Pitt Meadows Buyer's Guide: The Small City Between Port Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
The great majority of Pitt Meadows sits inside the Agricultural Land Reserve, so the whole city lives on a small patch of urban land beside the Fraser and the Pitt River. That one fact sets the supply, the prices and the commute. Here is how the residential areas compare and what the trade-offs are.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Queensborough or the Quay: Two New Westminster Waterfronts, Two Different Buys
Both sit on the Fraser River and both are New Westminster. Queensborough is flat, newer townhomes on a diked island with no SkyTrain. The Quay is concrete towers a short walk from the Expo Line, in buildings old enough that the depreciation report decides the deal.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Langley and the Willoughby Townhome Belt: A Buyer's Guide
There are two Langleys: a small city around the Langley Bypass, and a large township holding Willoughby, Walnut Grove, Murrayville, Fort Langley and Aldergrove. Willoughby is where the townhomes are, and the SkyTrain being built along Fraser Highway changes what you are buying into.
Michael Lee · 9 min read
Ambleside and Dundarave: A Buyer's Guide to West Vancouver's Walkable Waterfront
Two waterfront villages sit side by side along Marine Drive, joined by a 1.7 kilometre seawalk. Ambleside is the larger town centre near the Lions Gate Bridge, Dundarave is smaller and quieter. The housing runs from older low-rise apartments on the flat to view homes climbing the hillside behind.
Michael Lee · 9 min read
Maple Ridge Buyer's Guide: What the Commute Buys You in Square Footage
Maple Ridge sits at the east end of Metro Vancouver on the north side of the Fraser River. Buyers move here for a detached house on a real lot at a price the Tri-Cities stopped offering. The cost is measured in travel time, and the West Coast Express runs five trains each way on weekdays only.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Ladner and Tsawwassen Buyer's Guide: Living in South Delta
South Delta gives you a village core, farmland on three sides and a beach at the end of the road. It also gives you no SkyTrain, a ferry terminal feeding Highway 17, and a stretch of newer housing that is leasehold on treaty land rather than freehold.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
South Surrey and White Rock Buyer's Guide: Two Places, One Peninsula
White Rock is its own city of 5.17 square kilometres, surrounded on three sides by Surrey. South Surrey is the much larger area around it, holding Morgan Creek, Grandview Heights, Ocean Park and Crescent Beach. The two get named together in listings and they are separate places with separate rules.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Burke Mountain or Westwood Plateau: What Each Coquitlam Hillside Costs and Gives You
Burke Mountain houses are newer and ask $121,884 more at the median than Westwood Plateau houses. Westwood Plateau houses have 749 more square feet and a lot 2,918 square feet larger. Here is the full comparison for houses and townhomes.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Burquitlam Buyer's Guide: Towers, Walk-Ups and the Burnaby Border
Burquitlam Station opened on December 2, 2016, and the towers around it have been arriving ever since. This is the southwest corner of Coquitlam, one stop from Burnaby, with a bus straight up the hill to Simon Fraser University. Here is what a buyer should check before writing an offer.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Coquitlam or Port Moody: House, Townhome and Apartment Prices Compared in September 2026
A typical detached house costs $319,100 more in Port Moody than in Coquitlam. A typical townhome costs $35,700 less. Here are the September 2026 benchmark prices, price changes and sales for both cities.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
New Westminster Buyer's Guide: Five SkyTrain Stations and Six Different Cities
New Westminster has five Expo Line stations inside one 15 square kilometre city, and each one sits in a neighbourhood that prices differently. The concrete condo stock is older than Burnaby's, which is what drives both the lower entry price and the strata fee you need to read carefully.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
What Coquitlam's 2026 Southwest Plan Changed Around Austin Avenue and Burquitlam
In May 2026 Coquitlam Council adopted a new land use plan for the neighbourhoods on the edges of the Burquitlam and Lougheed Town Centre transit areas. It supports 2,300 more homes on the city's estimate, adds a shopping node at Austin and Blue Mountain, and keeps some blocks as they are.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Coquitlam or Port Coquitlam: Prices, Unit Counts and City Charges Compared
Two neighbouring Tri-Cities municipalities with similar names and different numbers. Port Coquitlam prices $355,300 below Coquitlam on a detached house, allows up to six homes on some lots, and charges less than half as much per unit in amenity fees.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Coquitlam's Transit-Oriented Areas: What 800 Metres From SkyTrain Changes
Eight SkyTrain stations put large parts of Coquitlam inside a designated Transit-Oriented Area, where the province sets minimum heights and densities and the city no longer requires residential parking. Here is what that means for owners and buyers.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Deer Lake & Burnaby's Central Park Buyer's Guide
While Brentwood and Metrotown build towers, Deer Lake and Central Park stay low, green, and residential. Here's what buyers should know about Burnaby's quieter, culture-anchored middle ground.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Edmonds & South Burnaby Buyer's Guide: SkyTrain Value
Edmonds is South Burnaby's most affordable SkyTrain neighbourhood, here's what buyers should know about prices, the Edmonds Town Centre redevelopment plan, and how it compares to Metrotown and Brentwood.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Oakridge Buyer's Guide: Vancouver's Next Transit Hub
Oakridge Park opened its retail doors in May 2026 and residential towers are filling in through the rest of the year. Here's what's actually built, what's still coming, and what it means for buying in Oakridge right now.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
West End & Coal Harbour Condo Buyer's Guide: Downtown Waterfront Living
Two waterfront downtown neighbourhoods, two different price tiers. Here's how the West End's walkable rental-heavy streets compare to Coal Harbour's marina-front towers, and what each actually costs right now.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Fraserview & Killarney Buyer's Guide: East Van's Family Pocket
Fraserview and Killarney sit along the Fraser River in Vancouver's southeast corner, golf course, riverfront parks, and a family-oriented mix of houses and townhomes. Here's what a buyer should know about the area.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Lower Lonsdale Condo Buyer's Guide: North Van's Walkable Waterfront
Lower Lonsdale trades a backyard for a 12-minute SeaBus ride to downtown. Here's what condos cost, what the Shipyards and Lonsdale Quay lifestyle actually looks like, and who it suits.
Michael Lee · 6 min read
Renfrew-Collingwood Multiplex Guide: Vancouver East's Value Corridor
Renfrew-Collingwood is one of Vancouver East's more affordable multiplex corridors, with two SkyTrain lines at its edges and a wave of new duplexes and fourplexes replacing older single-family lots. Here's what a buyer should know.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Steveston Village Home Buying Guide: Small-Town Charm in Richmond
Steveston still feels like a fishing village at the edge of Richmond. Here's what homes cost, how the historic waterfront shapes daily life, and the commute trade-offs buyers should know.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Dunbar-Southlands Buyer's Guide: Westside Character Homes
Dunbar-Southlands runs from a genuine village high street to acreage-style properties bordering the Fraser River, with Pacific Spirit Park and UBC next door. Here's what buyers should know about this two-part Westside neighbourhood.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Kerrisdale Buyer's Guide: Vancouver's West Side Village
Kerrisdale pairs a genuine village shopping street with some of the Westside's most established character homes, and now a growing crop of multiplex infill. Here's what buyers need to know before shopping this neighbourhood.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Cambie Corridor Multiplex Guide: Vancouver's Quiet Rezoning Boom
The Cambie Corridor has quietly become one of Vancouver's busiest multiplex construction zones. Here's what the Cambie Corridor Plan actually allows, what's already built, and what a buyer should check before writing an offer.
Michael Lee · 8 min read
Port Moody Buyer's Guide: Newport Village & the Evergreen Line
Port Moody buyer's guide: Newport Village and the waterfront, Evergreen Line access, Rocky Point Park, Brewer's Row, and how prices compare to Coquitlam and Burnaby.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Coquitlam Town Centre Buyer's Guide: SkyTrain, Schools & New Towers
What it actually costs to buy in Coquitlam Town Centre, how the Evergreen Line changed the neighbourhood, which schools and parks serve it, and who the area suits best.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
North Vancouver Multiplex Guide: Lower Lonsdale to Deep Cove
The City and District of North Vancouver have taken different paths on multiplex zoning. Here's what that means for buyers from Lower Lonsdale to Deep Cove, and what homes cost across the North Shore.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Richmond Multiplex & Townhome Buyer's Guide
What a multiplex or townhome costs in Richmond right now, how the city's new small-scale zoning actually works, where the Canada Line fits in, and who this market suits.
Michael Lee · 7 min read
Brentwood vs Metrotown: Which Burnaby Hub Suits Your Family?
Burnaby grew up around its SkyTrain stations, and two town centres stand out for families shopping for a new-build home: Brentwood in the north and Metrotown in the south. Both put shopping, transit, and towers at your doorstep, the differences are in the details.
Michael Lee · 10 min read
Grandview-Woodland Multiplex Guide: Buying Near Commercial Drive
Commercial Drive is the most full-of-life street in East Vancouver, independent cafés, produce markets, patios that spill onto the sidewalk, and the neighbourhood around it, Grandview-Woodland, is one of the more active multiplex-conversion pockets on the East Side right now.
Michael Lee · 10 min read
Kitsilano Multiplex Buyer's Guide: Beach Life on Vancouver's West Side
A buyer's guide to Kitsilano, Vancouver: what multiplex development actually looks like here, beach-and-park lifestyle, getting around, schools, and who the neighbourhood suits.
Michael Lee · 10 min read
Marpole & South Vancouver Multiplex Guide: The West Side's Value Play
Marpole doesn't get the magazine covers that Kitsilano or Cambie get, and that's exactly why buyers priced out of the rest of the Westside are starting to look here, especially now that multiplex zoning has opened up its standard 33x120 lots.
Michael Lee · 10 min read
Mount Pleasant Multiplex Buyer's Guide: Living on Vancouver's Main Street (2026)
A buyer's guide to Mount Pleasant, Vancouver: what multiplex homes cost, the walk-everywhere Main Street lifestyle, the new Broadway SkyTrain station, and who the neighbourhood suits.
Michael Lee · 6 min read
Thinking About a Multiplex Home in Burnaby? What Buyers Should Know
For a long time, buying a home in Greater Vancouver meant choosing between an unaffordable detached house or a too-small condo. Here's what a multiplex home actually is, what Burnaby's zoning now allows, and what to look for when you tour one.
Michael Lee · 9 min read