Central Burnaby Houses for Sale

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Central, Burnaby: 13 houses listed at the end of October 2026 and 2 sold in the month, a sales ratio of 15%, which the reports’ scale reads as a balanced market. By listings that is number 16 of 35 Burnaby communities for houses.

Deer Lake in Burnaby seen from the shore across the water toward the treed park and Burnaby Mountain
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Central houses listed and sold, June to October 2026

Central houses by month, with share of Burnaby
MonthListedSoldSales ratioShare of Burnaby listingsShare of Burnaby sales
June 2026100—2.1%0.0%
July 20269333%2.0%6.0%
August 2026100—2.2%0.0%
September 20261417%3.1%2.0%
October 202613215%3.0%3.8%

Source: MLS® data from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, compiled by SnapStats®. How these figures are defined and sourced

From June to October the number of houses listed in Central rose from 10 to 13 (+30.0%); 6 sold in that time. In October, Central had 3.0% of Burnaby’s 430 listed houses.

Houses or condos and townhomes in Central?

Central also had 10 condos and townhomes listed and 0 sold in October, against 13 houses listed. The Central condos and townhomes page has those figures.

Jared's take on Central Burnaby

The residential side of Deer Lake is Central Burnaby, with houses and strata homes close to the park and City Hall on Canada Way nearby. It’s for buyers who want the lake without a town-centre address.

Central home prices: what sold, November 2025 to October 2026

7 houses sold in Central with a median price of $1,650,000, taking a median of 13 days to sell at 96.3% of the last list price; 0% sold above list. They had a median $605 per square foot, a median year built of 1988 and a median lot of 6,000 square feet.

Central: what sold, by home type
Home typeSoldMedian priceMedian days to sellSold vs listMedian per sq ft
Houses7$1,650,00013 days96.3%$605

Source: Paragon, the MLS® system used by Jared’s office, closed sales from November 1, 2025 to October 22, 2026. How these figures are defined and sourced

Central houses: your questions answered

How many houses are for sale in Central?

The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® counted 13 houses listed in Central at the end of October 2026. The number changes daily, so ask Jared for today’s count.

Is Central a buyers’ or sellers’ market for houses?

With a sales ratio of 15% in October 2026, houses in Central sat in a balanced market. The reports read under 12% as a buyers’ market and over 20% as a sellers’ market.

How many houses sold in Central from June to October 2026?

Central accounted for 6 of the 251 houses sold across Burnaby from June to October 2026.

Is Deer Lake Park part of the neighbourhood?

Yes as the southern anchor: Deer Lake Park sits at the south end of the Sperling Avenue spine, and the boardwalk section by the boat launch has been closed from September 21, 2026 for full replacement, with completion scheduled for winter 2027 and a detour via Sperling Avenue and Deer Lake Drive.

What is the 2026 residential tax rate?

Burnaby's 2026 residential mill rate totals 3.28373 per 1,000 dollars of assessed value, and gross taxes are the assessed value multiplied by the mill rate and divided by 1,000, before local area service, sewer parcel and business improvement area charges.

What did houses in Central sell for?

From November 2025 to late October 2026, Central recorded 7 house sales at a median of $1,650,000.

How long do houses take to sell in Central?

The median was 13 days from listing to sale, and homes sold at a median 96.3% of the last list price (0% sold above list), for sales November 1, 2025 to October 22, 2026.

What Buyers & Sellers Say

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Central Burnaby Houses: streets and boundaries

  • Burnaby City Hall stands at 4949 Canada Way, just west of the Deer Lake side of the pocket.

Central Burnaby Houses: the housing stock

  • The house stock is detached houses on the Canada Way and Deer Lake Parkway frame streets, while the Norfolk Street cluster between Canada Way and Deer Lake Parkway holds the strata buildings, including two buildings named Winchelsea at 3738 and 3733 Norfolk Street.

Central Burnaby Houses: rules that affect buyers

  • Burnaby's new Zoning Bylaw 2026 was adopted June 9, 2026 and took effect July 1, 2026, replacing the former Zoning Bylaw 1965, and the R1 SSMUH district dates to the June 2024 rezoning of all R district lots.
  • Burnaby 2050, the City's official community plan, was adopted December 9, 2025 and sets the land-use direction for the whole city including this pocket.

Central Burnaby Houses: local details a buyer would not know

  • City Hall at 4949 Canada Way is inside the pocket's orbit, so council, tax and permit business is a short trip rather than a trip across the city.
  • The Norfolk Street strata cluster is a pocket within the pocket: two separate buildings share the Winchelsea name at 3738 and 3733 Norfolk Street, so the civic address, not the building name, decides which building a unit is in.
  • Burnaby Hospital, at 3935 Kincaid Street, is the major institution on the pocket's north side, with its redevelopment in phases.

Central Burnaby Houses: costs and taxes

  • Burnaby's 2026 residential tax rate is 3.28373 per 1,000 dollars of assessed value, and the average residential assessment in Burnaby decreased by 5.29 percent in 2026, which does not necessarily mean an individual bill falls, because taxes depend on the change in a property's assessment relative to the class average.
  • Property taxes were due July 3, 2026, with a 5 percent penalty after the July due date and a further 5 percent after the September due date.
  • Assessment notices arrive from BC Assessment each January, and the assessed value on the notice is the value the mill rate is applied to.

Central Burnaby Houses: getting around

  • Canada Way and Deer Lake Parkway frame the pocket, and Sperling Avenue runs north from Deer Lake Park to Lougheed Highway and the Sperling–Burnaby Lake SkyTrain station at its north end.
  • The station is on the Millennium Line, and the pocket's south side sits on the Deer Lake Park trail and road network rather than on a station street.

Central Burnaby Houses: risks and due diligence

  • Confirm the lot's R1 SSMUH eligibility and unit count with the City before assuming a multiplex, because the count turns on lot area and on distance to a frequent transit network bus stop.
  • Confirm the SD41 catchment for the exact address, since Burnaby Central Secondary and Burnaby South Secondary both touch this pocket.
  • Confirm whether a Norfolk Street frontage lot is strata or detached-house zoning, because the two Winchelsea buildings and the house streets carry different rules.

How Central Burnaby Houses compares

Central Burnaby Houses compared
FactCentral BurnabySperling-DuthieSuncrest
MunicipalityBurnabyBurnabyBurnaby
AnchorDeer Lake Park and City HallDeer Lake Park and Sperling AvenueRumble Street and Burnaby South Secondary
School districtSD41SD41SD41
Speculation and vacancy tax areaYesYesYes

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