Vancouver, British Columbia
As of September 27, 2026, the median asking price in Vancouver is $1,399,000, across 4,115 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 86 days.
1,475 new listings came to market in Vancouver in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $1,090 per square foot, based on the 4,103 listings that report floor area.
Condos in Vancouver are listed at an average of $1,025,383 across 1,906 active listings.
Detached homes in Vancouver are listed at an average of $3,465,652 across 1,254 active listings.
Townhouses in Vancouver are listed at an average of $1,476,465 across 475 active listings.
Duplexes in Vancouver are listed at an average of $1,826,490 across 445 active listings.
Dense coastal living across many distinct sub-areas
Vancouver offers high-amenity coastal living with a mix of condo and detached-home options spread across distinct districts.
This is an amenity-rich, transit-connected coastal area where housing skews to condominium apartments while still offering meaningful detached-house inventory. The appeal is choice—different pockets, different housing forms, different day-to-day patterns—rather than a single uniform “Vancouver” experience. It is not a one-note community where one main street, one park, or one school defines how life works everywhere.
Major rapid-transit access points like Waterfront Skytrain Station Downtown Vancouver and Broadway–City Hall station, plus frequent bus routes, support car-light routines in many parts of the area.
University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital campus add a constant presence of education and health services that shapes demand and daily activity across the area.
The park offering spans destination-scale space like Stanley Park and a long list of smaller parks such as Heather Park and Shaughnessy Park.
Dining and shopping options are broad and distributed, from spots like RainCity and Joon's Kitchen to staples like Choices Market and City Square Shopping Centre.
Housing in Vancouver is led by condominium apartments, reflecting a dense, high-amenity coastal market, while detached houses remain a meaningful part of the overall mix. The result is a market where strata buildings and freehold homes coexist, and the ownership experience can vary widely depending on which form you choose.
A typical home is a condominium apartment in a strata building, with detached houses also a common alternative in the wider area.
Weekends can range from destination parks like Stanley Park to smaller green spaces such as Heather Park or Shaughnessy Park, depending on where you are in the area. Culture and entertainment options like Vancouver Central Library, Cineplex, and The Park Theatre add indoor plans, while recreation options include Douglas Park Community Centre and a wide selection of fitness studios.
Buyers choosing Vancouver are deliberately opting into an amenity-dense, coastal market with strong transit options and a large condominium inventory. The trade-off is that “Vancouver” is not one uniform product—home value is tightly tied to micro-location, building specifics, and the exact kind of lifestyle access a pocket provides.
They focus on access to SkyTrain nodes such as Broadway–City Hall station or Waterfront Skytrain Station Downtown Vancouver and the bus network around them. Building type, walkability to daily needs, and the practicality of a car-light routine tend to matter more than having a large private footprint.
They prioritize condominium living for its built-in management and the ability to live close to dining, shopping, and culture. They will look closely at how a specific building is run and what day-to-day convenience looks like from that address.
They are looking for a detached house within the broader Vancouver market while still staying connected to area-wide amenities like parks, schools, and healthcare. The search tends to be about finding the right fit within a limited segment relative to the condo supply.
They want proximity and practical access to large education and research institutions such as University of British Columbia. The priority is a location that supports frequent campus trips without turning daily logistics into a project.
They value proximity—to transit, institutions, and daily amenities—over a one-size-fits-all notion of “Vancouver living.”
In Vancouver, look past the headline price and focus on what drives day-to-day livability: the building you’re buying into (if strata), the exact transit access you’ll actually use, and how nearby services line up with your routine.
With condominium apartments leading the mix, the particular building matters: governance, upkeep, and what the monthly fees cover can change the ownership experience as much as the suite itself.
Map your routine to the network you’d rely on—SkyTrain nodes like Broadway–City Hall station or Waterfront Skytrain Station Downtown Vancouver, plus bus routes—rather than assuming all parts of the area function the same.
If University of British Columbia or the Vancouver General Hospital campus is part of your life, prioritize practical access from the exact home you’re considering, since “Vancouver” coverage varies widely by pocket.
Errands and leisure can be easy when your address aligns with the right cluster—whether that’s shopping like City Square Shopping Centre or groceries like Choices Market—so confirm what is actually nearby.
Selling in Vancouver comes down to two comparisons buyers make: your home against what else is for sale, and this location against the alternatives.
Buyers weigh your home against the homes listed in Vancouver right now. The current listings and asking prices are in the Market section of this page.
Put the places a buyer will use in the listing: Heather Park, Elfin Lake Trail and Lighthouse Park West Vancouver.
Photography, condition and first impressions decide which listings buyers book to see. Have the home ready before it goes live.
Vancouver offers coastal, amenity-dense living with unusually broad choice across distinct pockets—supported by major institutions, a deep transit network, and a housing mix led by condominiums with detached homes still in play. It rewards buyers and residents who choose locations precisely, because the day-to-day experience changes noticeably from one part of the area to another. It is not the right fit for someone looking for a single, consistent community character that applies everywhere within its boundaries.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
Vancouver’s for-sale market currently has 4,438 active listings with a median asking price of $1,335,500 and an average of $1,049 per square foot, reflecting a wide spread of housing options across the city—from higher-priced west-side and waterfront areas to more attainable pockets in the east and along key transit corridors, plus a mix of condos, townhomes, and detached homes. With listings averaging 98 days on market so far and 1,177 new listings added in the past 30 days, conditions point to healthy supply and slower-moving inventory, giving buyers and investors more selection and negotiating room while quality, well-located homes can still stand out.
AI-written commentary on the active MLS® listing snapshot as of September 11, 2026. Not financial advice.
Vancouver covers about 115 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 Vancouver you are in — check the score for a specific address.
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