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A strata management company runs your building's money and paperwork, but the council still makes the decisions. Here is how BC licenses them, what they charge and how to judge one.
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132 condos are listed as BC court-ordered sales. Who pays the former owner's strata fees, which special levy instalments become yours, and what the Form B shows before you bid.
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More than a third of the detached houses for sale in Vancouver were built before 1951, when knob and tube wiring was standard. Here is how to spot it and deal with it before you buy.
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About one in four Metro Vancouver listings was built when Poly-B pipe was standard. Here is how to spot it, why BC insurers ask about it, and what to check before you buy.
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Greater Vancouver closed September 2026 with 14,958 active listings at a $1,149,000 median and 56 days on market. Fraser Valley: 7,449 listings, $979,000. Inventory turned back up and days on market fell for the first time since March, but 2,631 of the 5,228 listings that came off the market in September are already back on it.
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Whistler asks a median $1,495,000 across 418 listings at $1,283 per square foot. Prices by type, the measurable ski-in premium, best areas, and nightly-rental zoning.
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Burnaby's 1,097 active condos run from $689 to $986 per square foot by area, and two homes in one tower can be 75 percent apart. The breakdown by neighbourhood and by building.
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Surrey has 102 active court-ordered sales, $161,000 to just under $12 million. The count by neighbourhood, the four areas holding everything under $500,000, and how BC's court process works.
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Kamloops has 1,427 active listings and a $614,900 median asking price, the lowest of any BC Central Interior region. Here is what each type asks by area.
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In a bare land strata you own the lot, not a box of air inside a building. That one difference changes your title, your property tax bill, and what the strata fee actually buys.
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All four major BC portals show the same MLS listings. What separates them is price history, expired listings, filters, strata data, and who actually pays the bills.
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Kelowna has 2,793 active listings and a $799,000 median asking price. Condos start at $475,000 and detached houses ask $1,189,000. Here is how the areas compare.
