For people looking for a standard single-family house, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»is not a cheap city in which to buy.
Right now the cheapest (relatively speaking) house on the market (according to and online) is, perhaps fittingly, a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Special in East Van. It's been on the market for about a week.
It's $1.3 million.
The detached home is essentially the same price as this floating home in Coal Harbour.
The 50-year-old structure at 4523 Picton St. is a renovated five-bedroom, two-bathroom house, split into two suites. As there are thousands of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Specials, there's a good chance you already have an idea of what it's like inside, with big, boxy, nondescript rooms.
One bonus with this one is in the backyard (yes, there's a notable backyard, that's one of the perks of a standalone house) there's a big deck for summertime relaxing.
There are few other homes in the same price range, even, with only 10 other standalone homes under $1.5 million; the situation here has led to a TikTokker going viral comparing Canadian housing prices to private islands. For the record, this Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Special is priced around the same as in the .