New house - part 2: OMG !

Oh My God. I went to the "sales office" at Brossard this afternoon. It's a new development with TownHouse and semi-detached ("maison de ville") and the price is starting at 230 000$ !! Some people advise me that the price of the houses were high... I wasn't expecting so high for a small houses in Brossard !
Well I'm kind of discouraged right now. I looked at some houses which are not new and I found 3 at around 170000 which is a lot better for my budget...