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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: James Bombales<\/em><\/p>\n The majority of young Canadian families would prefer to live in a single detached home, but many have given up on the dream of ever being able to buy one.<\/p>\n In fact, 43 percent of families surveyed in a recent report from Sotheby\u2019s International Realty Canada said that high detached home prices meant they had to settle for higher density housing.<\/p>\n\n That\u2019s despite 83 percent of respondents indicating that they would prefer to live in a low-rise home, with just 17 percent saying they would rather live in a high rise. The data comes from a poll of 1,743 families in the Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal Census Metropolitan Areas, with a focus on families where the adults are between the ages of 20 and 45.<\/p>\n But while 82 percent of respondents said they felt they had made compromises in the home they purchased, 93 percent reported being \u201csomewhat\u201d or \u201cvery\u201d satisfied with their home. Another 48 percent of respondents indicated that they believed real estate would outperform their other financial investments in the next five years.<\/p>\n