Calgary rental listing gets 900+ applications in less than 24 hours

A Calgary rental listing blew up just days after it was listed online, showcasing just how dire the city’s rental market is right now.

Current and outgoing tenant Cori Alfreds has been living in the home for the past year and a half since moving to Calgary from B.C. She said she’s used to crazy rental markets in Vancouver, but this surprised her.“There’s a lot of people looking for a home out here,” Alfreds said.Alfreds said many people have recognized the home from the ad, and simply stopped by at all hours.

“It’s just too much, we have a newborn baby. I had to make a little sign to say, ‘We really need you to come by appointment only.'”“It’s just mind-blowing the amount of people that are looking for a place,” McNamara concurred. “People are like, ‘I need it today. I’m out of a house. I’ll bring the deposit and first months right today … They’re desperate.”That desperation has been visibly growing as Calgary’s rental vacancy rates have been falling.

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