Your Trusted Realtor in Vancouver, BC

Vancouver’s residential real estate is shaped by three forces that do not move in lockstep: federal mortgage qualification rules and the Bank of Canada’s policy rate, the City of Vancouver’s evolving zoning regime (multiplex housing on most single-family lots, the Broadway Plan, transit-oriented density along the Cambie Corridor), and the federal Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act. Pricing and inventory shift on the news cycle for each. Reading the Vancouver market means reading all three.

Westside detached prices in Kerrisdale, Dunbar, Point Grey, and Shaughnessy hinge on lot value, school catchment, and the now-permitted multiplex potential of single-family lots under recent City of Vancouver rezoning. The Cambie Corridor and Oakridge are the densification spine — concrete condos along the Canada Line, with new tower releases at Oakridge, King Edward, and Marine-Drive stations. East Vancouver — Renfrew-Collingwood, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney, Victoria-Fraserview, Hastings-Sunrise, and Mount Pleasant — runs at a different cadence: character houses, infill duplexes, and townhomes trade at prices generally below the Westside, with the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain station and the Kingsway corridor as the major value anchors.

Strata-building condition matters disproportionately in Vancouver because many of the city’s wood-frame buildings are now 30 to 40+ years old and heading into major envelope work. Depreciation reports, contingency reserve fund balance, and outstanding special-assessment risk are the diligence items that decide whether a condo is a good value at any given price. For detached houses, the multiplex-eligibility question under R1-1 zoning often adds option value above what the existing house is worth on its own — worth checking before any offer.

AG. Song is a licensed REALTOR® with Pacific Evergreen Realty Ltd., a brokerage registered with the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) under the Real Estate Services Act. Every client gets a written representation agreement that sets out the level of service, the brokerage’s role, and the agency relationship — required by the BC Real Estate Services Rules. A BC REALTOR®’s licence is verifiable on the public BCFSA professional registry.

Dual agency is no longer permitted in British Columbia. AG. Song represents the buyer or the seller on any given transaction — not both sides of the same deal. The narrow limited-dual-agency exemptions that exist for remote communities do not apply in Vancouver.

Service is available in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese — from the first consultation through contract review, subject removal, completion, and possession. The contract details that get lost in translation are the ones that cost money later. Working in a client’s first language is not a marketing add-on; it’s how the work gets done correctly.

Buying residential property in Vancouver as a non-Canadian is restricted under the federal Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act through January 1, 2027. Several exceptions apply. See the Buy page for eligibility information, and obtain independent legal advice before making an offer.