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Anmore is the Tri-Cities' luxury acreage village — one-acre-minimum lot zoning, equestrian-friendly streets, no commercial core, and the Buntzen Lake / Indian Arm wilderness at the door. Limited inventory: a few dozen transactions a year. This is the straight-talk guide for the luxury buyer evaluating Anmore against Belcarra, Bowen Island, or staying on the city grid.
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Anmore's market is structurally different from city-grid Tri-Cities municipalities. Very limited annual transaction volume. Three distinct price tiers driven by lot size, view, and house quality. Buyers and sellers both benefit from acreage-specific underwriting.
1-acre lot, mid-1990s+ build, no view.
1–2 acre, partial view or premium street.
2+ acre, premium view, architect-built or recent estate.
Total detached market · tight market.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly statistics. Prices vary with lot, view and build; I price each property from accurate comparable transaction analysis. Last refreshed November 9, 2026.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Anmore, by home type, with its trend over the last 4 months, how fast homes are selling, and how it compares with the city. Tell it whether you’re selling, buying, moving up or downsizing and it shows what matters for you. A benchmark describes a typical home here — your home’s value depends on its own lot, condition and street.
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Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Reports, neighbourhood and price-range tables; current figures are for October 2026 (MLS® Home Price Index). Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Updated after each monthly GVR report.
The benchmark tells you where prices sit. These tell you how the market is actually behaving: how long homes take to sell, how close sellers get to their first asking price, how much choice buyers have, and what homes really sold for, each against a year ago and against Port Moody.
Tell me what brings you here and the tiles that matter most for you move to the front.
Selling in Anmore? Watch days to sell and sold vs original asking: together they show whether pricing right from day one is being rewarded, and how much room buyers are negotiating.
Buying in Anmore? Months of supply and sales-to-active tell you how much choice you have and how hard you can negotiate this month.
Moving up? Compare the median sale price by home type: the gap between what your current home sells for and the home you want is the number to plan around.
Downsizing? Median sale price for condos and townhouses shows what the next home costs; sold vs original asking on detached shows how close your sale is likely to land to its first price.
Keeping an eye on Anmore? The year-over-year changes under each tile show which way things are moving.
October 2026 in Anmore (all home types): new listings 9 · sales 3 · homes for sale at month end 37
Small sample this month: with this few sales or listings, one sale can move these figures a lot. Read them alongside the months before.
October 2026 in Anmore (detached): new listings 9 · sales 3 · homes for sale at month end 36
Small sample this month: with this few sales or listings, one sale can move these figures a lot. Read them alongside the months before.
October 2026 in Anmore (townhouse): new listings 0 · sales 0 · homes for sale at month end 0
Small sample this month: with this few sales or listings, one sale can move these figures a lot. Read them alongside the months before.
October 2026 in Anmore (condo): new listings 0 · sales 0 · homes for sale at month end 0
Small sample this month: with this few sales or listings, one sale can move these figures a lot. Read them alongside the months before.
Source: GVR Stats Centre, October 2026, Anmore and Port Moody, monthly figures by home type. Median days to sell = median days from listing to accepted offer; sold vs original asking = median sale price as a share of the original list price; months of supply = homes for sale ÷ that month’s sales. Year-over-year changes are the change in each figure itself versus October 2025. Stats Centre compiles on a slightly different basis from the monthly REALTOR® Reports, so a figure can differ by a few tenths from the tables above. Sparklines show the last 12 months. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®.
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Six months of MLS® benchmark prices for Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam on one chart, by home type. Each city’s map shows prices neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
The MLS® benchmark price for Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam on one chart. Pick a home type, then hover or tap a month to see all three cities’ prices that month. GVR doesn’t publish a single Tri-Cities benchmark, so each city keeps its own line. Each city’s map shows prices neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
Coquitlam
$1,571,400
−7.0% over 12 months
56 sales · 425 active listings · 13.2% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$1,868,000
−9.3% over 12 months
13 sales · 152 active listings · 8.6% sales-to-active (buyer-leaning)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$1,235,900
−8.4% over 12 months
19 sales · 153 active listings · 12.4% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerCoquitlam
$962,600
−6.6% over 12 months
39 sales · 204 active listings · 19.1% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$895,800
−10.1% over 12 months
12 sales · 38 active listings · 31.6% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$854,900
−3.3% over 12 months
19 sales · 61 active listings · 31.1% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerCoquitlam
$624,200
−9.1% over 12 months
82 sales · 575 active listings · 14.3% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$680,000
−3.8% over 12 months
21 sales · 129 active listings · 16.3% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$551,200
−7.6% over 12 months
33 sales · 155 active listings · 21.3% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerSource: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Reports and MLS® Home Price Index, city tables; current figures are for October 2026. Sales-to-active is shown for one home type and one city. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Updated after each monthly GVR report.
Port Moody · interactive map
Start with the neighbourhoods: tap a pin to see what it’s like, what homes cost there and my guide for it. Then add only the details you care about, like schools, groceries, new developments, parks, trails or daycares, using Map layers and Places on the map. Check any address, or tap Show home prices to see benchmark prices neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
See its neighbourhood, the nearest schools, train station and groceries, and typical prices nearby. Lookups use the Province of B.C.’s address service; nothing you type is saved.
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Book a strategy callWhat’s my home worth?The City of Port Moody doesn’t publish neighbourhood boundaries, so each neighbourhood is a pin at its approximate centre, linked to my guide (Greater Vancouver REALTORS® neighbourhood centres where GVR publishes prices); the dashed line is the City boundary (City of Port Moody open data). GVR’s Port Moody area also includes Anmore and Belcarra, which aren’t shown here. Developments are pinned from each project’s civic address with the BC Address Geocoder; 1 Market Square is placed near the Ioco Rd and Barnet Hwy corner the developer gives, and Hue and Chroma at block level. Statuses come from each developer’s own website, checked October 26, 2026, with completion years for resale buildings from MLS® records: “Selling now” means the developer lists homes for sale. Home counts are shown only where the developer publishes them. Rental-only buildings aren’t shown, and projects I couldn’t verify are left off rather than guessed. Prices are MLS® HPI benchmark prices from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Report for the latest month on file, updated with my monthly stats run. Address lookups use the Province of B.C.’s geocoder; “closest neighbourhood” means the nearest neighbourhood pin, distances are straight-line, and the nearest school isn’t always the catchment school. School locations come from the Province of B.C.’s K–12 school file (July 2026 update). SD43 doesn’t publish catchment boundaries as a map, so they aren’t drawn: always confirm a catchment with the SD43 School Locator. Groceries and shops are placed from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the BC Address Geocoder. SkyTrain, West Coast Express and bus routes come from TransLink’s GTFS schedule (feed valid to January 3, 2027); trip counts are scheduled weekday trips that stop in Port Moody on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Route and arrival data used in this product or service is provided by permission of TransLink. Parks, park facilities, playgrounds, pathways and the Trans Canada Trail come from City of Port Moody open data (October 26, 2026); the land-use and creek layers load live from the City’s open-data service. A land-use designation shows what the Official Community Plan allows, not what’s built or approved; rezoning decides each site. Daycares are licensed facilities from the Province of B.C.’s Child Care Map data (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), updated October 26, 2026; check the BC Child Care Map for spaces and fees.
Anmore is a specific product for specific buyers. If your situation matches one of these four profiles, this page maps the tier, the street, and the diligence priorities. If not, Westwood Plateau or Belcarra may fit you better.
Buying for 20+ years. One-acre-minimum lots mean the next-door tear-down doesn't change your view or value. Equestrian, gardening, large-yard family living. Often the last move before retirement.
Looking at Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet, or mountain-view lots. Premium pricing follows view permanence and lot orientation. Often a second-home or downsize-from-mansion decision.
Wants distance from neighbours, gated or end-of-cul-de-sac lots, room for an estate-style build. Often a relocation from Vancouver or West Vancouver looking for acreage at non-West-Van prices.
Specifically needs horse-friendly zoning, paddock + barn capacity, and trail access to Buntzen Lake recreation. Anmore's by-laws permit equestrian use on 1+ acre lots — one of the few Tri-Cities locations where this works.
Anmore pricing depends on lot size, view permanence, and house quality. Below is the October 2026 reality — what each band gets you, and what diligence the band demands.
| Tier | Price band | Lot / View | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | Lower end | 1-acre lot, no view, mid-1990s+ build. | First-time acreage buyers, larger-family relocators. |
| Mid | Higher, set by lot and view | 1–2 acre, partial view or premium street position. | Move-up acreage, view-corridor buyers, equestrian families. |
| Luxury | Top of the market | 2+ acre, premium Indian Arm or mountain view, architect-built. | Forever-home estate buyers, downsizers-from-mansion. |
Dedicated price-band detail: Anmore Acreage Price Bands 2026. Equestrian-specific: Anmore Equestrian Acreage Guide.
Anmore is served by Anmore Elementary (K-5, on Sunnyside Road), then most addresses feed into Eagle Mountain Middle and Heritage Woods Secondary. Private school options nearby in Port Moody. Catchments shift — always verify the specific address.
Buntzen Lake recreation area is the back-door amenity. Trails connect from Anmore into Buntzen, Indian Arm Provincial Park, and the broader Coast Mountain trail network. Hiking, mountain biking, and horse-trail riding all access this network.
Anmore's 1-acre minimum lot zoning + permissive equestrian by-laws make it one of the few Tri-Cities locations where horses + hobby farming are practical. Paddock + barn capacity varies by lot — verify the specific property against current by-laws before transacting.
No SkyTrain in Anmore. Inlet Centre SkyTrain (Port Moody) is the nearest station, a short drive away. Driving time to downtown Vancouver (about 30 km) varies a lot with traffic — check Google Maps or TransLink’s Trip Planner for your route. Anmore is a car-dependent decision. The trade-off: rural privacy + acreage + Buntzen recreation are the lifestyle promise.
When luxury buyers look at acreage in Greater Vancouver, Anmore competes against Belcarra (waterfront village), Bowen Island, and West Vancouver's British Properties. Each has structurally different trade-offs.
| Factor | Anmore | Belcarra | Bowen Island |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defining feature | 1-acre min, equestrian-friendly, Buntzen access | Indian Arm waterfront village | Ferry-access island, 20-min sailing |
| What sets price | Lot size, view and build | Waterfront vs road-access | Waterfront, view and ferry access |
| Market depth | Thin — few sales a month | Very thin — few sales a year | Separate island market |
| Commute to downtown | By car; nearest SkyTrain at Inlet Centre | By car via Port Moody | BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay, then drive |
| Best for | Acreage + equestrian families, view-driven luxury | Waterfront-luxury, boat-access buyers | Island-life buyers, ferry-commute professionals |
Direct comparison: Anmore vs Belcarra · Anmore vs Westwood Plateau luxury · Belcarra vs Bowen Island.
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Quick answer
What is Anmore, BC?
Anmore is a small village municipality in the Tri-Cities region of Greater Vancouver. Defined by 1-acre-minimum lot zoning, equestrian-friendly by-laws, no commercial core, and back-door access to Buntzen Lake and Indian Arm Provincial Park. A thin detached market with three broad price tiers — entry, mid and luxury — priced by lot, view and build. Anmore Elementary serves K-5; most addresses feed into Eagle Mountain Middle + Heritage Woods Secondary. Car-dependent (no SkyTrain); Inlet Centre SkyTrain is the nearest station.
One-acre-minimum lot zoning, equestrian-friendly by-laws, Buntzen Lake recreation access, and Indian Arm Provincial Park at the door. No commercial core — rural acreage character about 30 km by road from downtown Vancouver.
Three tiers: Entry (1-acre, no view, mid-1990s+ build), Mid (1–2 acre, partial view or premium street) and Luxury (2+ acre, premium view, architect-built). Price is set by lot and view; GVR’s Anmore detached benchmark was $3,001,700 in October 2026, and monthly sales are few.
Anmore for 1-acre-minimum acreage, equestrian-friendly zoning, Buntzen Lake access. Belcarra for Indian Arm waterfront, boat-access lots, smaller village character. Direct comparison: Anmore vs Belcarra →
SD43 Coquitlam. Anmore Elementary (K-5, Sunnyside Road) is the village school. Middle: Eagle Mountain Middle. Secondary: Heritage Woods Secondary. Private school options nearby in Port Moody. Catchments shift — always verify the specific address.
Yes — Anmore's 1-acre-minimum lot zoning + permissive by-laws make it one of the few Tri-Cities locations where equestrian use is practical. Paddock + barn capacity varies by specific lot. Verify the specific property against current by-laws before transacting. Full detail: Anmore Equestrian Acreage Guide.
No SkyTrain in Anmore. Inlet Centre SkyTrain (Port Moody) is the nearest station, a short drive away. Driving time to downtown Vancouver (about 30 km) varies a lot with traffic — check Google Maps or TransLink’s Trip Planner for your route. Anmore is a car-dependent decision — the trade-off is rural privacy + acreage + Buntzen recreation.
Acreage buying needs more diligence than city-grid buying: septic (private system condition, age, capacity), well (water quality, flow rate), slope (geotechnical and erosion considerations), zoning (equestrian, secondary dwelling, agricultural use permissions), and road access (year-round maintenance). Each adds time and specialist cost to a transaction.
Anmore's zoning sets a one-acre (43,560 sq ft) minimum for most residential lots. It's the rule that created the village's character, and it means most lots can't be subdivided. Check the zoning for any specific property before you assume what you can build.
Water is mixed: many Anmore addresses are on municipal water, but a meaningful share rely on private or shared wells. Sewer is almost always a private septic system; most of the village has no sanitary sewer. Every Anmore offer should include a septic inspection and confirmation of the water source.
No. Anmore is car-dependent, with limited bus service down to Port Moody. Most residents drive to a Millennium Line station such as Inlet Centre or Moody Centre and ride from there.
No. Anmore is an inland village above Port Moody. For Indian Arm waterfront, look at neighbouring Belcarra.
Anmore is its own municipality, with a mayor and council separate from Port Moody and Coquitlam. It had 2,356 residents in the 2021 Census, so local government is small and accessible. Anmore sets its own tax rate, so ask for the current tax notice on any property, and remember the BC additional school tax applies to residential assessments over $3 million.
For long-hold families (10+ years), Anmore's appeal is structural. The combination of 1-acre minimum zoning, no commercial development in the village boundary, and fixed supply keep inventory tight.
The risk: it's a niche market and the re-sale audience is narrow. If you plan to hold 10+ years, Anmore can suit you. If you need 1–2 year liquidity, the narrower buyer pool can extend days on market materially in a downturn.
Deeper read: Is now a good time to buy in the Tri-Cities? →
Different luxury markets, different buyers. Quick read:
Anmore acreage (detached benchmark $3,001,700): 1-acre minimum zoning, no commercial in the boundary, well-and-septic, narrow buyer pool, long hold patterns. Best for buyers who value privacy, lot size, equestrian or estate use, and SD43 schools including Heritage Woods Secondary (confirm by address).
Westwood Plateau luxury (priced by lot, view and frontage): executive family homes, golf-course frontages, established Plateau amenities, Pinetree or Heritage Woods Secondary catchment by address, larger but still municipally-serviced lots. Best for buyers who want luxury detached with municipal water/sewer and walkable golf-club lifestyle.
Compare in depth: Anmore vs Westwood Plateau Luxury.
The Anmore buyer pool is genuinely narrow — mass-market MLS exposure alone rarely reaches enough qualified buyers. Estate marketing here works on four channels in parallel:
1. Estate-grade asset production: drone, 3D scan, professional video, premium photography — the visual standard expected at this price point.
2. Narrow-audience digital targeting: Vancouver / Burnaby / North Shore relocator demographic, Tri-Cities executive demographic, and high-net-worth pre-qualified audiences via paid social and Google.
3. Cross-broker referral networks and luxury databases: the buyer for a $3M+ Anmore acreage is often already working with a Vancouver West Side or North Shore agent.
4. Private viewings and personalised outreach: the right buyer rarely shows up to an open house.
Full detail: How to sell on Anmore acreage in 2026.
Yes — coordinated Anmore moves are common. The two big patterns: downsizing from an Anmore acreage into a Westwood Plateau executive detached, Heritage Mountain detached, or Klahanie / Suter Brook townhouse for the lifestyle simplification; or upsizing from a Tri-Cities or Vancouver detached into an Anmore estate for privacy and lot size.
Every coordinated transaction runs through the same five-step Move-Up Protocol: Equity Map, sequence decision (sell first or buy first), pre-listing prep, parallel search, and Soft Landing the first 30 days after close.
If you're not sure whether to sell first or buy first, that decision deserves its own conversation: Sell First or Buy First →
Both are small Metro Vancouver villages with 1-acre-minimum zoning and narrow buyer pools, but they're structurally different markets.
Anmore sits inland up the hill from Port Moody, in the SD43 catchment for Anmore Elementary, Eagle Mountain Middle and Heritage Woods Secondary (confirm by address), Bert Flinn Park and Buntzen Lake on the doorstep, and a detached benchmark of $3,001,700 (October 2026).
Belcarra is the waterfront village on Indian Arm, with deep-water frontage, fewer total properties, and a different luxury buyer profile (waterfront / boat-access estate buyers). Belcarra trades too rarely for a published GVR benchmark, so each home is valued from comparable sales.
Full comparison: Anmore vs Belcarra Guide.
Selling an Anmore acreage?
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Schools that serve Anmore
Anmore's K-12 path is one of the cleanest in SD43 — Anmore Elementary (the only public school in the Village of Anmore) → Eagle Mountain Middle (next door to Heritage Woods) → Heritage Woods Secondary. SD43 has discontinued bus service, so plan around driving.
Verify your exact address
Look up any Anmore address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
The only public elementary in the Village of Anmore.
View school →Purpose-built middle (2014-15) in Anmore — adjacent to Heritage Woods Secondary.
View school →Urban-forest campus + 325-seat theatre.
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School information is a starting reference. Catchments are assigned by SD43 based on your specific home address and can change between review cycles. Always verify the definitive catchment for any specific home via the SD43 school locator before writing an offer.
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Price bands
What $2M / $3M / $5M / $8M actually buys in Anmore acreage.
Lifestyle guide
Acreage lifestyle, one-acre minimum, the daily realities.
Equestrian
Which lots permit horses, zoning, infrastructure, the honest equestrian read.
Schools
Anmore Elementary in-village, SD43 secondary in Port Moody, the commute realities.
Anmore vs Westwood
Acreage privacy vs established executive — two $3M+ Tri-Cities luxury choices.
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