The townhouses they build now are gross, I personally built over 400 units in the last 7/8 years and you couldn't pay me to live in them to be honest. Quality of build, privacy, relying on having "good" neighbors etc. such an investment to take such a risk imo. Especially with this recent uptick in prices.
My electrician bought a town home in poco back in 98/99 I beleive he said, 3300 sq ft double garage with 2 large decks and private lawn, for somthing stupid like 340k
Now you're getting 1300 sq ft for 599+
uke:
In terms of detached pricing in vancouver, from what I've seen there hasn't been very much true movement on prices. People are now pricing their homes at the right point instead of low and waiting for multiple offers.
Just finishing up 5 day vacay in Portland tonight, after exploring both Seattle and now Portland fairly extensively, these cities are 4/10's compared to Vancouver. It's honestly laughable that people even mention these cities in the same breathe as Van when talking about the Pacific Northwest. And with thay said Portland is wayyyyy nicer then the fucking dump Seattle.