Vancouver average detached was $1.2M in 2008, it's $1.8M now. That's not 3X.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/2531266/one-chart-shows-how-unpre...
Those numbers look a lot closer to my experience than yours.
All three lines show a ~50% price increase.