<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://vreaa.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[vreaa]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://vreaa.wordpress.com/author/vreaa/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Future BC Anecdote? &#8211; &#8220;I bought my first house 15 years ago, a four-bedroom for $124K. I could probably buy that same house now for $124K. All the appreciation we&#8217;ve gained in the last 15 years, it&#8217;s&nbsp;gone.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;In the last 20 years, I’ve never seen anything like it. I bought my first house in 1996, a four-bedroom for $124,000, and I could probably buy that same house for $124,000. All the appreciation we&#8217;ve gained in the last 15 years, it&#8217;s gone.&#8221;</strong> &#8211;<br />
Chuck Whitehead, general manager for Coldwell Banker&#8217;s Southwest Riverside operations [San Diego] <a href="http://www.nctimes.com/business/article_2d7be10c-dcf1-5c2b-a8a8-c02bf36e6b74.html">Eric Wolff at the NC Times, 16 Apr 2011</a>.</p>
<p>[<em>When speculative manias end. &#8211; ed.</em>]</p>
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