Detached benchmark
$1,584,400
Coquitlam detached HPI, September 2026 GVR®. −6.6% year over year, −0.9% from August.
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The September 2026 Greater Vancouver REALTORS® release in one page. Benchmark prices and year-over-year change by segment, sales-to-active listings ratios, average days on market, what they mean for buyers vs sellers vs move-up families, and the three things that stand out in this month’s data. No headlines, no spin. Just the data, with context.
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The September 2026 headline
What's the current Coquitlam market doing?
Just below balanced, drifting softer. Detached HPI is $1,584,400 (down 6.6% year over year). Townhouse is $976,600 (down 6.4%). Apartment is $640,100 (down 7.3%). Coquitlam's sales-to-active ratios are 9.8% for detached, 13.3% for townhouses and 10.5% for condos (GVR REALTOR® Report) — detached and condos below the 12% line where prices tend to face downward pressure, townhouses in the balanced range. Month-over-month moves are modest (detached down 0.9%, townhouse down 1.1%, apartment down 0.9% from August), so this is a slow drift rather than a slide. Buyers have real choice and real negotiating room; sellers priced to current comparable sales still transact.
Direct from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® release published October 2, 2026. Every figure below is machine-read from that month’s REALTOR® Report — no estimates, no fabricated counts.
Coquitlam detached HPI, September 2026 GVR®. −6.6% year over year, −0.9% from August.
Coquitlam townhouse HPI, September 2026 GVR®. −6.4% year over year, −1.1% from August.
Coquitlam apartment HPI, September 2026 GVR®. −7.3% year over year, −0.9% from August.
Coquitlam detached, September 2026 — 46 sales against 470 active listings (GVR REALTOR® Report). Below the 12% line. Townhouse 13.3%, condo 10.5%.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® statistics package, September 2026 data, released October 2, 2026. Last refreshed October 25, 2026. The next GVR release, covering October 2026 data, is expected in early November 2026.
Neighbourhood-level data
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Every Tri-Cities neighbourhood with a published GVR benchmark — benchmark price, 12-month change and sales-to-active ratio for detached, townhouse and condo, updated after each monthly GVR report.
The sales-to-active listings ratio compares closed sales in the month against the pool of homes actively listed. It is the measure Greater Vancouver REALTORS® itself uses to describe market balance, and analysts read it in three bands:
A ratio on its own is a snapshot, not a forecast — the bands describe pressure that shows up over several months, not a single month’s reading.
Sales, active listings and average days on market are the September 2026 figures published in the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Report for Coquitlam. Each ratio is sales divided by active listings for that segment.
Three reader groups make different decisions from the same data. Here's the honest read for each:
Detached is down 6.6% year over year, but its sales-to-active ratio is 9.8%, the lowest of the three segments and, with apartments, below the 12% line. Apartments carry the most standing inventory: 600 active listings against 63 sales. Townhomes are the exception at 13.3%, so come prepared to move on a good one. Best window if you have a 5+ year horizon and comfortable qualification; wait if you're max-qualifying or under 5 years on timeline.
Not a hot seller market — Coquitlam detached ran 9.8% sales-to-active (GVR REALTOR® Report), below the balanced band. September's average days on market ran 50 for detached, 31 for townhomes and 39 for apartments. Pricing precision, presentation, concentrated launch marketing and structured negotiation are the difference between a clean close and a stalled relist. Homes priced to current comparable sales transact; homes priced to last year's comparable sales sit.
Over the past twelve months detached is down 6.6% and townhouse down 6.4%, so the climb from townhome to detached is a little smaller than it was a year ago — the gap between the two benchmarks stands at $607,800, about $44,300 narrower than in September 2025. What has changed most is where the pressure sits: townhomes are the tightest segment at 13.3% while detached is the loosest at 9.8%, so most families are selling into relative strength and buying into relative softness. Parallel Motion — list and shop at the same time — is the right play for most families, not sell-first or buy-first.
Three things the headline benchmark prices don’t quite tell you on their own:
Apartments account for 600 of Coquitlam’s detached, townhouse and apartment active listings (against 470 detached and 196 townhouse) on 63 sales in September — a 10.5% ratio that sits below the 12% line, with more competing choice than any other segment and an average 39 days on market. Buyers can afford to be selective. Sellers in this segment need presentation and pricing precision more than anywhere else in the city.
Townhouse is down 6.4% year over year (detached 6.6%, apartment 7.3%) and carries the tightest sales-to-active ratio (13.3%) and the shortest average days on market (31). Current demand is firmest there — though the townhouse benchmark also slipped 1.1% in the month, so pricing still has to match current comparables. Well-priced family townhomes are the one Coquitlam product where buyers should still expect competition.
Every segment is down year over year, but the month-over-month movement is small: detached down 0.9%, townhouse down 1.1%, apartment down 0.9% from August. That distinction matters when you're timing a move. A market drifting by a point or two a month rewards patience and precision on both sides of the trade — it doesn't reward panic pricing in either direction.
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Straight answers
September 2026 GVR® data: Coquitlam detached HPI benchmark is $1,584,400 (−6.6% year over year, −0.9% from August); townhouse $976,600 (−6.4%, −1.1%); apartment $640,100 (−7.3%, −0.9%). By segment (GVR REALTOR® Report), sales-to-active ratios were: detached 9.8%, townhouse 13.3%, apartment 10.5%. Average days on market in September 2026: detached 50, townhouse 31, apartment 39. The correction is broad but orderly: every segment is down year over year, yet month-over-month moves are all under 2%.
For buyers with a 5+ year horizon, comfortable qualification and a target neighbourhood, September 2026 offers more negotiating room than a year ago. Detached is down 6.6% year over year, but its sales-to-active ratio is 9.8%, the lowest of the three segments and, with apartments, below the 12% line where prices tend to face downward pressure. Apartments carry the most standing inventory: 600 active listings against 63 sales. Townhomes are the exception at 13.3%, so expect competition on well-priced family townhomes. For buyers under a 5-year horizon or at the top of their qualification, waiting and saving more is usually the better answer.
It depends on your property type. In September 2026, Coquitlam detached ran 9.8% sales-to-active and condos 10.5% (GVR REALTOR® Report) — both below the balanced band. Townhomes were the tightest segment at 13.3% and averaged 31 days on market; detached ran 9.8% and 50 days; apartments 10.5% and 39 days. This is not a hot seller market, so the five levers — pricing, presentation, marketing, launch and negotiation — have to be pulled together. Homes priced to current comparable sales transact; homes priced to last year’s comparable sales sit.
Monthly, shortly after the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® release. The September 2026 data on this page came from the GVR statistics package published October 2, 2026. The next update, covering October 2026 data, is expected in early November 2026. Subscribers to the monthly Tri-Cities update get it by email the same day.
The sales-to-active listings ratio compares closed sales in the month against the pool of homes actively listed — the measure Greater Vancouver REALTORS® uses to describe market balance. Analysts generally read it this way: sustained below about 12%, prices tend to face downward pressure; 12–20% is balanced; above 20% the market favours sellers and prices tend to face upward pressure. In September 2026, by segment: detached 9.8% (46 sales, 470 active listings), townhouse 13.3% (26 sales, 196 active), apartment 10.5% (63 sales, 600 active).
What the September data shows is a supply-and-demand imbalance. Apartments account for 600 of Coquitlam’s detached, townhouse and apartment active listings (against 470 detached and 196 townhouse) — nearly half the city’s standing inventory — against 63 sales in the month, a 10.5% sales-to-active ratio, and an average 39 days on market. More competing supply relative to demand is what a falling benchmark reflects. Month over month the segment eased 0.9% (townhomes −1.1%, detached −0.9%) — so the twelve-month figure is a gradual reset rather than a sharp drop. For buyers that means the widest choice in the market; for sellers it means presentation and pricing precision matter more in this segment than anywhere else in Coquitlam.
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