Just sold our townhouse in Pitt Meadows and bought a house here.
It's nerve racking because it seems like a bigger gamble then ever to purchase a place, but with the sense of community and ties we were unwilling to go any further east.
In 2009 at 24 my gf ( now wife) and I bought a condo in Poco for 213,000.. We sold it for 272,000 in 2011. We bought our townhouse for 335,000 (which was just as freaky then) and just sold for 445,000.
With a purchase price of 665,000 on a humble house we HAVE to put down 20% (133,000) so we now will sit with a mortgage at 532,000.
Its honestly crazy to think we carry over a mortgage that size but then again seems reasonable in this market, we plan on this being our forever home so as long as interest rates don't sky rocket we hope to provide our daughter with the best life possible.