Growing up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, I was never particularly worried about being able to buy a house. In October 2019, the average price of a residential house in Cape Breton was, by some estimates, $122,617. Since 2021, I’ve been unsuccessfully searching for starter homes in my budget throughout Cape Breton. Iknew finding a move-in ready home in Cape Breton on my modest budget would be difficult, but I’m not really a turnkey kind of gal anyway. Driving through the Cape Breton countryside, I watch as the blues and greens flash by on the horizon.
