I owned an older three bedroom, 1200sqf townhouse in North Vancouver up until Jan 2017. My townhouse complex was sold to Anthem Properties after a 4 year Supreme Court battle. Although we did sign in favour of the sale 5 years ago, the selling power of the owners was taken away and put in the hands of the court. During this 4 year court battle, real estate prices in North Van increased significantly. Therefore, when the case finally closed, we were paid out at a rate very close to what we had originally signed 5 years prior. I was paid out aprox $500,000 for a 3 bedroom townhouse in January 2017.  Older, rundown  3 bed townhouse in North Vancouver currently list for aprox $700,000, but these are limited as new builds take over. The result of this once hopeful opportunity has been disastrous. It has pushed many young families (specifically 6 so far) out of North Vancouver in search of lower cost housing. Like myself, most of these people were born, raised, and worked in North Vancouver.