The Top Most Affordable Communities in the Surrounding Islands for August 2025
The Top Most Affordable Communities in the Islands for August 2025. If you are value focused, the ranked list below shows the lowest average prices for single-family detached homes (not acreage or waterfront) in August 2025, how they are trending, and how each community compares across the zone.
Islands Breakdown by Single Family Detached (Not Acreage or Waterfront) for August 2025
Leading for affordability, Alert Bay averages $275,000 and remains well below last year on both comparisons. Cortes Island follows at $580,000 with a stable 12-month view. Denman Island sits next at $696,500 and shows a modest rise year over year.
In the mid range, Quadra Island comes in at $729,333 with a small annual gain and a double-digit lift year to date. At the higher end of the Islands set, Gabriola Island averages $901,510 with solid annual and year-to-date momentum.
Hornby Island, Lasqueti Island and Read Island reported no qualifying single-family detached sales in the current periods, so averages and changes are shown as N/A. Treat N/A as a data gap rather than a pricing signal.
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