Detached benchmark
$1,599,100
Coquitlam detached HPI, August 2026 GVR®. −5.9% year over year, −1.8% from July.
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The August 2026 headline
What's the current Coquitlam market doing?
Just below balanced, drifting softer. Detached HPI is $1,599,100 (down 5.9% year over year). Townhouse is $987,900 (down 8.5% — the deepest 12-month reset of the three). Apartment is $646,100 (down 7.8%). Coquitlam's all-property-type sales-to-active listings ratio is 11.7% (GVR Stats Centre) — just below the 12% line where prices tend to face downward pressure. Month-over-month moves are modest (detached down 1.8%, townhouse down 0.3%, apartment down 0.8% from July), 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 September 2, 2026. Every figure below is machine-read from that month’s REALTOR® Report — no estimates, no fabricated counts.
Coquitlam detached HPI, August 2026 GVR®. −5.9% year over year, −1.8% from July.
Coquitlam townhouse HPI, August 2026 GVR®. −8.5% year over year, −0.3% from July — the deepest 12-month reset of the three segments, but the smallest monthly move.
Coquitlam apartment HPI, August 2026 GVR®. −7.8% year over year, −0.8% from July.
Coquitlam, all property types, August 2026 — 150 sales against 1,287 active listings (GVR Stats Centre). Just below the 12% line.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® statistics package, August 2026 data, released September 2, 2026. Last refreshed September 4, 2026. The next GVR release, covering September 2026 data, is expected in early October 2026.
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 August 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 5.9% year over year — the shallowest twelve-month decline of the three — but its sales-to-active ratio is 9.1%, the lowest of the three segments and, with apartments, below the 12% line. Apartments carry the most standing inventory: 587 active listings against 59 sales. Townhomes are the exception at 18.1%, 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's all-type ratio is 11.7%, just below the balanced band. August's average days on market ran 57 for detached, 25 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.
Townhouse repriced harder than detached over the past twelve months (down 8.5% against down 5.9%), so the climb from townhome to detached is no easier than it was a year ago — the gap between the two benchmarks stands at $611,200. What has changed is where the pressure sits: townhomes are the tightest segment at 18.1% while detached is the loosest at 9.1%, 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 587 of Coquitlam’s 1,244 active listings on 59 sales in August — a 10.1% 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 posted the deepest twelve-month decline of the three segments (down 8.5%) and, at the same time, the tightest sales-to-active ratio (18.1%) and the shortest average days on market (25). Those two facts sit together: the past year repriced townhomes hardest, and current demand is firmest there. 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 1.8%, townhouse down 0.3%, apartment down 0.8% from July. 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
August 2026 GVR® data: Coquitlam detached HPI benchmark is $1,599,100 (−5.9% year over year, −1.8% from July); townhouse $987,900 (−8.5%, −0.3%); apartment $646,100 (−7.8%, −0.8%). The all-property-type sales-to-active listings ratio is 11.7% (GVR Stats Centre: 150 sales against 1,287 active listings) — just below the 12% line. By segment: detached 9.1%, townhouse 18.1%, apartment 10.1%. Average days on market in August 2026: detached 57, townhouse 25, 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, August 2026 offers more choice and more negotiating room than a year ago. Detached is down 5.9% year over year — the shallowest twelve-month decline of the three — but its sales-to-active ratio is 9.1%, 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: 587 active listings against 59 sales. Townhomes are the exception at 18.1%, 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. Coquitlam’s all-type sales-to-active ratio was 11.7% in August 2026 — just below the balanced band. Townhomes were the tightest segment at 18.1% and averaged 25 days on market; detached ran 9.1% and 57 days; apartments 10.1% 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.
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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 August 2026 Coquitlam’s all-property-type ratio was 11.7%. By segment: detached 9.1% (42 sales, 464 active listings), townhouse 18.1% (35 sales, 193 active), apartment 10.1% (59 sales, 587 active).
What the August data shows is a supply-and-demand imbalance. Apartments account for 587 of Coquitlam’s 1,244 active listings — nearly half the city’s standing inventory — against 59 sales in the month, a 10.1% 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 0.8% — between townhomes (−0.3%) and detached (−1.8%) — 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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