Lister, British Columbia
As of September 26, 2026, the median asking price in Lister, Creston is $779,250, across 44 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 169 days.
5 new listings came to market in Lister in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $416 per square foot, based on the 40 listings that report floor area.
Detached homes in Lister are listed at an average of $863,248 across 33 active listings.
Homes in Lister are listed at an average of $406,083 across 6 active listings.
Homes in Lister are listed at an average of $2,434,000 across 5 active listings.
Orchards, open skies, quiet roads
Lister sits on the flat, fertile floor of the Creston Valley, where straight rural roads run between orchards, hay fields, and vineyards with the Selkirk and Purcell ranges holding the horizon. It’s not a “town” in the traditional sense so much as a patchwork of farms, homesteads, and small clusters of homes—big-sky country a few minutes from Creston, with a distinctly agricultural cadence.
Daily life here is shaped by the land and seasons: spring pruning, summer irrigation, fall harvest, and the steady hum of farm traffic. Neighbours tend to be long-time locals, farm families, agricultural workers, and lifestyle buyers who want space for gardens, hobby farming, workshops, or a few animals—without giving up access to Creston’s groceries, schools, and services. With a Walk Score around 1/100, Lister is fundamentally car-dependent; most errands are a drive, and recreation means heading to nearby trails, the river, or the lake.
Real estate in Lister leans low-density and land-forward: older farmhouses, modest single-family homes, and acreage properties where the value often lives in the lot size, outbuildings, and agricultural potential as much as the home itself. Buyers watch for water rights, irrigation district details, ALR implications, and the condition of wells, septic, and barns. Inventory can feel “quiet but competitive” when well-kept acreages come up—especially properties that balance privacy with easy highway access into Creston and onward through the Kootenays.
Lister covers about 1,608 km², so a single Walk Score®, Transit Score® or Bike Score® measured at one point would not describe it. How easily you can get around depends on which part of Lister you are in — check the score for a specific address.
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