[meford4u]

That's very true Andrew. You have to consider the time of day you will be travelling and whether this new job will allow you some flexibility in your hours, may they be at work or at home.
In my case, both my wife and I work midnights (12-8am) and the travelling is very light at that time of day. That's why we have the luxury of moving further away as it does not radically affect our travel time.
And don't be shocked by price sticker. It could be worse. I often wondered how people could afford the $400k+ houses on thier income. It takes work, but can be achieved. We are about to embark on a house that will cost us $500k+ but our carrying costs (mortgage and utilities) will only indebt us for another $500 a month. That's easily affordable to us as we were looking at the possibility of a new car with payments up to $1000 a month. Now were going to have to settle for the mustang and getting the cost down to $500 a month and break even.

Invest wisely and you real estate will benefit you in the end.

Don't let the price shock of housing be the final consideration for your move. You may not live in TO past 10+ years, but when you do move, that property should atelast grow by 50% and that would set you up nicely in the home of your dreams where housing prices are a little more realistic. Maybe in a nice suburban US location.

Or, you could move to SASK after that and buy the whole street! :lol: