Craig Johnston Personal Real Estate Corporation · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite West
The latest benchmark price for a typical West Vancouver detached home and condo, how far each has moved in a year, and how it compares with Coquitlam. Written for West Vancouver owners thinking about selling, downsizing or moving, and buyers weighing West Vancouver against Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam.
Data: GVR Stats Package (MLS® HPI), September 2026 · Figures refreshed: October 7, 2026 · BCFSA Licence: 187645 · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite WestAs of September 2026, the benchmark price in West Vancouver is: detached homes $2,822,900 (−9.9% over 12 months); condos $1,097,300 (−5.7% over 12 months).
Every figure is the MLS® Home Price Index benchmark: the value of a typical home of that type, tracked the same way every month. Your own home can sit well above or below it, depending on lot, condition, layout and street.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly Stats Package, MLS® Home Price Index benchmark table, September 2026. Benchmark = the MLS® HPI value for a typical home of that type, not an average sale price. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®.
West Vancouver is on the North Shore, west of North Vancouver. Greater Vancouver REALTORS®’ monthly Stats Package benchmark table has West Vancouver figures for detached homes and condos but not for townhouses, so this report shows those two. Both benchmarks are lower than a year ago.
| Home type | Benchmark | 12-month change |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | $2,822,900 | −9.9% |
| Condo / apartment | $1,097,300 | −5.7% |
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly Stats Package, MLS® Home Price Index benchmark table, September 2026. Benchmark = the MLS® HPI value for a typical home of that type, not an average sale price. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®.
Both figures come from the same Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark table for the same month, so the difference is a fair like-for-like gap for a typical home. “Above” means West Vancouver’s benchmark is higher than Coquitlam’s; “below” means it’s lower.
| Home type | West Vancouver | Coquitlam | Difference vs Coquitlam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | $2,822,900 | $1,584,400 | $1,238,500 above |
| Condo / apartment | $1,097,300 | $640,100 | $457,200 above |
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly Stats Package, MLS® Home Price Index benchmark table, September 2026. Benchmark = the MLS® HPI value for a typical home of that type, not an average sale price. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Difference = the gap between the two benchmarks, same table, same month. “Above” means West Vancouver’s benchmark is higher than Coquitlam’s.
If you own in West Vancouver and you’re weighing a move to Coquitlam, Port Moody or Port Coquitlam, this table compares the typical West Vancouver home with a typical Tri-Cities home of the same or the next type. Both sides come from the same Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark table for the same month, so the gap is like for like. “More” means the Tri-Cities home’s benchmark is higher; “less” means it’s lower.
| Move | Typical West Vancouver home | Coquitlam: difference | Port Moody: difference | Port Coquitlam: difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Vancouver condo → Tri-Cities townhouse | $1,097,300 | $120,700 less | $156,400 less | $263,000 less |
| West Vancouver condo → Tri-Cities detached home | $1,097,300 | $487,100 more | $806,200 more | $143,300 more |
| West Vancouver detached home → Tri-Cities detached home | $2,822,900 | $1,238,500 less | $919,400 less | $1,582,300 less |
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly Stats Package, MLS® Home Price Index benchmark table, September 2026. Benchmark = the MLS® HPI value for a typical home of that type, not an average sale price. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Difference = Tri-Cities benchmark minus West Vancouver benchmark, same table, same month.
This is the gap between two typical homes, not a quote. Your own sale price and the home you choose set the real number, and property transfer tax on the purchase, selling costs and moving costs come on top. The move-up guide walks through the order of steps, sell first or buy first? covers the timing, and the cost of selling and buying costs guides cover the rest.
Benchmarks here are lower than a year ago, so last year’s sale on your street is not this year’s price. Buyers check the most recent comparable sales; a price set from them gets seen, a price set from memory tends to sit.
Get my Equity Map →With prices below a year ago, you can take time to compare — but the well-priced homes in good locations still go first. Get pre-approved, know your ceiling, and judge each home against recent sales, not its list price.
Ask me a questionSelling one home and buying the next is easier to plan than it looks: what matters most is the gap between your sale and your purchase. I’ll map both sides — your likely sale range and what the next home costs — before you commit to either.
Book a 20-min strategy callWest Vancouver is in School District 45 – West Vancouver. Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam are in School District 43 – Coquitlam, so a move between them means a new school district. Catchments are set address by address: check the exact address with the district before you buy.
SD43 catchment lookup →Since September 7, 2026, the R2 RapidBus has run all day from Park Royal through North Vancouver to Metrotown in Burnaby. It connects with the Millennium Line at Brentwood Town Centre Station — the same SkyTrain line that runs to Coquitlam — and with the Expo Line at Metrotown.
Checked November 2026. Sources: Province of BC, K-12 school districts · TransLink, Millennium Line · TransLink, R2 RapidBus extension, September 2026.
The benchmark tells you where your neighbourhood stands. Your Equity Map tells you where your home stands: a one-page, written read built from recent comparable sales and the active competition around your address, and what you’d walk away with after costs. I prepare every one myself — not an algorithm — and usually send it within 24 hours (business days).
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The benchmark tells you which way West Vancouver is moving. A price for an actual home comes from the sales around it, and that’s the work I do for every client, wherever the home is:
Start with this month’s benchmark and its 12-month change for your home type, so every decision is made against the market as it is now.
Recent sales of homes genuinely like yours, plus what’s listed right now — the homes buyers will compare yours with.
Paired-sale analysis: comparing sales that differ by one feature to see what that feature is actually worth.
A one-page Equity Map with a likely sale range and your net after costs, usually within 24 hours, and a 20-minute call if you want to walk through it.
First home, a move from Vancouver, or just trying to understand the numbers above — send me your question. I reply personally, and there’s no obligation to work with me.
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I’m Craig Johnston. I’ve lived in the Tri-Cities for more than 47 years and on Burke Mountain for more than nine. The question I hear most from homeowners is simple: what’s happening to prices in my neighbourhood? It deserves a straight, sourced answer — not a guess dressed up as an algorithm. That’s why these reports only show what the real estate boards actually published, and why the number for your own address is one I prepare myself.
Tri-Cities resident 47+ years · Focused on move-up families · Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra · Royal LePage Elite West · BCFSA Licence #187645.
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The questions people ask most about these numbers.
In September 2026, the detached benchmark was $2,822,900 in West Vancouver (−9.9% over 12 months). The benchmark is the value of a typical detached home, not an average sale price.
Greater Vancouver REALTORS® doesn’t publish one in its monthly benchmark table for West Vancouver, so this report shows detached homes and condos only rather than estimating a townhouse figure.
From the MLS® Home Price Index table in Greater Vancouver REALTORS®’ monthly Stats Package. Every figure is read from the published report and checked automatically against it before the page is updated; nothing is estimated.
Monthly, once the board’s full set of reports for the previous month has been published.
No. It describes a typical home and is designed to track direction consistently. Lot, condition, layout and your exact street can put a real home well above or below it. For your address, request an Equity Map — I prepare it myself from recent comparable sales.
The monthly package I use for these areas gives sales against new listings, which is a different measure from the sales-to-active ratio on my Tri-Cities reports. Rather than show two different ratios that look the same, I leave it out here.
Most of my business is in Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam. If you’re buying or selling in West Vancouver, book a 20-minute call and we’ll talk through your plans.
The benchmark tells you which way the market is moving. A 20-minute call tells you what it means for your move.
