Living in Queensborough: What the Listings Say

Queensborough splits almost evenly across three housing types. Of 103 active listings, 34 are detached houses, 34 are townhouses, and 32 are condos, each holding roughly a third of the market. The remainder is thin: two other homes and a single half duplex. That balance shapes what you can shop for here. The median year built is 2014, so much of the stock is recent, and 24. 8 percent of listings are new builds. The median home covers 1,417 square feet at 637 dollars per square foot. Prices track the type. Detached houses carry a median of 1,274,000 dollars, townhouses sit at 879,000, and condos come in at 729,500. Buildings like Timber House, with nine listings, and The Peninsula, with six, anchor the newer supply. If you want a modern home in New Westminster, this is a neighbourhood built for it.

That 1,417 square feet is the number to sit with. It buys a townhouse or condo big enough for a family without the upkeep of a detached lot, and the median strata fee of 457 dollars a month tells you what the shared maintenance costs. Add that fee to your mortgage and it becomes part of the monthly math from day one. A townhouse at 879,000 dollars and a condo at 729,500 both carry that strata line, so the real gap between them narrows once you run the full carrying cost. Two bedrooms run a median of 749,000 dollars. Three bedrooms sit at 899,900. Most of the buildings here are recent, with a median year built of 2014, which keeps repair bills lower and the fees more predictable than older stock tends to allow. Timber House holds nine active listings. The Peninsula holds six. Life in these buildings means someone else handles the roof, the grounds, and the exterior while you cover the fee. Budget the 457 dollars and you know what you are signing up for.

Start with the price bands, because they tell you where your search actually lands. Forty-two of the 103 listings fall between 750,000 and 1,000,000 dollars, and another 20 sit between 500,000 and 750,000. That is where the depth is. If your budget clears 919,000 dollars, the median, you can look across all three main types rather than one. Below that, you are mostly shopping condos and the smaller townhouses. So book time to walk through a two-bedroom near 749,000 and a three-bedroom near 899,900 in the same afternoon. Feel the difference in square footage against the price gap. Bring the 457 dollar strata fee into the conversation with your lender before you make an offer.