Ambleside homes for sale

What does a home cost in Ambleside?

Ambleside has 55 active MLS® listings. The median asking price is $2.40M, with homes listed from $370K to $9M. That is about 20% below the West Vancouver median of $3M. Figures reflect current asking prices on active listings, refreshed hourly, not sold prices.

What types of homes are for sale in Ambleside?

Detached listings make up 56% of what is for sale in Ambleside (31 of 55 listings), with a median asking price of $3.27M. Condo / Apartment listings are next at 36%, typically asking $859K. The gap between property types is real money here: a typical condo asks $859K while a typical detached home asks $3.27M.

How does Ambleside compare to other areas?

For context across the region: Whalley (median $549K), Willoughby Heights (median $837K), Abbotsford West (median $700K). Ambleside carries the highest median asking price of this group. Comparing a few adjacent areas is often the fastest way to see whether a listing is priced with its street or against it.

What kind of homes are in Ambleside?

There is no single housing type in Ambleside. The active listings run detached houses at 56%, condos at 36% and townhouses at 4%, which means two buyers with the same budget can end up shopping for very different homes on the same streets.

Construction dates are spread out. The median home for sale dates to 1980, with most of the market falling between 1945 and 2016, so condition and updates vary a lot from listing to listing.

What do you actually get for the money?

46% of the homes for sale have four or more bedrooms, though smaller 2-bedroom homes still turn up regularly. Family-sized space is the norm here rather than the premium option.

A typical listing here offers about 2,565 sq ft of living space and 3 bathrooms.

Where a lot is reported, the median is 10,320 sq ft, which is what sets the ceiling on additions, laneway homes and future redevelopment.

29% of the listings report a finished basement, which in this city usually means either extra family space or a mortgage helper.

Enclosed parking is standard: 73% of listings include a garage.

Strata or freehold?

37% of the active listings are strata-titled and the rest are freehold, so the ownership question is a live one in Ambleside rather than settled by the neighbourhood.

Across the 23 listings that disclose one, the median strata fee is $783 per month. Read it against what it covers before comparing two buildings on price alone.

Getting around Ambleside

There is no rapid-transit station in Ambleside, but 51% of the listings are within reach of a frequent bus route.

Across 47 scored listings the median walk score is 65 out of 100, computed from real walking routes. Day-to-day errands here usually involve a drive or a bus.

Cycling scores better than walking in a lot of the city, and it does here too: the median bike score across scored listings is 86.

Setting and surroundings

20% of the homes for sale are close to the water, so seawall and beach access is part of what buyers are paying for.

51% of the listings fall near a top-ranked school catchment, which tends to hold value in this part of the market even when the wider market cools.