DZ,
I’ll check and will let you know. I suspect you might be looking at percentage increase and not dollars. A $100K condo going to $230K is a 130% increase. A $230K condo going to $460K is only a 100% increase. Personally I rather make 230K with a 100% increase than $130K with a 130% increase.
As for the prime LJ real estate that is an animal unto itself and along with RSF certainly not a playground for us lowly pawns. The ultra high end market is driven by the economy and stock market gains. When the stock market soared there was lots of funny money floating around so it wouldnt surprise me to see those markets soaring then. Thats more the exception than the rule and certainly not the domain of those of us around here.