Foreign buyer bans and taxes recalibrate Vancouver's luxury real estate
DG
Devon Godfrey
home price index · Apr 10, 2026
Source: The Digital Ledger Data Terminal
Some expensive properties in West Vancouver are facing foreclosures. This decline is the result of a reduction in demand from non-residents, driven by the federal foreign buyer ban and provincial taxes on homes worth more than $3 million. Non-residents participated in 6.5% to 10.9% of all house and condo purchases in the city of Vancouver and 7.6% to 6.8% of all detached houses and condos in West Vancouver.
According to the Greater Vancouver Realtors’ Multiple Listing Service Home Price Index report for February 2026, the west side of the city and West Vancouver were the only areas to see prices drop in the past 10 years. Vancouver’s west side house market saw an 8.4% drop in all property types, while West Vancouver declined 5.8%.
Realtor Holly Calderwood says the federal foreign buyer ban has hit the detached house market hard. In 2015 and 2016, demand was so high that people flipped houses before the sale completed. Now, a buyer who purchased in November of last year could have seen a property value drop by $500,000 in four months.
home price index
The Ledger Morning
The essential intelligence to start your trading day. Delivered 6:00 AM EST.
Join 50,000+ professionals who start their day with The Digital Ledger.