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The cheapest places to buy a new ground-oriented home
Every neighbourhood priced below the regional median per square foot, measured from listings on the market now. What each one costs you in exchange is stated rather than skipped over.
The short answer
49 neighbourhoods price below the regional median of $805 per square foot, carrying 635 active listings between them. The lowest is Lower Landing in Chilliwack at $377, where the median home is 1,666 sq ft and lists at $664,900.
- Areas below the median
- 49
- Regional median
- $805
- Lowest per sq ft
- $377
- Listings in them
- 635
Cities priced below the regional median
Ordered cheapest first. Every city here prices under $805 per square foot, which is the median across the whole active set.
- Chilliwack 20 listings $409
- Mission 51 listings $430
- Abbotsford 56 listings $502
- Pitt Meadows 5 listings $521
- Maple Ridge 18 listings $523
- Surrey 175 listings $551
- Delta 46 listings $555
- Langley 91 listings $563
- Ladner 4 listings $598
- Port Coquitlam 13 listings $679
- New Westminster 10 listings $709
- Burnaby 138 listings $719
- Coquitlam 95 listings $758
- Pemberton 14 listings $785
Every neighbourhood below the regional median
Cheapest first. Areas with fewer than four active listings are left out, because at that sample one home moves the figure enough to mislead.
| Neighbourhood | City | Active | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Townhouse / half duplex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Landing | Chilliwack | 9 | $664,900 | $377 | 1,666 | 8 / 1 |
| Chilliwack Proper East | Chilliwack | 5 | $681,900 to $815,360 | $409 to $424 | 1,660 | 4 / 1 |
| Bolivar Heights | Surrey | 14 | $1,444,000 | $414 | 3,543 | 0 / 14 |
| Mission | Mission | 50 | $789,000 | $431 | 1,777 | 33 / 17 |
| Abbotsford West | Abbotsford | 8 | $729,900 | $461 | 1,580 | 8 / 0 |
| Nordel | Delta | 4 | $1,329,240 to $1,434,310 | $459 to $537 | 2,850 | 0 / 4 |
| Cedar Hills | Surrey | 8 | $1,234,890 | $487 | 2,660 | 3 / 5 |
| Sechelt District | Sechelt | 4 | $682,000 to $906,200 | $487 to $601 | 1,411 | 4 / 0 |
| Cloverdale | Surrey | 13 | $1,375,000 | $496 | 2,778 | 5 / 8 |
| Abbotsford East | Abbotsford | 25 | $959,900 | $496 | 2,085 | 5 / 16 |
| Sullivan Station | Surrey | 20 | $899,000 | $502 | 1,953 | 16 / 4 |
| Central Abbotsford | Abbotsford | 20 | $789,900 | $508 | 1,569 | 14 / 5 |
| Queen Mary Park | Surrey | 5 | $899,000 to $998,920 | $507 to $532 | 1,784 | 5 / 0 |
| Annieville | Delta | 10 | $1,238,000 | $513 | 2,390 | 0 / 10 |
| South Meadows | Pitt Meadows | 5 | $1,207,360 to $1,299,000 | $497 to $641 | 2,492 | 2 / 3 |
| Fraser Heights | Surrey | 14 | $1,029,950 | $529 | 1,969 | 10 / 4 |
| Langley City | Langley | 5 | $723,900 to $1,219,599 | $457 to $698 | 1,364 | 4 / 0 |
| Scottsdale | Delta | 12 | $1,328,500 | $539 | 2,555 | 0 / 12 |
| Panorama Ridge | Surrey | 4 | $810,499 to $1,249,270 | $522 to $613 | 1,597 | 3 / 1 |
| Fleetwood Tynehead | Surrey | 18 | $994,900 | $549 | 1,877 | 12 / 6 |
| Willoughby Heights | Langley | 80 | $974,850 | $562 | 1,702 | 55 / 18 |
| Whalley | Surrey | 5 | $769,940 to $956,560 | $559 to $638 | 1,530 | 5 / 0 |
| Albion | Maple Ridge | 7 | $715,780 to $863,840 | $495 to $585 | 1,445 | 7 / 0 |
| Cottonwood MR | Maple Ridge | 4 | $654,400 to $824,900 | $516 to $634 | 1,226 | 4 / 0 |
| Upper Deer Lake | Burnaby | 5 | $1,788,000 to $2,498,000 | $571 to $692 | 3,879 | 1 / 4 |
| Grandview Heights | Surrey | 39 | $1,199,900 | $590 | 2,037 | 18 / 21 |
| Pacific Douglas | Surrey | 9 | $1,229,900 | $605 | 2,040 | 4 / 5 |
| East Newton | Surrey | 8 | $841,800 | $621 | 1,415 | 5 / 3 |
| Forest Glen | Burnaby | 18 | $1,449,900 | $627 | 2,311 | 8 / 10 |
| Ladner Elementary | Delta | 6 | $1,318,900 to $1,499,900 | $605 to $705 | 2,224 | 2 / 3 |
| South Slope | Burnaby | 6 | $1,678,000 to $2,093,000 | $606 to $723 | 2,791 | 0 / 6 |
| East Burnaby | Burnaby | 11 | $1,648,000 | $672 | 2,414 | 0 / 11 |
| Tantalus | Squamish | 4 | $1,109,000 to $1,319,000 | $582 to $745 | 1,858 | 4 / 0 |
| Burke Mountain | Coquitlam | 32 | $1,124,900 | $679 | 1,576 | 31 / 1 |
| Edmonds | Burnaby | 11 | $1,078,000 | $689 | 1,523 | 6 / 5 |
| Central Port Coquitlam | Port Coquitlam | 10 | $1,079,900 | $690 | 1,547 | 6 / 4 |
| Capitol Hill BN | Burnaby | 5 | $1,529,940 to $2,399,000 | $663 to $797 | 2,308 | 0 / 5 |
| Queensborough | New Westminster | 6 | $887,394 to $1,097,400 | $663 to $732 | 1,395 | 6 / 0 |
| Scott Creek | Coquitlam | 4 | $975,900 to $1,183,900 | $668 to $761 | 1,351 | 4 / 0 |
| Central Coquitlam | Coquitlam | 4 | $1,213,540 to $1,317,200 | $622 to $812 | 1,796 | 0 / 4 |
| Highgate | Burnaby | 11 | $1,408,800 | $739 | 1,844 | 3 / 8 |
| Hamilton | Richmond | 25 | $984,000 | $743 | 1,270 | 25 / 0 |
| Sperling-Duthie | Burnaby | 15 | $1,575,000 | $756 | 1,911 | 2 / 13 |
| Maillardville | Coquitlam | 20 | $1,254,500 | $765 | 1,572 | 1 / 19 |
| Westridge | Burnaby | 6 | $1,499,999 to $2,690,000 | $634 to $852 | 2,072 | 2 / 4 |
| Pemberton | Pemberton | 14 | $1,099,000 | $785 | 1,400 | 1 / 5 |
| Burnaby North Central | Burnaby | 4 | $1,328,300 to $1,484,000 | $650 to $926 | 1,865 | 1 / 3 |
| Willingdon Heights | Burnaby | 9 | $1,579,000 | $796 | 2,010 | 7 / 2 |
| West Cambie | Richmond | 4 | $1,017,630 to $1,327,300 | $762 to $832 | 1,410 | 4 / 0 |
A dash means fewer than four active listings, which is too few to publish a figure for. Rows with four to seven listings show a range instead of a median.
What the low price is actually buying
It is not a lower standard of construction. Every home in this set was finished within the last two years, under the same provincial building code, with the same warranty framework, using the same trades and suppliers as a home twice the price.
It is not less space either. In several of these areas the median home is larger than the regional median of 1,617 sq ft, because cheaper land lets a builder spread out rather than build up.
What it is buying is distance. That is the honest summary, and it is worth testing rather than assuming. Open a map, put in the address and your workplace, and check the travel time at the hour you actually leave. If the answer works, the saving is real money. If it does not, no price per square foot makes up for it.
Every area below the regional median, mapped
The single most useful thing on this page. The saving is real, and so is the distance, and a map settles the second question far faster than a table does.
300 of 635 homes plotted. 296 more have coordinates but were left off to keep the map readable. The ones shown are spread evenly across the price range rather than taken from one end. 39 listings have no coordinates in the feed and cannot be placed. Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a Street View link. Zoom with the plus and minus buttons or by pinching.
Homes in the lowest-priced areas
$584,9009 7300 COPPERWOOD STREET
Lower Landing · 3 bed · 1,560 sq ft
$609,90062 8430 NOTTMAN STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,420 sq ft
$629,9008 7300 COPPERWOOD STREET
Lower Landing · 3 bed · 1,611 sq ft
$634,90010 7312 MULBERRY ROAD
Lower Landing · 3 bed · 1,562 sq ft
$639,90014 7312 MULBERRY ROAD
Lower Landing · 3 bed · 1,560 sq ft
$659,90013 8924 CEDAR STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,427 sq ft
$659,90012 8924 CEDAR STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,427 sq ft
$664,90017 7312 MULBERRY ROAD
Lower Landing · 3 bed · 1,666 sq ft
$679,00017 7540 BRISKHAM STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,409 sq ft
$679,0002 6091 ROSEWOOD PLACE
Sechelt District · 3 bed · 1,400 sq ft
$679,9006 46106 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Chilliwack Proper East · 3 bed · 1,660 sq ft
$679,9007 32929 CHERRY AVENUE
Mission · 3 bed · 1,573 sq ft
$679,90021 32929 CHERRY AVENUE
Mission · 3 bed · 1,707 sq ft
$679,90011 8924 CEDAR STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,477 sq ft
$684,9007 46106 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Chilliwack Proper East · 3 bed · 1,660 sq ft
$684,9005 46106 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Chilliwack Proper East · 3 bed · 1,660 sq ft
$689,00014 7540 BRISKHAM STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,418 sq ft
$689,0007 7540 BRISKHAM STREET
Mission · 4 bed · 1,487 sq ft
$689,0003 6093 ROSEWOOD PLACE
Sechelt District · 3 bed · 1,400 sq ft
$689,9002 46106 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Chilliwack Proper East · 3 bed · 1,600 sq ft
$689,90040 8430 NOTTMAN STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,478 sq ft
$699,0008 7540 BRISKHAM STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,438 sq ft
$699,0006 7540 BRISKHAM STREET
Mission · 3 bed · 1,487 sq ft
$699,0001 6089 ROSEWOOD PLACE
Sechelt District · 3 bed · 1,421 sq ft
78 more active listings are not shown here. Search every active listing . Prices are the list price. Most new homes have GST added on top.
Common questions
Where is the cheapest place to buy a new townhouse in the Vancouver area?
Measured by price per square foot, Lower Landing in Chilliwack at $377. Chilliwack, Mission, Abbotsford, and Hope hold the lowest figures overall. Inside Metro Vancouver proper, the lowest rates are in the eastern suburbs rather than anywhere in Vancouver itself.
Are cheaper areas cheaper because the homes are smaller?
No, and often the opposite. Several of the cheapest areas have median homes larger than the regional median of 1,617 sq ft. Land is what varies, not the building. Where land is cheap the builder has room to spread out, so the homes tend to be bigger.
What is the catch with the cheapest neighbourhoods?
Distance, and the transit that comes with it. Almost every area below the regional median is a long drive from the downtown core with no rapid transit connection. If you already drive to work, that costs you little. If you rely on transit, it costs you a great deal.
Do cheaper areas hold their value?
This page measures list prices on the market today, so it cannot answer a question about future value, and any page that claims to is guessing. What the data does show is that these markets are thinner, with fewer active listings per neighbourhood, which usually means slower sales in both directions.
Is a cheaper area a good idea for a first home?
It puts a brand new home with warranty within reach on a smaller budget, and it keeps a buyer inside both property transfer tax exemption thresholds. Whether it is right depends almost entirely on where a buyer needs to be during the week.
How many neighbourhoods price below the regional median per square foot?
49 neighbourhoods price below the regional median of $805 per square foot, carrying 635 active listings between them. Areas with fewer than four active listings are left out of this count, because at that sample size one home moves the figure enough to mislead.
What size home does the cheapest neighbourhood typically have?
In Lower Landing, Chilliwack, the median home is 1,666 sq ft and lists at $664,900. That is the lowest price per square foot in the dataset, at $377, and the home size there is not smaller than the regional median despite the lower price.
Are the homes in cheaper areas built to a lower standard?
Every home in this dataset was finished within the last two years under the same provincial building code, with the same warranty framework, using the same trades and suppliers as a home priced far higher. The price difference in these areas comes from land cost, not construction quality.
Where these figures come from
- VanPlex active listings, MLS® data
Active townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses built in the last two years across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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- Government of BC, newly built home PTT exemption
Full exemption at $1,100,000 or less, partial to $1,150,000. Effective 1 April 2024.
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See the homes behind these numbers
Every figure on this page comes from listings you can open. Search the full set of newly built townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses, and filter by price, bedrooms, freehold or strata, pets, and parking.