Celista, British Columbia, Canada
As of August 12, 2026, the median asking price in Celista is $279,000, across 23 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 126 days.
1 new listing came to market in Celista in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $514 per square foot, based on the 8 listings that report floor area.
Vacant land in Celista are listed at an average of $333,871 across 14 active listings.
Detached homes in Celista are listed at an average of $730,317 across 6 active listings.
Celista is a small lakeside community on the west side of Shuswap Lake (North Shuswap), known for seasonal/recreational living, beaches, and a quiet, rural character. Housing is dominated by detached homes, cabins, and newer recreational builds on larger lots, with many properties used as vacation homes or short-term rentals in peak summer. Demographics skew toward retirees, second-home owners, and trades/service workers tied to tourism and local construction, with a noticeable seasonal population swell.
Key amenities are limited within Celista itself (small local services, marinas/boat launches, parks and beach access), with most day-to-day shopping, healthcare, and broader services accessed in Scotch Creek/Lee Creek or via longer trips to Salmon Arm and Kamloops. School options are primarily in nearby North Shuswap communities (elementary in the area; older grades typically require busing to larger centres), and transit is minimal—owning a vehicle is effectively required. Real estate demand is driven by lifestyle buyers and recreation, making pricing sensitive to interest rates and broader second-home sentiment; however, constrained lakeside supply and ongoing appeal of the Shuswap support long-run appreciation. Rental performance is mixed: long-term tenant demand exists but is thin compared with cities, while summer-season STR income can be strong but highly seasonal and management-intensive.
Celista is showing limited live market data right now, with too few active listings and recent sales to draw reliable conclusions on pricing or momentum. For buyers and investors, this likely means a thin, highly property-specific market where opportunities can appear sporadically, so decisions should lean on recent comparable sales outside the immediate neighbourhood and close monitoring as new listings emerge.
The median asking price in Celista is $279,000, across 23 active MLS® listings as of August 12, 2026. The average asking price is $441,083. These are list prices on homes currently for sale, not sale prices.
There are 23 active MLS® listings in Celista as of August 12, 2026. 1 of them came to market in the last 30 days.
Homes currently listed in Celista have been on the market an average of 126 days as of August 12, 2026. This measures how long active listings have been available so far, not how long they take to sell.
Of the 23 homes currently listed in Celista, 61% vacant land, 26% detached houses.