Kitsilano
Condos and character homes a few blocks from Kits Beach, with West 4th and Broadway for daily life. Suits buyers who want the beach and the city in the same day, at a lower entry price than the detached streets further west.
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A West Side Vancouver realtor based where you want to live.
Mike Dirks Real Estate works from Vancouver, in the middle of the neighbourhoods it serves. Mike has been a licensed realtor since 2015 and helps families buy and sell character homes, duplexes, townhomes, and condos across Kitsilano, Point Grey, Dunbar, Kerrisdale, and the wider West Side, where school plans, lot size, and quiet streets shape every decision.
West Side market stats
Vancouver West Side home prices, September 2026.
Benchmark prices for a typical home on the West Side, updated every month from the Greater Vancouver Realtors MLS Home Price Index.
$1,206,600Composite benchmark, all home types, down 5.3 percent from September 2025
$2,916,100Detached benchmark, down 8.7 percent year over year
$1,298,500Townhouse benchmark, down 5.5 percent year over year
$761,800Apartment benchmark, down 5.2 percent year over year
27 homes sold for every 100 new listings in September 2026, a measured pace with room for buyers to negotiate. Source: Greater Vancouver Realtors, MLS Home Price Index, September 2026. This band updates monthly when the new package lands.
Neighbourhood first
The West Side pockets, and how life feels in each.
Village shopping streets, established schools, and beach access run through all of them. What changes is the housing stock, the pace, and the price of entry.
Point Grey and West Point Grey
Detached homes on view streets near Pacific Spirit Park and the UBC endowment lands. Established secondary catchments and a quiet, residential feel, with village shops on West 10th.
Dunbar and Southlands
Family detached homes on tree lined streets, with Southlands farm country and riding trails at the southern edge. A strong fit for families who want room to grow and a calmer pace without leaving the city.
Kerrisdale
Mike's home base. A village main street on West 41st, character homes and newer builds, and catchments that draw families from across the city. Detached homes, duplexes, and low rise condos all trade here.
Arbutus Ridge
A quiet enclave of detached homes between Kerrisdale and Kitsilano, built around the Arbutus Greenway. Suits downsizers and families who want a residential street with both villages close.
Quilchena and MacKenzie Heights
Quiet detached streets in the southwest of the West Side, near Quilchena Park and the Arbutus Greenway. Family homes with gardens, quick Kerrisdale access, and a pace that feels almost suburban inside the city.
UBC and the University Endowment Lands
Condos, townhomes, and homes on university land at the city edge, wrapped in Pacific Spirit Park. Parents buying for students, faculty, and downsizers all shop here, and the leasehold details on endowment lands deserve an experienced read.
Shaughnessy
The West Sides grandest streets: large lots, estate homes, and some of the most established addresses in Vancouver. Sales here turn on privacy, lot quality, and presentation, and local knowledge carries real value.
Property types
Detached homes, townhomes, and condos on the West Side.
Each type trades on its own numbers, and the West Side spread between them is the widest in the city.
Detached homes for sale on the West Side
The benchmark detached home sits at $2,916,100. Character houses in Kitsilano and Dunbar, family homes in Kerrisdale and Arbutus Ridge, and estates in Shaughnessy and Point Grey all trade as detached, and lot quality plus catchment explain most of the spread between them.
Duplexes and townhomes on the West Side
Townhomes benchmark at $1,298,500. Half duplexes and townhome complexes near the village streets give families West Side schools and streets at a step below detached prices, and newer multifamily buildings along the arterials keep adding supply.
Condos for sale on the West Side
Apartments benchmark at $761,800, concentrated in Kitsilano low rises and the newer buildings near Cambie and Oakridge. The entry point to the West Side and a downsizer staple. Building age, concrete or frame construction, and rental rules shape value here.
Estate and luxury homes
Shaughnessy, Point Grey waterfront, and the grand streets of Kerrisdale hold some of the most valuable residential land in Canada. Sales at this level turn on privacy, provenance, and presentation, and they reward patience and local knowledge over exposure alone.
Community life
How the West Side spends its days.
Beaches in one direction, village streets in the other, and a community centre within walking distance of almost every pocket.
Beaches and parks
Kitsilano Beach and its outdoor saltwater pool, Jericho, Locarno, and Spanish Banks along the Point Grey shore, Vanier Park under the Burrard Bridge, and the forest trails of Pacific Spirit Park behind UBC. Summer life on the West Side is organised around the water.
Community centres and libraries
Kitsilano Community Centre and its ice rink sit beside the farmers market ground, Kerrisdale pairs a pool and rink with a library branch, and Dunbar and West Point Grey at Aberthau run full program calendars. Vancouver Public Library branches serve Kitsilano, Kerrisdale, Dunbar, and West Point Grey.
Village streets
West 4th Avenue for Kitsilano energy, West Broadway through Greektown, West 10th in Point Grey Village, Dunbar Street, West 41st in Kerrisdale, and the Arbutus Greenway tying the southern pockets together. Daily errands stay local here, which is a large part of what the prices buy.
Arts and culture
Bard on the Beach performs all summer in Vanier Park beside the Museum of Vancouver, the Space Centre, and the Maritime Museum. The Jericho Arts Centre, the Folk Festival stages, and gallery and theatre programs across the pockets keep the calendar full beyond beach season.
Community events
The West Side events calendar, through the year.
Dates shift a little each year. These are the fixtures locals plan around, refreshed here each season.
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Sunday mornings from May to early November on the Kitsilano Community Centre grounds: farm stalls, food trucks, and half the neighbourhood out with coffee. The weekly ritual that anchors Kits weekends.
Greek Day on Broadway
Each June, West Broadway closes through Greektown for a day of Greek food, music, and dancing, one of the oldest and best loved street festivals in the city.
Khatsahlano Street Party
On a July Saturday, ten blocks of West 4th Avenue go car free for live stages, local makers, and food trucks. The biggest day of the Kitsilano year.
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
The third weekend of July at Jericho Beach Park: multiple stages on the grass above the beach, running since 1978 and drawing listeners from across the region.
Bard on the Beach and Kitsilano Showboat
Shakespeare in the tents at Vanier Park from June to September, and free Showboat concerts at Kits Beach through the summer, a community stage tradition older than most of its audience.
Village fairs through the year
Salmonberry Days brings Dunbar together in late spring, craft fairs fill the community centres in November, and Kerrisdale village events run from spring carnival days to the December tree lighting. Every pocket keeps its own small calendar.
Housing character
The housing, era by era.
The signature West Side stock is the early character home: Craftsman and Tudor influenced houses from the 1910s to 1930s across Kitsilano, Point Grey, and Kerrisdale, with Shaughnessy holding the grandest estates of that era on the city's largest residential lots. Heritage character brings renovation rules, and it also brings the premium, because this housing cannot be built again.
Postwar building filled Dunbar, Kerrisdale, and Arbutus Ridge with practical family homes on standard lots, and those streets now turn over one careful renovation or rebuild at a time. Kitsilano added low rise condos and rental buildings through the 1960s and 1970s, which is why Kits holds the West Side's most attainable entry points to this day.
The current chapter is gentle density: half duplexes, townhomes, and multiplex infill joining the arterial condo buildings, plus the newer village at Wesbrook on the UBC lands. Each era prices on different evidence, and matching a home to its era is where an experienced read earns its keep on the West Side.
Buying
Buying on the West Side.
Most West Side searches start with a school plan. Catchments feed established secondary schools, and homes inside a preferred catchment carry a premium you can see in the sales. Decide early whether the catchment, the lot, or the house itself leads your search, because at West Side prices you rarely get all three at once.
Character homes ask for a careful eye: older wiring and plumbing, oil tank history, drainage, and the renovation rules that come with heritage character. A good inspection and the right subjects in your offer protect you, and comparable sales on the same street keep the price honest.
As your buyers agent, Mike works the search daily, studies the sales that matter, and writes your offer on the standard BCREA contract. In most sales the seller pays the commission through the listing agreement, so buyers usually pay nothing out of pocket.
Selling
Selling on the West Side.
West Side buyers notice presentation. Character, light, garden, and street quality carry the story, and professional photography plus a cinematic video tour show them properly. Pricing comes from recent sales on your street and streets like it, adjusted for lot, condition, and catchment.
Mike brings more than a decade of real estate marketing to every listing, with a coordinated launch plan from first showing to offer night. See how a listing launch comes together, and start with a free home value review built from real sales near you.
The map
The West Side, on the map.
The West Side runs from Burrard Street west to the UBC lands: Kitsilano and Point Grey on the water, Dunbar and Kerrisdale up on the ridge, Shaughnessy in the middle, and the village streets tying it all together.
Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Zoom and drag to explore the pockets named on this page.
Listings
Homes for sale on the West Side right now.
Every active listing on the West Side, from Kitsilano condos to Shaughnessy estates, is published on REALTOR.ca, the national MLS listing site. Browse the current listings there, then come back to Mike for what the listing cannot tell you: the sales history on the street, the catchment the address actually feeds, and whether the asking price matches the evidence.
Browse West Side listings on REALTOR.ca
Prefer a shortlist built for you? Ask Mike for the newest listings by area and he will send the West Side homes that match your budget and your pocket, with his notes on each.
Watch
The latest Vancouver market update.
Mike publishes plain spoken market updates on the Vancouver Family Living channel: what the newest numbers mean for buyers and sellers across the region, including the West Side.
In this update: rents softening across Metro Vancouver, and what that means on the West Side, where investor condos in Kitsilano, basement suites in Dunbar and Kerrisdale homes, and parents buying near UBC all feel the rental market directly. Softer rents change the holding math, and Mike walks through it plainly.
The market right now
What the regional numbers say.
According to Greater Vancouver Realtors, September 2026 data showed a composite benchmark price of $1,075,900 across the region, with a sales to active listings ratio of 10.9 percent, which favours buyers. The West Side sits at the top of that market, and its detached streets move on their own rhythm of listings, school year timing, and lot value.
For the numbers on your street, ask Mike for a free home value review. He builds each one by hand from real comparable sales, and it comes with no obligation.
Common questions
West Side questions, answered.
Which neighbourhoods count as Vancouver West Side?
The West Side runs from Kitsilano and Point Grey in the north to Kerrisdale, Dunbar, Arbutus Ridge, Shaughnessy, and Southlands in the south, roughly west of Cambie Street. Each pocket has its own village street, catchments, and housing mix, and Mike works across all of them from his Kerrisdale office.
Is the West Side a good place to raise a family?
It is one of the most family focused parts of the city: established schools, beaches and parks in every direction, and village streets where daily life is walkable. The trade off is price. West Side homes sit among the most expensive in Vancouver, which is why the search usually starts with a clear order of priorities.
What should I know before buying a character home on the West Side?
Have the older systems checked properly: wiring, plumbing, drainage, heating, and any oil tank history. Ask about heritage and renovation rules before you plan changes, and keep subjects for inspection and document review in your offer. The charm is real, and so is the maintenance, and both belong in your budget.
What types of homes sell on the West Side?
Detached character homes and estate properties make up most of the market, with duplexes, townhomes, and low rise condos near the village streets and in Kitsilano. Each type trades on different numbers, so pricing and marketing have to match the property type, not just the address.
How much do homes cost on the West Side?
The MLS Home Price Index benchmark for a typical West Side home was $1,206,600 in September 2026: $2,916,100 for a detached home, $1,298,500 for a townhome, and $761,800 for an apartment. Shaughnessy and Point Grey estates sit far above the detached benchmark, and Kitsilano condos sit near the apartment figure.
What is the difference between Vancouver West and Vancouver East?
Cambie Street is the traditional divide. The West Side holds older established neighbourhoods, larger lots on average, the city's highest priced detached streets, and catchments that draw citywide demand. The East Side offers more attainable entry prices and a younger, denser mix of homes. Many families start their search on one side and finish on the other once the trade offs are priced honestly.
Are West Side schools public or private?
Both. Public secondaries such as Lord Byng, Point Grey, and Prince of Wales anchor their catchments, and well known private schools including York House, Crofton House, and St. Georges sit on West Side streets. Catchment boundaries decide which public school an address feeds, so Mike confirms the catchment for any home you are serious about.
What is my West Side home worth right now?
The closest guide is recent sales of similar homes on your street, adjusted for lot size, condition, view, and catchment. Online estimates miss most of that, and West Side lots vary too much for averages. Mike builds free home value reviews by hand from real comparable sales, with no obligation.
Keep exploring
The other areas Mike works.
Tell me what your West Side move needs to make possible.
Whether you are ready now or still working through the options, start with a direct conversation.
Call or text 778 997 1890 or email dirksrealestate@gmail.com.