up and for good reason. If you’re in the market for a new home, continue reading to discover 7 very convincing reasons you should considering buying a house in Brantford, and feel free to leave your experiences with Brantford in the comments below.
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1. The Price is Right
One of the main selling points for buying a home in Brantford is the price of the homes. Simply put, at the moment they are still at very inexpensive prices. If you were to compare the homes in say Burlington, Milton, Waterdown and Oakville to the houses in Brantford, you would find they’re at least $50,000 to $70,000 cheaper. You still get the same style and quality of home as you would in expensive cities, but at a very reduced price.
The cost of living in Brantford is comparable to the cost in Hamilton and in some areas slightly cheaper but with less crime, lower taxes, and more trimmed communities.
To make it easier for you to see what I’m talking about, check out this list of beautiful homes for sale in Brantford to make price comparisons with the rest of Ontario.
2. Location
Brantford Ontario is situated close to major highways that allow commuters from all over the GTA get to and leave from. Not only is it easy to commute in and out of the city, as of today, the Go Train line extends all the way to Brantford from Burlington. That means if you don’t have a vehicle, you’ll be able to travel by train or bus all the way from Oshawa to Brantford on a day to day basis.
Here’s a map that shows the proximity of Brantford in relation the Halton, Hamilton, and the rest of the GTA:
Here’s the bus schedule for Burlington to Brantford.
As you can see by the map above, Brantford is close to every major city in the GTA and more Southernly towards the US border.
3. Brantford Has All The Amenities
Brantford is not a small town where you’ll have to travel 25 kms to find a Shoppers Drug Mart or a Fortinos. In fact, Brantford has all the amenities and access to them like any other big city in Ontario. There’s virtually not one service that a resident would need that would require them to leave the city to find.
4. A Place To Grow Your Business
According to the official Brantford website, Brantford is expected to have a population of approximately 115,000 by the end of 2020. If you own a business and are wondering if buying a home in Brantford would be beneficial for you, the answer is yes.
Brantford has thousands of small business that are making a killing and are quite successful. It’s a slightly small-knit town where business owners know one another and work together to ensure each other’s success.
Over the past 10 years business has boomed in Brantford and there’s absolutely no doubt that if you were to set up shop there your business would be quite successful too.
5. Lots of Jobs
Since there are a lot of successful businesses in Brantford, there are also always lots of jobs. Of course this slightly changed since the recent COVID-19 shutdowns, but prior to April of this year (2020) the average unemployment rate fluctuated between 1% to 7.5%. The highest over the past 4 years being 7.5% in April of 2019.
That’s not too bad and considering the quarantine is almost over, and businesses are starting to open again, its highly probably that those rates will go down over the next year. In comparison, Burlington Ontario had an unemployment rate of 5.6% back in 2017. This is very similar and we know Burlington is a thriving city.
6. Lots of Schools to Choose From
Brantford has 4 public schools, 5 private schools, and is in close proximity to various colleges and universities in nearby cities including Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, London and Guelph. If you’re thinking about moving to Brantford, you’ll have lots of options for where you want to send your children to school.
7. Great City To Raise a Family
Brantford has parks, a beach, lakes, and rivers; it has trails, a pumpkin patch, places to buy Christmas Trees, and lots of seasonal festivals. There are a number of swimming pools, hockey rings, skating rings, festivals, baseball, football and soccer fields, bike trails, forest trails, and even several public puppy parks. It even has a local museum and several libraries.
To put it bluntly, Brantford is not filled with old dusty farm-roads but instead is a nice, quiet and diverse community where you and your family will be able to meet lots of friends and make great memories.
Find Out if Brantford is Good For You
By now it should be quite clear that Brantford is a pretty good place to buy a home and start a new life, especially if you’re tired of the huge hustle and bustle of big cities like Toronto, Hamilton, and even Mississauga.
The best way to truly find out if Brantford is the city for you and your family, call a local realtor and have them give you a tour of the city. By physically being out there and getting to know the city first-hand you” be better enabled to get a true feeling of the city and all the benefits it has to offer.
