Craig Johnston Personal Real Estate Corporation · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite West
Craig Johnston Personal Real Estate Corporation · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite West
Forty-one deep-dive pages on Burke Mountain — homes, schools, sub-pockets, parks, the Wesbild master plan, pre-sales, and what daily life actually looks like — organized into one place. Built by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645). If you’re even thinking about Burke, this is the page to bookmark.
Updated: November 9, 2026 · BCFSA Licence: 187645 · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite WestSee Burke Mountain on one map. Every development, school, park and shop, with creeks, trails, bus routes and the City’s land-use plan.
Open the Burke Mountain mapBurke Mountain is Coquitlam’s newest neighbourhood — the family-oriented growth pocket in the city’s northeast, built mostly in recent decades under the City’s Northeast Coquitlam Area Plan, with Wesbild among its largest land developers. It’s anchored by Smiling Creek Elementary, the future Burke Mountain Village centre on Princeton Avenue, and a deep park and trail network running up into Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, across five lifestyle zones and 22 named sub-pockets.
As of October 2026, Burke Mountain has its own published benchmarks: $1,903,200 detached (−0.9% year over year) and $1,029,400 townhouse (−5.7%). The tracker below sets both against the Coquitlam city-wide figures month by month. Burke townhouses recorded 21 sales against 78 active listings, against 8 and 65 for detached.
Craig has lived on Burke for 9+ years. This guide covers every development, school, park and price band — honestly.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Report — Coquitlam, October 2026, neighbourhood breakdown.
Burke Mountain trades differently from the rest of Coquitlam — newer construction stock, narrower price band across the dominant home types, and a steady stream of pre-sale supply that absorbs first-time and move-up demand. Here’s the current pulse, with every figure linking to its source page.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Burke Mountain, 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.
Learn the basics: what the MLS® benchmark price is · how to price your home · the move-up guide · sell first or buy first? · every neighbourhood on one map
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 Coquitlam.
Tell me what brings you here and the tiles that matter most for you move to the front.
Selling in Burke Mountain? 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 Burke Mountain? 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 Burke Mountain? The year-over-year changes under each tile show which way things are moving.
October 2026 in Burke Mountain (all home types): new listings 69 · sales 29 · homes for sale at month end 151
October 2026 in Burke Mountain (detached): new listings 12 · sales 8 · homes for sale at month end 66
October 2026 in Burke Mountain (townhouse): new listings 55 · sales 21 · homes for sale at month end 80
October 2026 in Burke Mountain (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, Burke Mountain and Coquitlam, 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®.
Before talking to anyone, most owners want to know three things: what the home is likely worth, what they’d walk away with, and how it would be marketed. Here’s where to get each one — no obligation.
Your Equity Map: a likely sale range built from accurate comparable sales, sent within 24 hours, often sooner.
Get my Equity Map →Commission plus GST, mortgage payout, legal and discharge fees — worked through line by line before you decide anything.
Estimate my net proceeds →Professional photos, drone video, measured 2D and 3D floor plans and a dedicated property website, launched on a timeline that suits your move.
See the seller plan →Selling and buying at the same time? The Move-Up Guide →Rather talk it through? Book a 20-min strategy call →Buying instead? See homes for sale in Burke Mountain ↓
Burke Mountain · interactive map
Tap a pin or a name to see the builder, status and home count, then jump to the developer’s own website or my guide. Switch the view to see just townhomes, just detached homes, the schools, or the shops, groceries and clinics nearby. Zoom out to find Costco, Save-On-Foods and the rest in Port Coquitlam.
Show on the map
Use the status and home type buttons to narrow the developments. Scroll or pinch on the map to zoom, drag to move around, or open it full screen for a bigger view.
Use Places on the map to show everything, or just townhomes, detached homes, schools or shops. Use Map layers to add creeks, hiking trails, bus routes, the City’s land-use plan (what’s planned next door), parks and playgrounds, and licensed daycares. Every layer starts off, so turn on only what you need.
Pins are placed from each development’s civic address using the BC Address Geocoder; Partington Creek, Marigold and Amber Gate are placed at block level. Statuses come from each developer’s website, checked October 20, 2026. Harper Peak isn’t pinned because Foxridge doesn’t publish its address. The Burke Mountain Village outline follows the City’s land-use map: the area bounded by David Avenue, Mitchell Street and Burke Village Promenade. Future Marigold Elementary is shown at 1350 Pollard Street, its site on the same City map; no opening date has been announced. Minnekhada Middle, Kwayhquitlum Middle and Terry Fox Secondary serve Burke from Port Coquitlam; choose Schools to see them. Shops and services are placed from OpenStreetMap and the BC Address Geocoder. The David Avenue plaza tenants follow Tri-City News (October 2024) and my local-business guide. Burke Mountain Medical Centre is in Port Coquitlam despite its name (HealthLinkBC). Creeks are drawn from the City of Coquitlam’s Watercourse layer (streams and the Coquitlam River; roadside ditches are left out), downloaded October 22, 2026. Gaps usually mark a culvert or piped section. The layer covers Coquitlam only, so creeks inside Port Coquitlam aren’t drawn. The City says its watercourse mapping may not show the exact location of every watercourse, and its default streamside setback is 30 m from the top of bank (15 m on some), confirmed site by site. Check the City’s Watercourse Setbacks map before relying on any lot. Hiking trails are drawn from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), retrieved October 22, 2026; lengths are the mapped trail, not a round trip. BC Parks notes signage on Burke Mountain trails is incomplete, so check BC Parks advisories before heading out. Bus routes and stops come from TransLink’s GTFS schedule (feed valid to January 3, 2027); ride times and 7–9 am departures are scheduled figures for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Route and arrival data used in this product or service is provided by permission of TransLink. The land-use layer shows the City of Coquitlam’s Official Community Plan land-use designations (City open data, retrieved October 22, 2026). A designation shows what the plan allows, not what’s built or approved, and rezoning decides each site. Playgrounds, playing fields, courts and washrooms come from the City’s parks data, retrieved the same day. Daycares are licensed facilities from the Province of B.C.’s Child Care Map data (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), updated October 22, 2026; check the BC Child Care Map for spaces and fees. SD43 doesn’t publish school catchment boundaries as a map, so they aren’t drawn here. Always confirm a school catchment with the SD43 School Locator.
Live MLS® · refreshed continuously
Every active MLS® listing across Burke Mountain, refreshed continuously — detached, townhomes and presales. Use the map and filters to narrow by price, type and beds, and always confirm the exact street before relying on it. Questions on any listing? Book a 20-minute call with Craig.
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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.
Burke Mountain reads as one place from the outside. Once you live here, it breaks down into five distinct zones — each with its own price band, school catchment angle, commute profile, and build vintage. Picking the right zone first saves a lot of wasted touring.
The City’s planned village centre on Princeton Avenue — about 120,000 sq ft of retail, a plaza and a greenway, with a grocery store named as the first commercial priority. The community centre and park broke ground in May 2026 for a 2029 opening; the retail and housing parcels have no developer selected yet. Best for: buyers with a long horizon.
Inside the VillageThe family detached heartland around Smiling Creek Elementary — established streets with newer Burke homes. Check the exact catchment with the SD43 School Locator. Best for: families with elementary-age kids.
Smiling Creek deep-diveNewer build, higher elevation and steeper ground on the southeastern slopes, where the City’s plan notes views of the Fraser Valley and Cascade Mountains. Bigger floorplans, longer driveways, often the last decision before estate-tier pricing. Best for: move-up buyers stretching for the long-hold home.
Partington Creek detailMid-tier detached — solid resale demand, classic Burke build vintage, balanced between family-house and view-house buyers. Best for: families who want Burke without paying the top of the Upper Burke ladder.
Highland zone overviewThe active edge of the mountain. As of October 20, 2026, releases selling include Polygon, Townline, StreetSide, Tangerine, Infinity, Wesbild, Morningstar and Foxridge homes, with Mosaic’s Marigold and Townside’s Atwood coming soon. Many are move-in ready or completing soon; deposit structures vary. Best for: buyers with timing flexibility and a 3-year horizon.
Browse pre-salesThe five lifestyle zones above each contain several named sub-pockets — specific strata communities, master-planned phases, or pre-construction releases. Every one of these has its own page on this site with build vintage, price band, floorplans, and how it differs from the strata next door.
Burke Mountain has been built out by roughly a dozen developers over the past 15 years. Each has a different reputation, a different finishing standard, and a different long-term resale story. Here's the active and recent lineup — with the page on this site that explains each one straight.
Or read the full graded directory of every Burke Mountain development →
Status checked October 20, 2026 against developer websites. Releases change week to week, so confirm with the developer, or ask me and I’ll check before you drive out.
3 & 4-bed · 1,380–2,220 sq ft
Polygon’s newest Burke release at 3630 Harper Road, with heat pumps, Level 2 EV charging and double garages. Polygon lists pricing from $968,000 (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Read the guide →119 homes · 3 & 4-bed
Craftsman-style townhomes with the 8,000+ sq ft Creekside Club. Polygon’s Partington Creek South release is now selling.
Read the guide →133 homes · 3 & 4-bed
Nordic-inspired townhomes at 1295 Rocklin Street with a central amenity building. Sales opened in June 2026.
Learn more →107 homes · 3 & 4-bed
Scandinavian-inspired townhomes at 1292 Rosenburg Way. Move-in-ready homes are on the market now.
Read the guide →3 & 4-bed
Three- and four-bedroom townhomes at 3546 Monson Crescent. The developer says a limited number of greenbelt and view homes remain.
See the fact sheet →35 homes · 3-bed & 3-bed + den
1,415–1,584 sq ft three-bedroom plans, some with a den, at 3643 Litchfield Avenue. Wesbild has just released 10 more homes.
Learn more →3 to 6-bed
Single-family and semi-detached homes at 3415 Galloway Avenue near Galloway Park. Morningstar lists it as now selling.
See the fact sheet →19 homes · 3 to 9-bed
Single-family homes on the edge of Burke Mountain, some backing onto parkland. Sales centre at 3589 Mee Place.
See the fact sheet →159 homes · 2 & 3-bed
3550 McVicar Court beside the future Burke Mountain Village, with underground parking and a 4,000 sq ft clubhouse. Townline lists it as now selling.
Read the guide →81 homes · completed 2025
Three-storey townhomes at 3535 Highland Drive near Harper Park, some with rooftop decks. StreetSide still lists its final homes for sale.
Read the guide →28 homes · 3 to 7-bed
Single-family homes up to about 4,000 sq ft with legal suites. Foxridge reported one move-in-ready home left.
See the fact sheet →3 & 4-bed townhomes
Planned at 1326 Marigold Street. Mosaic lists it as coming soon, with no pricing released yet.
See the fact sheet →Interested in these schools?
Explore homes for sale in the Burke Mountain area.
Considering a presale? Read the Burke Mountain presale homes guide and the presale townhomes shortlist before signing anything — deposit structure, completion-date risk, and GST applicability matter as much as the address.
Every development, graded →Most Burke decisions start with the home type, not the street. Here’s the breakdown by category with current benchmark pricing and the right page to keep going.
2010+ build, family floorplans, garage and yard standard. Lower Burke entry-tier, Upper Burke estate-tier, Highland and Heartwood in between.
Browse detached homesThe dominant first-purchase product on Burke. Townhome stratas at Versant, Rocklin, Culmena, Towns at Burke, Partington Creek, and beyond.
Browse townhomesReleases from Polygon, Townline, StreetSide, Tangerine, Infinity, Wesbild, Morningstar and Foxridge (checked October 20, 2026), with Mosaic’s Marigold and Townside’s Atwood coming soon. Deposit schedules, completion dates and assignment rules vary.
Active pre-sale releasesUpper Burke and Partington Creek — larger homes on steeper ground, with view potential on the southeastern slopes.
Burke estate homesThe two most-asked Burke Mountain questions are about schools and trails. The short version: depending on the address, Burke homes are in the Smiling Creek, Coast Salish or Leigh Elementary catchment, and parks and trails are close to many streets. Here’s the detail.
Burke Mountain is part of School District 43 (Coquitlam). Catchments can change from one block to the next, so check any address with the SD43 School Locator.
Pinecone Burke Provincial Park sits at the upper boundary; smaller urban parks thread the neighbourhood; the Coquitlam Crunch is a short drive west. And since September 25, 2026, the mountain has its own sports facility — Burke Mountain Athletic Park on David Avenue.
Burke Mountain wasn’t built piecemeal. It follows the City of Coquitlam’s Northeast Coquitlam Area Plan and its neighbourhood plans, which set where homes go, where parks stay and where the Village centre sits. Wesbild is one of the largest land developers on the mountain.
That planning shows up on the ground: a fairly consistent build vintage, trails and parks threaded through the streets, and school and park sites set aside as neighbourhoods were planned. Prices still vary across the mountain by home type, age, slope and position.
The agreement that shaped everything.
Direct comparisons against the other Tri-Cities options.
Burke Mountain is one neighbourhood on the map but several very different purchases on the ground. This is the order I work through it with buyers.
We start with how you live: commute, schools, budget and how long you plan to stay. Then I match that to the parts of the mountain that fit, from the established streets near David Avenue to the newer, steeper ground around Partington Creek and the future Burke Mountain Village.
Before you fall for a home, I check the address with the SD43 School Locator. Burke is served by Smiling Creek, Coast Salish or Leigh Elementary depending on the address, and a new SD43 secondary school is under construction, so I flag where catchments could change.
I put the developer releases selling now beside resale homes at the same price: deposits, GST, completion dates and warranty. I check each developer’s status on its own website and on MLS®, so you are comparing homes that are actually available, not last season’s brochure.
Before writing, I pull recent comparable Burke sales, review the strata or disclosure documents, and line up subjects with your lender and lawyer. On sloped lots I ask for geotechnical, retaining-wall and drainage information. Then we settle price and terms together, with no pressure to rush.
For real examples of how this plays out, read my Tri-Cities case studies. Read the Tri-Cities case studies →
On Burke Mountain I’ve represented buyers. Sitting on the other side of the table shows you exactly how Burke buyers decide, and what makes them move fast or wait.
Asking $2,100,000 · Bought $2,075,000 · 2 days
A well-priced, well-presented Burke home doesn’t last. I moved early and negotiated hard for my buyers. The lesson for sellers: launch it right and serious buyers come to you.
See the home →
Asking $1,134,900 · Bought $1,065,000
I weighed two identical units against each other to help my buyers win, and they bought under asking. The lesson for sellers: on Burke, your buyer is comparing you to the unit next door, and presentation and terms decide who wins.
See the home →
Asking $1,235,888 · Bought $1,185,000 · 58 days
This home had been on the market for a while, and we used strong negotiating tactics to drive the price down for my buyers. The lesson for sellers: the longer a home sits, the more leverage buyers have. Price, presentation and launch decide the first few weeks.
See the home →My own listings across Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, 2021–2026, from MLS® records (purchases for buyers not included). The Tri-Cities figure covers my Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody listings only. Google rating as of November 2026. “Final list price” is the asking price after any changes. Past results don’t predict future ones. How I sell a home →
Selling on Burke Mountain?
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Not ready for a number yet? Selling on Burke Mountain, step by step · The Burke Mountain guide and map · Book a 20-minute strategy call
The eight questions buyers and sellers ask first — with answers built from nine years of actually living up here and writing files on these streets.
Newer family-oriented growth pocket in northeast Coquitlam, built out over the past 15 years. Known for newer construction, family-sized homes, the Smiling Creek, Coast Salish and Leigh Elementary catchments (depending on the address), and a park and trail network that reaches up toward Pinecone Burke Provincial Park.
As of October 2026 the Burke Mountain detached HPI benchmark is $1,903,200 (−0.9% YoY) and the townhouse benchmark is $1,029,400 (−5.7% YoY), per the GVR® REALTOR® Report neighbourhood table. Across all property types the median October sale was $1,199,900 (GVR Stats Centre). Pre-sale and resale availability varies month to month. Specific street, lot orientation, school catchment and position on the mountain materially shift the number. The current full snapshot lives on /burke-mountain-homes/.
Yes — Burke Mountain was specifically built around family demand. The catchment elementary schools (Smiling Creek, Coast Salish and Leigh) are close to many homes; the neighbourhood has trail and park access on most streets; the new construction stock typically suits family floorplans. The trade-off is distance to SkyTrain and downtown commute time — see the cost of living on Burke and moving to Burke pages for the practical day-to-day picture.
Burke Mountain is newer, with active new-construction supply and newer elementary schools such as Smiling Creek (opened 2018) and Coast Salish. Westwood Plateau is more established, with more golf-course and view homes. Check any address in either area with the SD43 School Locator. Different decisions for different families. Full side-by-side at Burke vs Westwood Plateau.
Burke Mountain has roughly five distinct lifestyle zones (Village, Lower Burke / Smiling Creek, Upper Burke / Partington Creek, Highland / Heights, and the Pre-Sale Frontier). Which zone fits depends on budget, school catchment, and how much commute matters. The zone-by-zone breakdown is in the lifestyle-zones section above, with the full map and zone-vs-zone deep dive at Burke Mountain Map & Area Guide.
Burke Mountain is part of School District 43 (SD43 Coquitlam). The current catchment ladder is Leigh, Smiling Creek and Coast Salish at the K–5 level, Minnekhada or Kwayhquitlum Middle for grades 6–8, and Terry Fox Secondary for grades 9–12, depending on the address. A new SD43 secondary school is under construction on Burke Mountain; SD43 is targeting a Fall 2027 opening and will confirm its grades and catchment. French immersion options exist in nearby catchments. Catchment lines shift street-by-street — the full catchment-by-address guide is at Burke Mountain Schools Guide.
Yes. As of October 20, 2026, releases are selling from Polygon, Townline, StreetSide, Tangerine, Infinity, Wesbild, Morningstar and Foxridge, and Mosaic’s Marigold and Townside’s Atwood are coming soon. Pre-sale options change monthly. Current pre-sale and pre-construction map at Burke Mountain Pre-Sale Homes and Burke Mountain Developments.
Yes — as of September 25, 2026. Burke Mountain Athletic Park at 3390 David Avenue officially opened that day with a 400-metre rubberized track, a lit artificial turf field lined for soccer, field hockey and field lacrosse, and four lit tennis courts. It shares its site with a new SD43 secondary school under construction next door (SD43 is targeting a Fall 2027 opening); on-site parking and washrooms open when that construction is finished.
It depends on your budget, your timeline and how much space you'll need long term. Many buyers start in a Burke Mountain townhome and move up within the neighbourhood later; others go straight to detached to solve a longer-term family need. Compare both against the same school catchment and commute before deciding.
Narrowing in on specific listings before understanding which part of the mountain fits them. Burke Mountain varies a lot by builder, build year, slope, school catchment and distance to the future Village. Sort out the area first, then the listing.
Day-to-day shopping is still mostly a short drive down to Coquitlam Centre and the Town Centre area. Burke Mountain Village is planned as the neighbourhood's centre for retail, services and public space as it builds out.
Whether it's a good time depends on your plan more than the calendar. Several developers are still selling new homes on Burke, so compare presale and resale options side by side, and check recent sales of similar homes before you commit.
Deeper read: Is now a good time to buy in Coquitlam? →
Different markets, different buyers. Quick read:
Burke Mountain ($1,903,200 detached benchmark): newer construction, walkable elementary schools, Smiling Creek / Coast Salish / Leigh catchments. Best for buyers who value newer construction and modern open-plan layouts.
Heritage Mountain ($1,877,900 detached benchmark): view premium, larger lots, established landscaping, Aspenwood / Eagle Mountain / Heritage Woods catchment. Best for buyers who value the Burrard Inlet view.
Westwood Plateau ($1.72M detached benchmark): executive family homes, golf-course frontages, Pinetree or Heritage Woods Secondary catchment by address. Best for buyers who value larger lots and golf-course views.
Compare in depth: Burke Mountain vs Heritage Mountain · Burke Mountain vs Westwood Plateau.
The construction premium is real but uneven. A few rules of thumb based on recent comps:
Established resale (10–15 yr): baseline. Newer resale (3–9 yr): typically priced above the established-resale comp on the same street. Just-completed new build (0–2 yr): usually commands a further premium over Tier 2.
The catch: mixing tiers in your comp set inflates or deflates the median in the wrong direction. Pricing strategy needs to set the high-case range against tier-matched comps, not generic Burke CMAs. That's especially important now that the 2027–2028 new-build completion wave is starting to land.
Yes — it's a common Burke Mountain transaction. The big patterns: upsizing from a Burke townhome into a Burke detached, relocating across to Heritage Mountain, Westwood Plateau, or Heritage Woods for a different lifestyle, or coordinating a presale completion with a resale sale.
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 →
Different markets, different buyers.
Burke Mountain is mostly newer housing, with Smiling Creek, Coast Salish or Leigh Elementary catchments depending on the address. Westwood Plateau is older and more established, with mature landscaping, a golf course and Pinetree or Heritage Woods Secondary catchments depending on the address. Which fits better depends on your budget, commute and the specific home.
Compare in depth: Burke Mountain vs Westwood Plateau · Burke Mountain Homes.
I live here. I’ve spent more than nine years on these streets, watched the releases come and go, bought three properties on the mountain myself, and helped families moving in, moving out, and trying to figure out which pocket fits. That “lived-experience” layer is the thing AI summaries can’t fake and a fly-in realtor can’t copy.
9+ year Burke Mountain resident · Earned on a Top 1% Team — Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, 2023–2025 · Earned on a Medallion Club Team, 2021–2025 · Royal LePage Elite West · BCFSA Licence #187645. Burke Mountain, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra. Focused on move-up families.
The fastest way to see what “done right” looks like on Burke is to read a real client’s walk-through. Below are the verified case studies on this site — full scenarios, sequencing decisions, and what the result was. Each linked case study is based on a real client file.
Real client file. Sell-and-buy sequencing, Equity Map decision, deposit + bridge handling, final outcome.
Read the case studyFirst-time buyer family entering Coquitlam. Pre-approval through close, what went sideways, how it got resolved.
Read the case studyHow a Coquitlam family sequenced selling their starter home and buying their forever home in the same season.
Read the walkthroughHow cap rate, rent comparables and the real carrying costs work on a Coquitlam rental property, worked through step by step.
Read the guide4.9 stars across 38+ Google reviews. Three, verbatim.
“We received seven offers, and Craig held firm on our priorities: no subject to sale and achieving our price.”
Jim Turnbull · Google Review“Craig sold my property in just 6 days. Before I knew it, we had multiple offers — all over asking price.”
Heather Fox · Google Review“Craig worked with my wife and me for over 3 years to find the perfect home.”
David Catterall · Google ReviewEvery figure on this page is sourced. Stats update monthly when GVR publishes new data.
Authored by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) · Royal LePage Elite West · Burke Mountain resident since 2017. This page is editorial commentary, not legal or tax advice. Always verify current MLS® data and consult your own legal & tax professionals before transacting.
Every Burke Mountain guide on this site, organized by topic. Bookmark this section — or hit ⌘K any time to search.
Whether you’re scouting a first home, planning the move up to detached, sequencing a sell-and-buy, or just trying to figure out if Burke is the right fit — the next step is the same. A 20-minute call, no pressure, every question answered.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Burke Mountain homes are in the Smiling Creek, Coast Salish or Leigh Elementary catchments, then Minnekhada or Kwayhquitlum Middle and Terry Fox Secondary, depending on the address. A new SD43 secondary school is under construction on Burke Mountain. SD43 is targeting a Fall 2027 opening and will confirm its grades and catchment. Check any specific address with the SD43 School Locator before you write an offer.
Verify your exact address
Look up any Burke Mountain address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
Opened in 2018 on Princeton Avenue in upper Burke Mountain.
View school →On Sheffield Avenue; one of the newest SD43 schools on Burke Mountain.
View school →Serves parts of lower Burke Mountain.
View school →Port Coquitlam middle school that serves Burke Mountain addresses.
View school →Port Coquitlam middle school that serves Burke Mountain addresses.
View school →Port Coquitlam secondary school that serves Burke Mountain addresses.
View school →Catchments can change. Verify any specific address against the official SD43 school locator before relying on it.
Full Burke Mountain schools guide →Continue your research
Price bands
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New builds
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