Dunbar & Southlands

Southlands, the southern part of the neighbourhood along the Fraser River, has estate-sized properties and horse paddocks and has been protected as an urban equestrian area under the Southlands Plan since 1988. Properties there are a very different purchase from a typical Vancouver lot, so zoning and permitted uses deserve a close look.

Yes. It's a mature area of quiet residential streets, mostly single-family homes, and census-based profiles put it among the Vancouver neighbourhoods with the highest share of households with children. Lord Byng Secondary, St. George's School, and several elementary schools are close by.

Yes. Manan Bhullar is a Surrey-based REALTOR® licensed in British Columbia, and he works with buyers and sellers in Dunbar & Southlands, the rest of Vancouver, and neighbouring Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver — a BC licence covers the whole province. He can pull recent comparable sales, arrange viewings, and price and market a listing, drawing on his BBA in Marketing from SFU's Beedie School of Business. Because his practice also covers commercial and industrial real estate, he can help with an investment or business property in Dunbar & Southlands too. Call or text (604) 727-9542.

Yes. Given what Dunbar & Southlands is known for, the opportunities that fit best are storefront retail, small strata commercial units, and established businesses such as restaurants and convenience stores. Dunbar & Southlands also suits farmland, ALR parcels, and acreage with agricultural or agri-tourism potential. Commercial financing works differently from a home mortgage, usually with a larger down payment and closer scrutiny of the property's income or your business, and for this kind of property the key checks are the lease terms, the business's real financials, and any licences that need to transfer. Manan handles commercial and industrial sales and leasing; his retail, restaurant, convenience store, farm and ALR land, and development land guides go deeper on each property type.

Housing in Dunbar & Southlands includes acreage properties and single-family detached homes. Acreage and rural purchases need extra due diligence beyond a typical home: zoning, any Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) status, well and septic systems, and what the land is actually permitted to be used for.

It depends on what you're after. Dunbar & Southlands is best summed up as “Quiet westside streets, urban equestrian”, and it tends to suit buyers who want a turnkey home in an established community. Visiting at different times of day and comparing it with nearby neighbourhoods is the best way to judge the fit.

According to the September 2026 Greater Vancouver Realtors benchmarks (Dunbar & Southlands falls within the Vancouver West area), typical prices were — Vancouver West: $2,916,100 for a detached home, $1,298,500 for a townhome, and $761,800 for an apartment or condo. Benchmarks describe a typical home, so a specific property can sit well above or below them depending on size, age, lot, and location; recent sold comparables are the reliable guide.