Saint John is posting the highest apartment vacancy rate in the country according to a survey from Canada Mortgage and Housing.
The
survey shows the city's vacancy rate at 10.4-percent at the end of April
compared to Edmonton and Calgary where the vacancy rate is 1.2-percent -
the lowest in Canada.
As far
as average rents are concerned - we appear to be in the middle with an
average monthly rent of 703-dollars for a two bedroom apartment.
Vancouver
is the most expensive with a two bedroom going for 1255-dollars a month
while Saguenay in Quebec posted the lowest average at 560-dollars a
month.