David Babakaiff
Written by David Babakaiff — Co-Founder, VanPlex | 25+ Years BC Construction

By City | Vancouver

New ground-oriented home prices in Vancouver

Vancouver has more newly built ground-oriented homes on the market than any other city in the region, and the widest internal price spread. A home in Renfrew and a home in Kitsilano are the same product built in the same two years, and they are not remotely the same price.

The short answer

536 newly built townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses are active in Vancouver. The median lists at $1,698,000 for 1,527 sq ft at $1,120 per square foot. That is 39% above the regional median per square foot, on a home 6% below the regional median size.

Active listings
536
Median price
$1,698,000
Median per sq ft
$1,120
Median size
1,527 sq ft

Newly built ground-oriented homes in Vancouver

536 active listings

Median list price
$1,698,000

typical range $1,148,900 to $2,443,444

Median price per sq ft
$1,120

typical range $891 to $1,419

Median size
1,527 sq ft

typical range 1,087 sq ft to 1,949 sq ft

Median strata fee
$457

typical range $232 to $646

172 of 536 listings state one

Median annual property tax
$5,698

typical range $1 to $9,750

160 of 536 listings state one

Measured across 536 active listings on .

How prices work in Vancouver

The city splits cleanly in two. The east side neighbourhoods, Renfrew, Fraser Street, Knight, Killarney, Collingwood, and Hastings Sunrise, are where the multiplex and duplex rules did the most work, and they carry the bulk of the half duplex stock. The west side, Kitsilano, Dunbar, Point Grey, Kerrisdale, Arbutus, and Shaughnessy, prices at a completely different level for a home of similar size.

The half duplex is the defining product here. In several east side neighbourhoods it accounts for the large majority of active listings, because the way new ground-oriented housing gets built in Vancouver is by replacing one single family house with two homes. That means an established street, a narrow lot, and usually three storeys with the bedrooms upstairs.

Cambie and South Cambie are the exception to the east and west split. Both are townhouse-dominated rather than half duplex, because the Cambie Corridor plan allowed larger assembled sites along the Canada Line. That is why the price per square foot there behaves more like a transit corridor than like the surrounding blocks.

Homes here are smaller than anywhere else in the region. A 33 foot lot leaves very little width, so the floor plates are tight and the buildings go up rather than out. Buyers moving in from the suburbs consistently underestimate how much that changes daily life.

Price per square foot by neighbourhood

Most expensive first. Only neighbourhoods with four or more active listings appear, because below that a single home moves the figure enough to mislead.

  • Kitsilano 32 listings $1,453
  • Dunbar 22 listings $1,343
  • Oakridge 13 listings $1,331
  • MacKenzie Heights 4 listings $1,299
  • Point Grey 14 listings $1,254
  • Cambie 52 listings $1,247
  • Southwest Marine 10 listings $1,220
  • Kerrisdale 27 listings $1,210
  • Shaughnessy 15 listings $1,193
  • Arbutus 7 listings $1,191
  • Mount Pleasant East 9 listings $1,179
  • Quilchena 6 listings $1,148
  • Fraser Street 23 listings $1,146
  • Main 26 listings $1,144
  • South Cambie 15 listings $1,117
  • Marpole 4 listings $1,086
  • South Granville 29 listings $1,084
  • Grandview-Woodland 42 listings $1,060
  • Knight 21 listings $1,004
  • Renfrew Heights 28 listings $1,001
  • Renfrew 36 listings $965
  • Hastings Sunrise 16 listings $952
  • Hastings 8 listings $934
  • Victoria-Fraserview 9 listings $933
  • Collingwood 14 listings $919
  • Killarney 19 listings $912
  • Fraserview 8 listings $906
  • South Vancouver 9 listings $850

Every Vancouver neighbourhood with active inventory

Newly built ground-oriented homes in Vancouver. Median size in square feet.
Neighbourhood City Active Median price Per sq ft Median size Townhouse / half duplex
Kitsilano Vancouver 32 $2,343,900 $1,453 1,550 9 / 23
Dunbar Vancouver 22 $2,313,000 $1,343 1,727 0 / 22
Oakridge Vancouver 13 $1,799,900 $1,331 1,348 11 / 2
MacKenzie Heights Vancouver 4 $1,797,130 to $2,509,000 $1,256 to $1,377 1,684 0 / 4
Point Grey Vancouver 14 $2,098,000 $1,254 1,675 2 / 12
Cambie Vancouver 52 $1,629,950 $1,247 1,303 45 / 7
Southwest Marine Vancouver 10 $1,899,900 $1,220 1,569 2 / 8
Kerrisdale Vancouver 27 $2,190,000 $1,210 1,767 10 / 17
Shaughnessy Vancouver 15 $1,800,000 $1,193 1,613 9 / 6
Arbutus Vancouver 7 $1,746,600 to $2,878,600 $1,101 to $1,260 2,278 1 / 6
Mount Pleasant East Vancouver 9 $1,828,800 $1,179 1,583 1 / 8
Quilchena Vancouver 6 $2,048,000 to $2,884,000 $1,095 to $1,200 2,080 3 / 3
Fraser Street Vancouver 23 $1,568,000 $1,146 1,492 3 / 20
Main Vancouver 26 $1,869,450 $1,144 1,579 5 / 21
South Cambie Vancouver 15 $1,498,000 $1,117 1,425 15 / 0
Marpole Vancouver 4 $1,520,391 to $2,104,000 $1,025 to $1,224 1,683 0 / 4
South Granville Vancouver 29 $1,688,000 $1,084 1,575 21 / 8
Grandview-Woodland Vancouver 42 $1,508,844 $1,060 1,444 17 / 25
Knight Vancouver 21 $1,350,000 $1,004 1,426 4 / 17
Renfrew Heights Vancouver 28 $1,371,450 $1,001 1,331 8 / 20
Renfrew Vancouver 36 $1,354,450 $965 1,435 5 / 31
Hastings Sunrise Vancouver 16 $1,449,900 $952 1,501 3 / 13
Hastings Vancouver 8 $1,349,450 $934 1,506 5 / 3
Victoria-Fraserview Vancouver 9 $1,499,000 $933 1,577 3 / 6
Collingwood Vancouver 14 $1,504,000 $919 1,636 5 / 9
Killarney Vancouver 19 $1,489,000 $912 1,643 6 / 13
Fraserview Vancouver 8 $1,328,000 $906 1,441 0 / 8
South Vancouver Vancouver 9 $1,528,000 $850 1,527 0 / 9

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 a table cannot tell you

  • → Expect three storeys and a staircase between the kitchen and the bedrooms in most of the east side stock.
  • → Many half duplexes here are a strata of two owners rather than freehold, which is a very different arrangement from a townhouse complex.
  • → One parking space is common. Two is a genuine feature worth checking on the specific listing.
  • → Vancouver charges an empty homes tax on top of the provincial speculation and vacancy tax, which matters if the home will not be your principal residence.

Vancouver against the region

Price per sq ft

$1,120

39% above the regional $805

Median size

1,527 sq ft

6% below the regional 1,617 sq ft

Median strata fee

$457

from 172 of 536 listings that state one

Every newly built home in Vancouver, on the map

The neighbourhood table tells you what each area costs. This tells you where each area is, and how far apart they really are. Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a link into Street View.

300 of 536 homes plotted. 230 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. 6 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.

Newly built homes for sale in Vancouver

510 more active listings are not shown here. Search every Vancouver listing . Prices are the list price. Most new homes have GST added on top.

Common questions

What does a newly built townhouse cost in Vancouver?

The median list price across 536 active newly built ground-oriented listings in Vancouver is $1,698,000, at $1,120 per square foot for a median 1,527 sq ft. The figure covers townhouses, half duplexes, and row houses built in the last two years.

Why are Vancouver homes so much smaller than Surrey homes?

Lot width. A standard Vancouver residential lot is 33 feet across, and half of that is what each side of a duplex gets. Suburban lots are far wider, so the same money buys floor area instead of paying for land. The size gap between the two cities is one of the largest differences in the whole dataset.

Is the east side better value than the west side?

On price per square foot, substantially. Whether it is better value depends on what you want from the location, which is not something a price table can settle. What is clear is that the two halves of the city are separate markets that happen to share a name.

What is a half duplex in Vancouver?

One of the two homes created when a single family house is replaced by a side-by-side or front-and-back pair. You own your half, usually through a strata with one other owner, and you share a wall. It is the most common newly built ground-oriented home in the city.

Why do Cambie and South Cambie price differently from other Vancouver neighbourhoods?

Cambie and South Cambie sell mostly townhouses, not half duplexes, because the Cambie Corridor plan allowed larger assembled sites along the Canada Line. That builds bigger complexes instead of one-off lot replacements, so price per square foot there tracks transit access more than it tracks the east-west split seen in the rest of Vancouver.

Does a Vancouver half duplex come with an empty homes tax?

Vancouver charges its own empty homes tax on top of the provincial speculation and vacancy tax. This applies to any home in the city, including a half duplex, that is not your principal residence and does not qualify for an exemption. Check both taxes before buying if the home will not be lived in full time.

Which Vancouver neighbourhood is cheapest per square foot?

South Vancouver, at $850 per square foot across 9 active listings. The most expensive is Kitsilano at $1,453.

How often are these numbers updated?

They are recalculated from active MLS® listings every time the site is rebuilt, and were last measured on 2026-09-25. They describe what is on the market now rather than what has sold.

Where these figures come from

General information, not financial advice. Prices, fees, and market figures change and vary by property. Confirm current numbers before making a decision.

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.