Reference material for buyers and sellers in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley — the closing costs, taxes, and programs that come up in real BC transactions, written without jargon. New guides land here as they’re published; for live market context, see the Market Insights terminal and monthly market reports.
Reference material
BC Real Estate GuidesPlain-English explainers on closing costs, taxes, programs, and process
Closing costs
BC Property Transfer Tax
How the 1% / 2% / 3% / 5% bracket structure works, worked examples at common price points, and how the foreign-buyer additional tax fits in.
Federal legislation
Federal Foreign Buyer Ban
Plain-English guide to Canada's Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act — exceptions, geographic scope, and how it differs from BC's 20% Foreign Buyer Tax.
Annual taxes
BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax
Annual SVT rates (0.5% / 3%), where it applies, the most common exemptions for primary residences and tenanted rentals, and the mandatory annual declaration.
Local guide
Areas Within 15 Minutes of Fort Langley
Six surrounding neighbourhoods (Glen Valley, Walnut Grove, Willoughby, Langley City, Murrayville, Brookswood, Aldergrove) and which one suits which buyer — drive times, price ranges, and what each is known for.
Historical reference
Lower Mainland Housing Cycles, 1980–Present
46 years of FVREB and REBGV market history compressed into a cycle-by-cycle reference — every major inflection (1981 rate shock, 1996 Asian crisis, 2008 GFC, 2016 foreign-buyer tax, 2020 COVID, 2022 rate shock) with annual anchor data and policy context.
Local guide
Bedford Landing, Fort Langley
The master-planned community north of Mavis Avenue along the Bedford Channel — what to know about pricing, walkability to the village, and how it differs from the heritage village stock.
Local guide
Langley Fine Arts School (LFAS)
K-12 program-of-choice fine arts school in Fort Langley with district-wide draw — what application-based admission means for buyers, and what proximity to LFAS looks like in real estate terms.
Local guide
Fort Langley Cranberry Festival
Visitor wayfinding for the Fort Langley village's biggest single-day event — typically Thanksgiving Saturday in October. Parking strategy, transit, and what to expect on festival day.
Relocation guide
Moving to Fort Langley
Pillar relocation guide — village fabric, schools, commute math (Vancouver, Surrey, Langley City, YVR, Albion), housing-market layering, daily life, and the trade-offs that matter when comparing Fort Langley to other Lower Mainland communities.
Reference material
Buying ALR Acreage in the Fraser Valley
Plain-English reference on the Agricultural Land Reserve — what the ALC controls, the 2021–2025 additional-residence reforms (90 m² / 186 m² rules), BC Assessment "farm" classification, floodplain rules, and the parcel-level numbers that matter on Glen Valley, rural Fort Langley, and Aldergrove acreage.
School + real estate guide
Schools Near Fort Langley (SD #35 + SD #42)
Every public secondary within 15 minutes of Fort Langley village — Walnut Grove, R.E. Mountain (IB), D.W. Poppy, Brookswood, Aldergrove, Langley, Garibaldi (IB), plus the K-12 program-of-choice schools (LFAS, Langley Fundamental). Programs, catchments, and the real-estate angle.
Local guide
Fort Langley Heritage Village
The village heritage core at Glover Road and Mavis Avenue — Township façade guidelines, the National Historic Site overlay, the Coulter Berry case, and what character-home buyers need to know about renovation rules.
Local guide
Yorkson, Willoughby (Langley)
The northern Willoughby sub-area — Polygon and Mosaic project list, Yorkson Community Park (27.6 acres), Yorkson Creek Middle / R.E. Mountain Pre-IB feeder pattern, and what differentiates Yorkson from Routley, Latimer, and Carvolth.
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