Track current market conditions for view homes in Nanaimo, Lantzville, Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Errington, Coombs, Qualicum Bay, Bowser, Cedar, Gabriola Island, Ladysmith and Chemainus, including asking-price ranges, price per square foot, days on market and active inventory for houses, condos and townhomes with an ocean, mountain, lake, valley or city view listed through the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board. All figures come from live MLS® data and move as view homes are listed, sold or repriced.
Nanaimo and Parksville view home market caution: Views are self-reported in each listing, so this category mixes panoramic ocean outlooks from the Hammond Bay and Fairwinds headlands with partial water views from Nanaimo condos and mountain or valley views from Errington acreages. Waterfront estates with views push the average up, while condos and townhomes pull it down. Weigh the figures by the kind of view and the kind of home.
Nanaimo & Parksville View Home Market Ocean, harbour and mountain views from Ladysmith's hillsides to Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay and Qualicum Beach
How to Read the Numbers
Understanding Nanaimo and Parksville View Home Market Data
View quality and permanence matter as much as square footage here, and neither appears in an average.
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Ocean Views Lead
Broad outlooks across the Strait toward the mainland peaks, from north Nanaimo, Lantzville, Nanoose Bay and the hillsides of Ladysmith, command the highest premiums. Harbour views from downtown Nanaimo and Brechin Hill follow, and mountain and valley views generally add less.
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Hillside Towns, Flat Towns
Nanaimo, Ladysmith and Chemainus are built on slopes, so view homes there are common across many price ranges. Parksville is flat, which makes ocean-view homes scarcer and concentrated near the beach, and that scarcity shows up in their asking prices.
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Views Can Change
Trees grow, vacant lots get built on and neighbours add storeys. Zoning on the lots in front, tree bylaws such as Nanaimo's, and any covenants protecting sightlines decide how secure a view is, and those details are not captured in market statistics.
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Active Listings, Not Sold Prices
These statistics describe current asking prices and days on market, not sold values. Valuing a specific property takes recent comparable sales in the same community and adjustments for that property.