Where do I find apartments and houses to rent or buy?

Renting

If you do not have a friend or relative that you can stay with when you arrive in Peterborough, you will need to find temporary accommodations while you are looking for your own apartment or house.

It is advisable to make a reservation prior to your arrival in Peterborough. Examples of short-term accommodations available in Peterborough include hotels, bed and breakfasts (B&B), and rental rooms.

You can find rental housing and temporary accommodations in Peterborough and their costs at the following websites:

• Peterborough Housing Resource Centre
• Peterborough Examiner (Peterborough's daily newspaper)
• Peterborough This Week (Biweekly community newspaper)
• Sir Sanford Fleming College Student Housing
• Kijiji (website with classified ads)
• Craigslist (website with classified ads)

Buying

In addition to the resources listed above, you can use the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), an online listing of the properties for sale in Canada. Once you know what you need in a house (number of bedrooms, bathrooms, etc.) then you can enter in the search information and see the average prices for homes in the Peterborough area.

MLS also has a mortgage calculator that will help you calculate the monthly payment for each house. It does these calculations based on your down payment, the price of the house, the interest rate, and the number of years you need to pay off your mortgage (the amortization period).