Forest Hills Homes for Sale, Burnaby

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Forest Hills lives up to its name — a lush, peaceful community nestled near Burnaby Mountain and the surrounding forests. It's a haven for outdoor enthusiasts who want quick access to hiking and nature while enjoying the comforts of a well-serviced suburban neighbourhood.

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Forest Hills homes listed and sold, June to October 2026

Forest Hills, October 2026. Detached houses: 0 listed at month end and 1 sold in October. Condos and townhomes: 6 listed at month end and 2 sold in October, a sales ratio of 33%.

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Forest Hills listings, sales and sales ratio by month
MonthHouses listedHouses soldHouses ratioCondos and townhomes listedCondos and townhomes soldCondos and townhomes ratio
June 202620—6467%
July 202611100%35167%
August 202611100%2150%
September 202610—6117%
October 202601—6233%

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

Looking across the period, Detached houses: 3 sold over 5 months against an average of 1.0 listed, about 1.7 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was July with 1 sold. Condos and townhomes: 13 sold over 5 months against an average of 4.6 listed, about 1.8 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was July with 5 sold.

Common questions

Are there apartment condos in Forest Hills, or only townhomes?

Only townhome complexes are known: Rossmoor (1981), Henley Estate (1984), Wembley Estates (1984) and Ashbrook Place (1986).

Is the complex at 8400 Forest Grove Drive a condo I can buy?

No — 8400 Forest Grove Drive is Hillside Place Housing Co-operative in BC Housing's directory: membership housing, not a strata purchase. The same applies at Pine Ridge Co-operative (8763 Ash Grove Crescent) and Whattlekainum Co-operative (8740 Forest Grove Drive).

Can I rent out a Forest Hills townhome long-term?

Yes — strata rental-restriction bylaws have been unenforceable since November 24, 2022 anywhere in BC, whatever older bylaw text says. Short-term rentals are different: a strata bylaw can still restrict them, and the registered bylaws on the Form B govern that question.

What envelope work has been done on the 1980s stock?

One published example: Rossmoor is described in a current listing as a rainscreened complex with HardiePlank siding, windows, doors, fencing, roadway and lighting renewed.

How thin is this market?

Any price opinion needs a longer window and comparables from Simon Fraser Hills, Sullivan Heights and the wider Lougheed side.

What townhouses can I actually buy in Forest Hills?

Four strata complexes, all 1980s: Rossmoor (9101/9151 Forest Grove Drive, built 1981), Henley Estate (8210/8218 Forest Grove Drive, NW2129, built 1984), Wembley Estates (8187 Forest Grove Drive, 28 units, built 1984) and Ashbrook Place (9000 Ash Grove Crescent, built 1986).

Is the complex at 8400 Forest Grove Drive a townhouse I can buy?

No — 8400 Forest Grove Drive is Hillside Place Housing Co-operative in BC Housing's directory: membership housing with a share purchase, not a strata purchase. The same applies at Whattlekainum Co-operative (8740 Forest Grove Drive) and Pine Ridge Co-operative (8763 Ash Grove Crescent).

Can I rent out a Forest Hills townhouse long-term?

Yes — strata rental-restriction bylaws have been unenforceable since Nov 24, 2022 anywhere in BC, whatever older bylaw text says. Short-term rentals are different: a strata bylaw can still restrict them, and the registered bylaws on the Form B govern that question.

Where is Forest Hills in Burnaby?

On the lower south-west slopes of Burnaby Mountain, around Forest Grove Drive and Beaverbrook Crescent, below Simon Fraser University and above Lougheed Highway. "Forest Hills" is the GVR MLS® sub-area name; locally the pocket is called Forest Grove (SnapStats, September 2026)

Which schools are located in Forest Hills?

Forest Grove Elementary (K–7), 8525 Forest Grove Dr, and Stoney Creek Community Elementary (K–7), 2740 Beaverbrook Cres, with Burnaby Mountain Secondary (8–12), 8800 Eastlake Dr, the nearest secondary; catchments are address-based, so check the exact address in the SD41 locator.

Will the Burnaby Mountain Gondola affect Forest Grove homes?

It is proposed, not built: TransLink's endorsed Route 1 runs straight from Production Way–University Station to SFU with cabins passing above the Forest Grove neighbourhood; Burnaby Council endorsed it in 2022, but it is not yet approved or funded.

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Forest Hills by home type

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Condo buildings in Forest Hills

Streets, schools and transit near Forest Hills condos

  • Forest Hills is the residential pocket on the lower south-west slopes of Burnaby Mountain in the City of Burnaby, built around Forest Grove Drive and Beaverbrook Crescent, below Simon Fraser University (SFU). "Forest Hills" is the GVR board sub-area name in the SnapStats GVR report (listing copy shortens it to "Forest Hills BN" for Burnaby North); the City-facing name for the pocket is "Forest Grove," after Forest Grove Drive, Forest Grove Elementary and Forest Grove Park.
  • Edges and neighbours: Simon Fraser University and Simon Fraser Hills to the east and up the mountain, Oakdale and Sullivan Heights to the south-east, the Lochdale / Parkcrest side to the west, and Lougheed Town Centre to the south. Forest Grove Drive and Beaverbrook Crescent run through the pocket; Gaglardi Way is the road up Burnaby Mountain to SFU, and Lougheed Highway runs along the south side.
  • Where the condo stock concentrates: the attached stock is townhome complexes on Forest Grove Drive and Ash Grove Crescent — not apartment towers. No SkyTrain station sits inside Forest Hills; Production Way–University Station (Millennium Line) is south-west and is the transfer point for SFU bus service.
  • Boundary caution: UniverCity / SFU product belongs to the Simon Fraser University One Beaverbrook Crescent complex (Avonlea) is filed by listing sources under Simon Fraser Hills and is treated accordingly.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in Forest Hills

  • Co-op housing is not strata: the three Forest Grove / Ash Grove co-operatives here are membership housing under BC Housing's directory, not Strata Property Act purchases — no Form B, no depreciation-report regime, and no market resale applies to them.
  • Creek and slope: Stoney Creek runs through the area toward Burnaby Lake and the homes sit on sloped lots below the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area.

Good to know about Forest Hills condos

  • Three of the pocket's biggest "complexes" are co-ops, not condos. Hillside Place (8400 Forest Grove Dr), Whattlekainum (8740 Forest Grove Dr) and Pine Ridge (8763 Ash Grove Cres) are all housing co-operatives in BC Housing's Zone 5 directory — they surface in address searches as large multi-unit sites, but none of them can be bought as strata.
  • The gondola would fly over this neighbourhood. TransLink states the proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola would serve the 25,000 daily trips made by SFU students, staff, faculty, visitors and UniverCity residents, and its endorsed straight route passes above the Forest Grove neighbourhood — a disclosure item for Forest Grove Drive sellers and a non-asset for buyers until it is approved and funded.
  • Two elementary schools inside one small sub-area. Forest Grove Elementary (8525 Forest Grove Dr) and Stoney Creek Community Elementary (2740 Beaverbrook Cres) both sit inside this pocket, and Forest Grove Park (8505 Forest Grove Dr) holds the outdoor tennis and basketball courts — the pocket's amenity core is school-and-park, not retail; there is no enclosed mall or shopping centre inside the sub-area, and Lougheed Town Centre (south) is the shopping destination.
  • The attached side supplied the sub-area's only sale. In September 2026 Forest Hills' single sale came from the attached stock (1 of 6 listed, 17%) while its single detached listing did not sell — the reverse of the pattern in Burnaby's detached pockets.
  • One complex's neighbour is a tank farm. Wembley Estates sits roughly 50 metres from the entrance to the Burnaby Terminal on the strata council's own filing — a fact no listing copy mentions, and the reason that complex carries a federal hearing record at all.
  • The library branch is a temporary location. The Cameron Branch serving this quadrant of Burnaby Public Library is at 9855 Austin Ave, listed as a temporary location pass.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC condo buying rules.

Sources for the condo notes on Forest Hills

Townhome complexes in Forest Hills

Streets, schools and transit near Forest Hills townhomes

  • Where the townhouse stock concentrates: entirely in the Forest Grove / Stoney Creek pocket — 1980s strata townhome complexes on Forest Grove Drive and Ash Grove Crescent. There is no known apartment-condo building inside the sub-area at all: the attached stock is these townhomes, plus three housing co-operatives that are excluded as tenure traps.
  • SnapStats publishes medians at community level only, not for the Forest Hills sub-area: Burnaby-wide for September 2026, Condos & Townhomes median sale price $686,000; $763/sqft; sale-to-list 98%; 36 days on market — a combined condos-and-townhomes figure for all of Burnaby, never a Forest Hills townhome-only figure.
  • Edges, roads and transit: Simon Fraser University and Simon Fraser Hills to the east and up the mountain, Oakdale and Sullivan Heights to the south-east, the Lochdale / Parkcrest side to the west, Lougheed Town Centre to the south. Gaglardi Way is the road up Burnaby Mountain to SFU and Lougheed Highway runs along the south side. No SkyTrain station sits inside Forest Hills; Production Way–University Station (Millennium Line, with the Expo Line Lougheed branch) is south-west and is the transfer point for SFU bus service.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in Forest Hills

  • Fee-simple houses (the pocket's other product): The co-operatives here are a third thing again: membership housing with a share purchase, under neither frame.
  • City zoning — current bylaw: Burnaby consolidated its single- and two-family districts into one R1 Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) District in June 2024: R1 lots may hold 3 units on lots up to 280 m², 4 units on larger lots, and 6 units on lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit stop; SSMUH lots require a minimum lot width of 10 m and minimum lot area of 281 m²; permitted forms include single-family homes, duplexes, multiplexes, rowhouses and secondary suites, and lots with two or more primary units may be stratified.
  • Burnaby taxes and utilities: City of Burnaby property taxes for 2026 were due Friday, July 3, 2026; a 5% penalty applies to outstanding current taxes (and to an unclaimed home owner grant) after the July due date, with a further 5% penalty after the September due date; Council approved a 2.9% property tax increase in the 2026–2030 Financial Plan.

Good to know about Forest Hills townhomes

  • Three of the pocket's biggest "complexes" are co-ops, not townhouses for sale. Hillside Place (8400 Forest Grove Dr), Whattlekainum (8740 Forest Grove Dr) and Pine Ridge (8763 Ash Grove Cres) are all housing co-operatives in BC Housing's Zone 5 directory — they surface in address searches as large multi-unit sites, but none of them can be bought as strata.
  • The library branch serving the pocket is a temporary location. The Cameron Branch of Burnaby Public Library, in the Lougheed Town Centre area at 9855 Austin Ave, is listed as a temporary location pass — check the branch's current address.
  • Match strata documents by address and plan (NW2129 is Henley Estate's), not by name fragments.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC townhome buying rules.

Sources for the townhome notes on Forest Hills

Lots and land in Forest Hills

Fee-simple lots

  • Established-slope house lots: A fee-simple lot carries no strata, no Form B and no strata fees.
  • The documented figures are the R1 SSMUH rules themselves: a minimum lot width of 10 m and minimum lot area of 281 m² for SSMUH lots, 3 units on lots up to 280 m², 4 units on larger lots, and 6 units on lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit stop. These are zoning thresholds, not a claim about any existing lot's size.
  • Serviced position, as the City states it: Burnaby's 2026 residential utility notice covers annual water, annual sewer use, a cross-connection device charge where applicable and a residential garbage toter fee; the detached single-family dwelling water charge is $652.33, rates carry a 5% discount if paid by the due date, and for single-family homes sewer is billed as a sewer parcel tax on the property tax notice. Confirm servicing for the specific parcel with the City.
  • Slope and creek character: the homes sit on sloped lots below the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area and Stoney Creek runs through the area toward Burnaby Lake.
  • ALR vs non-ALR: no ALR parcel in Forest Hills is confirmed; no ALR percentage split is stated. ALR status is a property-specific check in the Agricultural Land Commission's ALR Property and Map Finder.
  • Market context, labelled correctly: Burnaby is a SnapStats-covered community; SnapStats has no land category. September 2026 context only, never land figures: Forest Hills sub-area detached inventory 1 / sales 0 and "Condos & Townhomes" combined 6 / 1 (17%); Burnaby community detached median $1,825,000 and "Condos & Townhomes" combined median $686,000.

Built strata and co-op ground

  • The four townhome complexes
  • Three housing co-operatives sit on Forest Grove / Ash Grove ground: — Hillside Place Housing Co-operative (8400 Forest Grove Dr), Pine Ridge Co-operative (8763 Ash Grove Cres) and Whattlekainum Co-operative Housing Association (8740 Forest Grove Dr), all listed in BC Housing's Zone 5 affordable-housing directory.
  • Avonlea — 2600 Beaverbrook Crescent (strata plan LMS101, built 1991, freehold strata per the listing record): counted 0 here: It is a built townhouse complex in any case, not a lot offering.
  • UniverCity / SFU ground — out of area, never imported: all UniverCity product belongs to the Simon Fraser University sub-area; its tenure there is 99-year prepaid leasehold strata on SFU Community Trust ground leases, never freehold — stated here only so a cross-shopping buyer does not mistake mountain-top leasehold ground for Forest Hills fee-simple ground.

Proposals

  • Burnaby Mountain Gondola (TransLink proposal): TransLink is developing the business case for a proposed 3S gondola from Production Way–University Station straight to SFU's Burnaby campus — a route whose cabins would pass above the Forest Grove neighbourhood. Burnaby City Council endorsed the project and route in 2022 and over 85% of 2020 engagement participants supported the straight route, but the project is not yet approved or funded — it must be included in a future investment plan and approved by the TransLink Board and the Mayors' Council. It is a transit proposal over the pocket's lots, not a development site and not for-sale inventory; TransLink states the gondola would serve the 25,000 daily trips made by SFU students, staff, faculty, visitors and UniverCity residents.

  • Streets, schools and transit near Forest Hills lots

    Main roads
    Forest Grove Drive and Beaverbrook Crescent run through the pocket; Gaglardi Way is the road up Burnaby Mountain to SFU, and Lougheed Highway runs along the south side toward Lougheed Town Centre and Highway 1.
    Nearby areas
    SFU and Simon Fraser Hills to the east and up the mountain, Oakdale and Sullivan Heights to the south-east, the Lochdale / Parkcrest side to the west, Lougheed Town Centre to the south.
    Transit
    Production Way–University Station (Millennium Line, with the Expo Line Lougheed branch) is south-west of the sub-area and is the SkyTrain transfer point for SFU bus service up Burnaby Mountain; no SkyTrain station sits inside Forest Hills.
    Civic anchors
    Forest Grove Park, 8505 Forest Grove Dr (outdoor tennis and basketball courts at the same address); the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area trail network is in and above the sub-area, and Stoney Creek runs through the area toward Burnaby Lake. The city's hospital is Burnaby Hospital, 3935 Kincaid St, south-west of Forest Hills.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Forest Hills

  • Creek and slope diligence: Stoney Creek runs through the area toward Burnaby Lake — confirm streamside setbacks and any slope conditions for the specific parcel before pricing redevelopment value on Beaverbrook- and ravine-edge lots.
  • If a parcel is in the ALR: subdivision within the ALR requires ALC approval; ALR residences cannot be stratified. On ALR land the main house can be up to 500 m², a suite is allowed only inside it, and an extra residence can be up to 90 m² (186 m² on parcels over 40 ha). For farm class, BC Assessment looks for farm income of $10,000 a year on under 0.8 ha, $2,500 on 0.8 to 4 ha, and $2,500 plus 5% of the value of land over 4 ha; applications are due by October 31. Check the parcel on ALC mapping before applying any of this.

Good to know about Forest Hills lots

  • The gondola is endorsed, popular — and unfunded (status as documented Nov 1, 2026): Burnaby Council endorsed the project and route in 2022, over 85% of 2020 engagement participants supported the straight route, and the project still must be included in a future TransLink investment plan and approved by the TransLink Board and the Mayors' Council. It is the single biggest open land-value question over Forest Grove lots, in both directions.
  • One townhome complex sits about 50 metres from a pipeline terminal entrance: Wembley Estates' own strata council filing in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project hearing record places the 28-unit complex roughly 50 metres from the entrance to the Burnaby Terminal — a fact in the complex's own record that a lot-or-unit buyer on Underhill Avenue should know before, not after, writing.
  • The creek is in the sub-area's second school name: Stoney Creek Community Elementary (2740 Beaverbrook Cres) is an SD41 community school as named by the district, and Stoney Creek itself runs through the pocket toward Burnaby Lake — the same watercourse that drives the setback checks on ravine-edge lots.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC land buying rules.

Sources for the land notes on Forest Hills

What's nearby Forest Hills

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Nearest rapid station: Production Way–University Station (Millennium Line), on route 136, which runs through the area on Forest Grove Dr.
  • Nearest bus exchange: Lougheed Station bus exchange, terminus of route 136.
  • Route 136 Lougheed Station / Brentwood Station, via Forest Grove Dr, Underhill Ave and Production Way, TransLink.

Parks and recreation

  • Forest Grove Park, 8505 Forest Grove Dr: City of Burnaby park.
  • Temporary Cameron Community Centre and Library, in The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre, 9855 Austin Ave: City of Burnaby facility during the Cameron St rebuild.

Schools

  • Forest Grove Elementary, grades K-7, 8525 Forest Grove Dr, School District 41 Burnaby; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Stoney Creek Community Elementary, grades K-7, 2740 Beaverbrook Cres, School District 41 Burnaby; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Burnaby Mountain Secondary, grades 8-12, 8800 Eastlake Dr, School District 41 Burnaby; confirm the catchment with the district.

Groceries and shopping

  • The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre, 9855 Austin Rd: per the centre's own site.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from Forest Grove Elementary, 8525 Forest Grove Dr
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Production Way–University StationDrive53.4
Stoney Creek Community Elementary, 2740 Beaverbrook CresDrive73.6
The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre, 9855 Austin RdDrive104.8

Sources for what’s nearby

What's nearby, building by building

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing from each building’s address, November 2026.

  • Ashbrook Place, 9000 Ash Grove Crescent

    Transit
    Nearest rapid station: Production Way–University Station (Millennium Line), on route 136, which runs on Forest Grove Dr. Nearest bus exchange: Lougheed Station bus exchange, terminus of route 136. Route 136 Lougheed Station / Brentwood Station, via Forest Grove Dr, Underhill Ave and Production Way, TransLink.
    Parks and recreation
    Forest Grove Park, 8505 Forest Grove Dr: City of Burnaby park. Temporary Cameron Community Centre and Library, in The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre, 9855 Austin Ave: City of Burnaby facility during the Cameron rebuild.
    Schools
    Forest Grove Elementary, K-7, 8525 Forest Grove Dr, SD41 Burnaby. Stoney Creek Community Elementary, K-7, 2740 Beaverbrook Cres, SD41 Burnaby. Burnaby Mountain Secondary, 8-12, 8800 Eastlake Dr, SD41 Burnaby.
    Shopping
    The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre, 9855 Austin Rd: per the centre's own site.

Henley Estate, 8210 Forest Grove Drive

  • Parks and recreation: Temporary Cameron Community Centre and Library, The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre, 9855 Austin Ave: City of Burnaby facility.

Measured walking and driving times from each building

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), starting at each building’s address
BuildingToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Ashbrook PlaceForest Grove ElementaryWalk141.0
Ashbrook PlaceForest Grove ParkWalk181.4
Ashbrook PlaceStoney Creek Community ElementaryWalk181.4
Henley Estate (from the street)Forest Grove ParkWalk20.2
Henley Estate (from the street)Forest Grove ElementaryWalk70.6
Henley Estate (from the street)Production Way–University StationDrive43.0
RossmoorStoney Creek Community ElementaryWalk120.9
RossmoorForest Grove ElementaryWalk191.4
RossmoorForest Grove ParkDrive31.6
Wembley Estates (from the street)Forest Grove ParkWalk20.2
Wembley Estates (from the street)Forest Grove ElementaryWalk70.6
Wembley Estates (from the street)Production Way–University StationDrive43.0

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