PEI Invites BC Families

Online, October 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - British Columbia has been Canada's 'Promised Land' for generations of people seeking a new start in life, wide open spaces, affordable opportunity, and a healthy active lifestyle. That was then. The old adage, 'Go west young man', is giving way to 'Next Stop- Canada's Island Paradise', also known as Prince Edward Island.

B.C. residents who fall into the non-millionaire category are in no position to acquire real estate in this 'land of the lost'. British Columbia was once a Shangri-La offering hopes and dreams and opportunity, but Vancouver now boasts the greatest per-capita housing cost in the country. Sea view or water front property is only the bastion of the super elite.

B.C. has lost its lustre and, Hamish Redpath, founder of www.LivethePEIdream.com, and former Vancouverite, is encouraging the steady trickle of B.C. residents who recognize the opportunity for home ownership in Prince Edward Island. "A gorgeous ocean front B&B on PEI is selling for just 410,000, but in B.C. it would cost 4 or 5 million and small hobby farms under 200 thousand are still available", says Redpath. "The opportunities are so amazing and it really is a paradise."