Condos on the east side of Vancouver offer an affordable alternative to an address along False Creek or Coal Harbour, but east-side condo prices are rising faster than anywhere else in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's region.

Condo benchmark price*,

% change March-March

Vancouver East +14.9

Coquitlam +12.7

Richmond +12.7

Port Coquitlam +11.8

South Delta +11.6

Vancouver West +11.5

Burnaby +11.2

North Vancouver +10.9

New Westminster +10.0

Maple Ridge/

Pitt Meadows +5.3

Port Moody +4.6

West Vancouver +4.0

*The price of a condo typical for that area

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