{"id":831281,"date":"2026-07-28T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/831281\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:34:43","slug":"where-metro-vancouver-rent-is-the-cheapest-and-most-expensive-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/831281\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Metro Vancouver rent is the cheapest and most expensive | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Metro Vancouver rent is notoriously high, there\u2019s a big price discrepancy depending on the city you live in.<\/p>\n

Liv.rent recently shared its Metro Vancouver Rent Report for July 2026<\/a>, revealing average rent prices across nine Metro Vancouver cities.<\/p>\n

Overall, rents have continued to fall in the past year.\u00a0From July 2025 to July 2026<\/a>, rents for unfurnished one-bedroom units dropped in every Metro Vancouver city by an average of about 6.5 per cent, or $143. The average price is now $2,089 per month.<\/p>\n

Month-to-month, however, some surprising cities saw upswings. For unfurnished one-bedroom units, rents increased in New Westminster by over seven per cent, Surrey by four per cent, and Coquitlam by about 2.5 per cent.<\/p>\n

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Liv.rent<\/p>\n

But in Burnaby, West Vancouver, and Vancouver, rents for unfurnished one-bedroom units all decreased month-over-month. Burnaby and West Vancouver rents both dropped by about five per cent, and Vancouver by 3.75 per cent.<\/p>\n

But despite the fact that Vancouver rents fell, it is still home to some of the priciest neighbourhoods in the entire region: West Point Grey\/UBC, Kitsilano, the West End, and Downtown Vancouver.<\/p>\n

West Point Grey\/UBC is the most expensive in the region, with listings for an unfurnished one-bedroom at an average of $2,809 and a two-bedroom at $3,726. Kitsilano is at $2,467 for an unfurnished one-bedroom and $3,297 for a two-bedroom. Downtown is $2,453 for a one-bedroom and $3,096 for a two-bedroom.<\/p>\n

Where is rent the cheapest?<\/p>\n

If you are on the hunt for some more affordable rent, then Surrey might be the right place for you, with three out of five of the cheapest neighbourhoods located there.<\/p>\n

The cheapest rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom in the entire region is in Newton, at just $1,408 per month. This is a full $1,400 cheaper than what you might pay for the same thing in West Point Grey.<\/p>\n

An unfurnished two-bedroom in Newton is $2,051 \u2014 $1,675 cheaper than what you would pay in West Point Grey.<\/p>\n

The other two Surrey neighbourhoods with some of the cheapest rent in the region are\u00a0Guildford and Fleetwood.<\/p>\n

An unfurnished one-bedroom in Guildford is $1,635 per month, and a two-bedroom is $2,023. In Fleetwood, it is $1,707 for a one-bedroom and just 1,986 for a two-bedroom.<\/p>\n

Langley and Abbotsford are the other cities with the cheapest rents. Langley\u2019s neighbourhood Willowbrook has unfurnished one-bedroom rent averaging at $1,713, and a two-bedroom at $2,229.\u00a0In Abbotsford, average rent is $1,484 for a one-bedroom and $1,946 for a two-bedroom.<\/p>\n

What about by unit size?<\/p>\n

The cheapest rent in Metro Vancouver changes slightly when you look at rent per square foot. The cheapest across the region is actually Richmond, at $2.32\/sq.ft, Coquitlam at $2.81\/sq.ft, and 2.98\/sq.ft.<\/p>\n

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Liv.rent<\/p>\n

However, Vancouver and North Vancouver remain among the most expensive per square foot, at $3.71\/sq. ft. in Vancouver and $3.80\/sq. ft. in North Vancouver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Metro Vancouver rent is notoriously high, there\u2019s a big price discrepancy depending on the city you live…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-831281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}