Where to Buy a Townhome in Burnaby & New Westminster

Burnaby and New Westminster are two thriving cities that boast easy access to recreation, green space and excellent city amenities. Though once considered bedroom communities (they are both located east or southeast of the City of Vancouver), today these two cities are thriving on their own.

Part of the draw is the smaller-town feel with the big-city options. These are large Lower Mainland cities that offer great commuter access to a variety of major employers, but they’re small enough to retain a strong community identity. For buyers, there’s a range of popular residential area each offering a variety of home choices. Buyers looking for more space, less maintenance and a more affordable purchase price, a townhouse in Burnaby or New Westminster may be the solution.

To get a complete picture, see the full ranking below, where each community in Burnaby and New Westminster were scored based on value, momentum and economic desirability.

You can narrow down your townhome search by using the search function to display neighbourhoods only within a certain area (city) or district (larger municipality area).

RANK	DISTRICT	AREA	NEIGHBOURHOOD	2018 Avg. price	% price differential vs. Area	% price differential vs. District	% price differential vs. OVERALL	VALUE SCORE	% 1-Year Appreciation	% 5-Year Appreciation	MOMENTUM SCORE	PRE-REALTOR SCORE (NOT CURVED)	WALK	TRANSIT	AVERAGE REALTOR SCORE	ECONOMIC SCORE	FINAL SCORE	Overall Rank
1	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Downtown NW	$692,063.00	89.7%	83.9%	112.6%	60.37	11%	88%	75.08	67.72	96.00	81	5.74	65.99	66.86	17
2	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Central Park BS	$810,563.00	98.6%	98.3%	131.9%	45.67	18%	92%	77.60	61.63	47.00	86	7.11	71.65	66.64	18
3	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Vancouver Heights	$742,333.00	98.0%	90.0%	120.8%	51.49	15%	84%	77.33	64.41	56.00	66	6.98	67.63	66.02	22
4	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Metrotown	$856,580.00	104.2%	103.9%	139.4%	39.28	13%	74%	62.98	51.13	94.00	92	7.39	79.54	65.33	27
5	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Montecito	$652,927.00	86.2%	79.2%	106.2%	65.55	13%	80%	72.41	68.98	36.00	54	6.45	59.55	64.27	32
6	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Highgate	$697,467.00	84.8%	84.6%	113.5%	61.36	9%	77%	61.45	61.41	68.00	56	6.66	64.59	63.00	42
7	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby East	Edmonds BE	$657,268.00	93.4%	79.7%	106.9%	61.93	12%	61%	47.95	54.94	83.00	59	7.25	70.85	62.90	43
8	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Uptown NW	$698,405.00	90.5%	84.7%	113.6%	57.95	25%	91%	81.70	69.83	95.00	57	5.00	55.90	62.86	44
9	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Central BN	$801,552.00	105.8%	97.2%	130.4%	41.62	12%	71%	57.97	49.79	90.00	88	6.50	72.10	60.95	60
10	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Greentree Village	$686,083.00	83.5%	83.2%	111.6%	63.99	5%	73%	47.72	55.86	39.00	56	7.25	65.85	60.85	62
11	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Willingdon Heights	$767,760.00	101.4%	93.1%	124.9%	47.73	0%	67%	39.41	43.57	77.00	77	7.83	77.93	60.75	64
12	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Cariboo	$544,250.00	71.9%	66.0%	88.5%	78.20	0	46%	22.81	50.51	30.00	69	7.46	68.99	59.75	68
13	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	GlenBrooke North	$577,667.00	74.9%	70.1%	94.0%	75.57	7%	48%	34.66	55.11	79.00	54	6.42	63.67	59.39	69
14	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby East	East Burnaby	$695,975.00	98.9%	84.4%	113.2%	54.19	24%	69%	56.79	55.49	35.00	48	7.11	62.88	59.18	72
15	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Queensborough	$748,465.00	97.0%	90.8%	121.8%	51.63	10%	77%	60.40	56.02	44.00	46	6.94	62.20	59.11	74
16	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Forest Hills BN	$750,969.00	99.2%	91.1%	122.2%	50.07	20%	67%	61.16	55.62	18.00	64	6.70	61.50	58.56	79
17	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Capitol Hill BN	$619,600.00	81.8%	75.1%	100.8%	70.88	6%	50%	28.33	49.60	56.00	62	6.95	66.68	58.14	82
18	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Sperling-Duthie	$479,500.00	63.3%	58.1%	78.0%	81.11	-7%	31%	12.62	46.86	64.00	62	6.58	64.88	55.87	104
19	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Westridge BN	$662,525.00	87.5%	80.3%	107.8%	64.13	4%	84%	57.32	60.73	50	52	4.90	49.70	55.21	109
20	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Government Road	$811,214.00	107.1%	98.4%	132.0%	39.63	7%	69%	52.07	45.85	38.00	72	6.60	64.43	55.14	110
21	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Parkcrest	$520,000.00	68.7%	63.1%	84.6%	79.47	-20%	53%	16.79	48.13	47.00	65	6.27	61.57	54.85	112
22	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Simon Fraser Hills	$604,350.00	79.8%	73.3%	98.3%	72.37	0%	52%	31.26	51.82	42.00	75	5.34	56.59	54.20	117
23	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	South Slope	$743,891.00	90.5%	90.2%	121.0%	55.68	10%	70%	46.63	51.16	44.00	71	5.13	54.52	52.84	128
24	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Sullivan Heights	$768,555.00	101.5%	93.2%	125.0%	47.37	-9%	41%	18.89	33.13	65.00	82	6.98	71.74	52.44	135
25	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Forest Glen BS	$822,571.00	100.1%	99.7%	133.8%	43.54	18%	73%	58.67	51.10	35.00	48	5.77	53.48	52.29	139
26	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Simon Fraser Univer.	$649,016.00	85.7%	78.7%	105.6%	66.05	-3%	44%	20.22	43.13	54.00	63	5.98	59.84	51.48	143
27	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Burnaby Lake	$905,619.00	110.2%	109.8%	147.3%	33.10	4%	86%	66.55	49.82	6.00	40	6.24	52.31	51.07	148
28	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Brentwood Park	$782,580.00	103.3%	94.9%	127.3%	45.17	-9%	45%	24.94	35.06	51.00	73	6.58	65.78	50.42	153
29	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Burnaby Hospital	$798,250.00	97.1%	96.8%	129.9%	47.09	1%	58%	30.10	38.59	70.00	57	6.16	61.53	50.06	159
30	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby East	The Crest	$896,106.00	127.4%	108.7%	145.8%	26.92	3%	60%	32.45	29.68	59.00	52	6.65	62.86	46.27	186
31	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Quay	$820,000.00	106.3%	99.4%	133.4%	39.91	8%	N/A	38.30	39.11	8.00	-	7.05	50.18	44.64	190
32	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Fraserview NW	$639,341.00	82.9%	77.5%	104.0%	68.61	-11%	29%	10.17	39.39	12.00	40	5.60	48.42	43.91	194
33	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Upper Deer Lake	$1,010,000.00	122.9%	122.5%	164.3%	21.16	0	66%	19.91	20.54	12.00	46	7.42	62.32	41.43	208
34	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Big Bend	$908,236.00	110.5%	110.1%	147.8%	32.53	-8%	52%	21.73	27.13	50.00	42	5.99	55.34	41.24	210
35	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Oaklands	$1,199,395.00	145.9%	145.4%	195.1%	12.93	3%	52%	27.92	20.42	37.00	55	5.03	49.88	35.15	228
36	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Buckingham Heights	$991,500.00	120.6%	120.2%	161.3%	22.87	0	N/A	-	11.43	29.00	50	6.50	58.40	34.92	231
37	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	North Arm	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	96.00	81	7.13	75.74	37.87	221
38	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	West End NW	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	66.00	72	7.19	71.36	35.68	227
39	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	The Heights NW	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	1.69	0.84	73	48	7.42	68.82	34.83	233
40	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Brunette	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	60.00	77	6.74	68.59	34.30	237
41	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Moody Park	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	93	58	6.78	68.37	34.18	239
42	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Connaught Heights	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	41.00	82	6.66	67.15	33.57	245
43	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Sapperton	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	-100%	N/A	3.39	1.69	70.00	75	6.15	65.05	33.37	248
44	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Oakdale	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	71.00	68	6.34	65.11	32.55	254
45	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Garden Village	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	58.00	73	6.10	63.10	31.55	259
46	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Deer Lake Place	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	20.00	40	7.42	61.95	30.97	265
47	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Suncrest	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	-100%	3.03	1.52	27.00	69	5.70	56.40	28.96	295
48	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby North	Lake City Industrial	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	35.00	67	5.39	54.62	27.31	308
49	Real Estate Board of GV	New Westminster	Queens Park	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	-100%	-100%	6.42	3.21	53.00	52	4.91	50.04	26.62	313
50	Real Estate Board of GV	Burnaby South	Deer Lake	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0	N/A	-	-	12.00	46	5.92	51.85	25.93	324

10 Best Neighbourhoods to Buy a Townhouse in Burnaby and New Westminster in 2019

Downtown NW, New Westminster – $692,063
Central Park BS, Burnaby – $810,563
Vancouver Heights, Burnaby – $742,333
Metrotown, Burnaby – $856,580
Montecito, Burnaby – $652,927
Highgate, Burnaby – $697,467
Edmonds, Burnaby East – $657,268
Uptown NW, New Westminster – $698,405
Central BN, Burnaby North – $801,552
Greentree Village, Burnaby South – $686,083

10 Worst Neighbourhoods to Buy a Townhouse in Burnaby and New Westminster in 2019

Buckingham Heights, Burnaby – $991,500
Oaklands, Burnaby – $1,199,395
Big Bend, Burnaby – $908,236
Upper Deer Lake, Burnaby – $1,010,000
Fraserview NW, New Westminster – $639,341
Quay, New Westminster – $820,000
The Crest, Burnaby – $896,106
Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby – $798,250
Brentwood Park, Burnaby – $782,580
Burnaby Lake, Burnaby South – $905,619

Where to buy a townhouse in Burnaby and New Westminster

Additional reports

Romana King

Romana King is an award-winning personal finance writer, real estate expert and the current Director of Content at Zolo. Romana has contributed to business and lifestyle publications including CBC.ca, Toronto Sun, Maclean’s, MoneySense, Globe & Mail Custom Content Team, and The Toronto Star. Among her achievements, Romana won silver for her annual Where to Buy Now real estate package in the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. In 2015, she won a SABEW Business Journalism award. When she was editor of CI Top Broker, Romana helped guide her team to obtain its first KRW Business Journalism nomination, and in 2011, she was part of a small team that helped MoneySense win Magazine of the Year at the 34th annual National Magazine Awards.

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