Vancouver house prices can't keep rising forever

While Vancouver's downtown real estate market may be immune from global economic forces, it has a market depth, especially for luxury real estate, probably deeper than most other B.C. markets.

Perhaps the Okanagan is also a market unto itself, somewhat immune from outside economic forces. Albertan oil money has had a huge impact on fuelling demand for properties in Kelowna, Penticton and Osoyoos.