Around Mundy Park

Central Coquitlam: an old house or a rebuild, on the same street

Central Coquitlam sits in the middle of the city, around Mundy Park, and is mostly family houses. Listings filed under it run along streets such as Nelson Street, Howie Avenue, King Albert Avenue, Dansey Avenue, Mundy Street and the east end of Austin Avenue.

Most houses here were built before 1980. On many streets, though, you will see new houses where older ones stood. A buyer here is choosing between those two kinds of house, and a seller is competing with both.

Park: Mundy Park, 178 hectares, with Mundy Lake and Lost Lake
Recreation: Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, 633 Poirier Street
Zoning: Most single-family lots moved to small-scale zones in June 2025
Postal codes: V3J and V3K

Mundy Park, the centre of the neighbourhood

The City describes Mundy Park as a 178 hectare park and trail system. A 5.5 km multi-use path runs around it, and inner trails circle Mundy Lake and Lost Lake. It has ball diamonds, a lacrosse box, a nine-hole disc golf course, a playground, a sheltered picnic area and an outdoor pool, and a fenced off-leash area with separate sections for large and small dogs.

It is also forest. The City lists owls, bats, deer and black bears among the animals that live there, and it keeps a sand nesting beach at the south end of Lost Lake for the endangered western painted turtle. A house that backs onto the park gets that quiet and that wildlife, bears included, so ask how the current owners store their garbage.

For indoor sport, the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex at 633 Poirier Street is a 190,000 square foot building with pools, ice and a fitness centre.

What Central Coquitlam houses look like on paper

Worked out from every active MLS® listing for a house in the board's Central Coquitlam area at the time shown. Look at the year-built chart: it shows the split between older houses and recent rebuilds.

Houses listed: 68; Coquitlam-wide: 434
Median asking price: $1,687,000; Coquitlam-wide: $1,799,000
Middle half of asking prices: $1,471,250 to $2,124,900
Median days listed: 45; Coquitlam-wide: 58 days
Median size: 2,527 sq ft; Coquitlam-wide: 3,033 sq ft
Median asking price per sq ft: $632; Coquitlam-wide: $596
Median year built: 1968; Coquitlam-wide: 1988
Median lot size: 7,884 sq ft; Reported on 68 of 68

Bedrooms

2 or fewer: 2
3: 11
4: 20
5 or more: 35

Year built

Before 1980: 44
1980 to 1999: 10
2000 to 2014: 2
2015 or later: 12

Suite, as stated on the listing

Legal suite: 10
Unauthorized suite: 15
Other: 6
No suite: 20
Not stated: 17

Price changes and new building

27 of 68 are asking less than their first list price.

1 of 68 give a build year of this year or later, which usually means a home that is new, still under construction, or sold before it is built.

Active MLS® listings for houses in the Central Coquitlam board area, pulled September 18, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. PT. Prices are asking prices, and sale prices can differ. Days listed count from the listing contract date. The listings further down this page load live, so their count can differ from these figures.

The two houses on every street

Each kind of house needs its own set of checks.

The older house: Ask for an oil tank search, because BC's Ministry of Environment warns that a buyer can become liable for clean-up of a heating oil tank they did not know about. Ask for permits for any addition or suite, and have the inspector look at the wiring, the water pipes and the drain line to the street.
The rebuild: A house built in the last few years should be registered with BC Housing and carry a new-home warranty. Look it up in the New Homes Registry, ask for the warranty certificate and its start date, and confirm the builder closed the building permit with a final inspection.
The lot under either one: Since June 2025 most single-family lots in Coquitlam sit in one of four small-scale zones that can allow up to four homes, depending on the zone and the lot size. Look up the zone for the actual lot. It affects what the neighbours can build, too.
Austin Avenue nearby: The City's Southwest Shoulders and Corridors plan covers land along Austin Avenue. If the house is close to Austin Avenue, check whether the plan reaches its block and what it allows there.

Pricing a Central Coquitlam house when buyers are careful

Before you set a price, read the days listed and the number of price cuts in the figures above. Then work through these steps.

1
Find the recent sales of houses of the same age and condition as yours. An older house and a rebuild on the same street sell to different buyers at different prices.
2
Decide which buyer you are selling to: a family who will live in the house, or a builder who wants the lot. Price and present the house for that buyer.
3
Fix what an inspector will find first, or price it in: an old roof, an old electrical panel, a suite without a permit.
4
Have the oil tank search done before you list. A clear result removes a question a buyer's lawyer will ask.
5
Set a price you will not need to cut. The figures above show how many current listings are already asking less than when they started.

Central Coquitlam homes for sale now

Live from the MLS® feed. Most listings here are houses; the townhome tab shows the few that are listed.

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Questions people ask about Central Coquitlam

How big is Mundy Park?

The City of Coquitlam describes it as a 178 hectare park and trail system at 641 Hillcrest Street, with a 5.5 km multi-use path, Mundy Lake, Lost Lake, sports fields, an outdoor pool and a fenced off-leash dog area.

How old are the houses in Central Coquitlam?

The median build year for the 68 houses listed in the Central Coquitlam board area on September 18, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. PT was 1968.

What does a Central Coquitlam house cost?

On September 18, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. PT, 68 houses were listed for sale in the Central Coquitlam board area. Their median asking price was $1,687,000, and the middle half were asking between $1,471,250 and $2,124,900. These are asking prices; sale prices can differ.

Are Central Coquitlam houses selling slowly?

On September 18, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. PT, the 68 houses listed in the Central Coquitlam board area had been listed for a median of 45 days, counted from each listing's contract date. 27 of them were asking less than their first list price.

How big are the lots in Central Coquitlam?

For the 68 houses listed in the Central Coquitlam board area on September 18, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. PT that stated a lot size, the median lot was 7,884 square feet.

From the Market Journal

Sources

Local facts on this page were checked against these sources on September 18, 2026. Listing figures come from active MLS® listings, pulled September 18, 2026 at 10:33 a.m. PT. School catchments, bylaws and project dates change, so confirm them for a specific address.

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Selling an older house near Mundy Park?

Send Michael the address. He can work out with you whether to sell to a family or to a builder, and what the recent sales say about the price.

604.803.9863