Campbell River Real Estate Market
A compact city where the compass point genuinely moves the price.Campbell River real estate market prices vary more by direction than most people expect for a city this size, and knowing which end of town a sale happened in explains a good deal of what the figures below are doing.
Campbell River Real Estate Market Overview
Campbell River earns its living from several things at once, which is unusual on this coast. Sport fishing brings the visitors, the hospital and the school district employ a great many people, hydro and forestry are still here, and the ferry to Quadra puts the Discovery Islands within a short crossing.
The city runs along Discovery Passage, and the water is on one side the entire way. That geography gives the town a north to south shape, and the ends of it are not interchangeable. Willow Point at the south end and Campbellton at the north are different propositions on price, on age of housing and on who is buying.
Which part of town is the first question, not the last. A city wide average here blends waterfront on the passage with inland subdivisions and older stock near the river mouth. The buttons under the first graph are where that gets sorted out.
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Campbell River: 30 Day Market Movement
(AUG 26, 2026 - SEP 25, 2026)
Campbell River: 30 Day Market Movement
How To Read the 30 Day Numbers
- What it shows. Sales completed in the past month, what they closed at and how long each had been listed, against the previous month.
- Why it matters. There is enough activity here for a month to be worth reading, which sets Campbell River apart from most of the coast north of it. Time on market moves before price does, so start there.
- Ask yourself. How quickly is the city clearing what comes up?
Campbell River is made up of the areas below and they do not price alike. Each keeps its own report, and that is where these numbers start being worth something.
Campbell River Market Trends: 12 Months to Date
How To Read the 12 Month Trend
- What it shows. A full year of sale prices, turnover and selling times.
- Why it matters. The year evens out the effect of a run of waterfront sales in one direction or another. It also shows the summer lift, which is stronger here than in the cities south of it because a share of buyers arrive on holiday and stay looking.
- Ask yourself. Which direction has the city moved over the year?
Campbell River MLS® Activity Feed
How To Read the MLS® Activity Feed
- What it shows. A running list of what has sold, what is listed and what is spoken for.
- Why it matters. Because the neighbourhoods price so differently, the feed is where a regional figure becomes something you can use. Seeing where each sale happened turns an average into information.
- Ask yourself. What has sold, and which end of town was it in?
Questions About These Numbers
Yes. Pick any graph, choose your frequency and it starts arriving. Immediate, daily, weekly or monthly, and you can switch it off at any point.
It depends what you are comparing, and waterfront changes the answer completely. Broadly, the south end and anything on the passage command more than the older inland stock, though condition closes that gap more often than people expect.
It is part of it rather than all of it. The hospital, the schools, hydro and tourism now carry a large share, which is why this town has held up better than others that stayed with one industry.
About forty five minutes down the highway. Close enough that some people work in one and live in the other, and close enough that the two markets watch each other.
A city figure will not reach your street, and in a town where the ends price this differently it will not come close. Recent sales near you, your outlook and the condition of the house decide it. I don't guess your home's value. I prove it using actual market value and real market movement so you can protect your equity and move forward with confidence.
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Ways To Search Campbell River
Buyers here want one of a few things. A view over the passage. A family house near the schools. Or something on the edges with room for a boat, a trailer and a shop.
Narrow it below on price and property type, then use the neighbourhood reports above to work out which part of town suits what you are after.