Would your careers transfer? I probably wouldn't move here unless you both could either transfer with existing employers or had jobs lined up in advance. The job market here isn't exactly booming. That said, I have a 2 bedroom condo downtown that's probably worth like $230k or so. So you could probably sell a parking spot at your Vancouver condo and make the jump to a downtown 2 Br here. Or sell your whole condo and pay cash for an inner city bungalow.
Although the detached housing market here has started to heat up recently, it's still nothing like Vancouver, imo. I think in some ways how much equity you have is a big factor as well. If you could sell your condo in Vancouver and move here and be mortgage free that would be a pretty nice boost. Lifestyle improvement/stress reduction wise.
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