Real estate insights, tips, and market updates.
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Canadians moving from Calgary or Toronto are not foreign buyers, and the taxes that apply are not the ones most people worry about. Here is what actually changes when you buy in BC.
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Vancouver West has 900 listings under $900,000 and not one detached house. Mission has 221 and 88 are detached. Same budget, a completely different home, across 25 regions.
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Only 8% of active BC listings hold an open house. What that scarcity tells you, when the sessions actually run, and what to check in the twenty minutes you are inside.
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Ladner detached homes sold in a median 14 days, Tsawwassen detached in 27. Two neighbouring South Delta communities with near-identical asking prices and very different behaviour.
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Port Coquitlam detached homes sold for $523,000 less than Port Moody's between April and June 2026. Here is what every property type costs, and which areas fit which budget.
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Langley detached homes ask $1,859,000 and sell for $1,440,000. We use our own MLS sold data to explain the $419,000 gap, and where the real volume sits.
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Port Moody townhouses sold above the city's asking median and in 17 days flat. Here is what 336 active listings, a $999,000 median and $818 per foot condos mean for buyers in 2026.
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White Rock condos ask a median $699,000 while detached homes across the border in Elgin Chantrell ask $2.6M. A guide to the seaside corner of BC where the price range is the widest in the region.
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The best BC listings are gone before most buyers open a search. Here is how to set up a map-drawn saved search with email alerts so new listings and price cuts reach you the day they happen.
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New Westminster has five SkyTrain stations and a condo median of $559,950, the cheapest transit-connected entry point in the centre of Metro Vancouver. Here is what each neighbourhood costs.
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A fixer-upper can be a smart way into an expensive BC market, or a money pit. Here is how to weigh renovation cost against resale value, finance the work, and spot the red flags worth walking away from.
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At closing, buyers move large sums between agents, lawyers, and lenders, and fraudsters know it. Here is how deposit and wire fraud works on BC home purchases, and how to protect your money.
