Lister, British Columbia, Canada
As of August 12, 2026, the median asking price in Lister is $947,000, across 9 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 107 days.
Asking prices work out to about $561 per square foot, based on the 6 listings that report floor area.
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’s for-sale market is relatively small with 10 active listings and a median asking price of $921,250, averaging $567 per square foot. Homes are taking about 91 days on market, pointing to a slower, more selective pace that can give buyers added negotiating room, while investors may find opportunities where pricing doesn’t match demand. With 3 new listings in the past 30 days, inventory is ticking up modestly but not enough yet to signal a major shift in market balance.
Walk Score 1 · Bike Score 29
The median asking price in Lister is $947,000, across 9 active MLS® listings as of August 12, 2026. The average asking price is $899,600. These are list prices on homes currently for sale, not sale prices.
There are 9 active MLS® listings in Lister as of August 12, 2026.
Homes currently listed in Lister have been on the market an average of 107 days as of August 12, 2026. This measures how long active listings have been available so far, not how long they take to sell.
Lister has a Walk Score of 1 out of 100, which Walk Score classifies as Car-Dependent — almost all errands require a car. Bike Score is 29.