Should I buy in Willoughby/Yorkson or Bedford Landing/Fort Langley?

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They are nearly opposite product profiles. Willoughby/Yorkson is the Township of Langley's designated growth node — purpose-built post-2010 master-planned communities with new-construction townhouses, apartment-style condos, and recent SFH product, supported by Carvolth Park-and-Ride and a dense local-school footprint. Median resale closer to $850K-$1.0M for townhouses, $700K-$900K for condos as of early 2026 per FVREB data. Bedford Landing in Fort Langley is the heritage-village edge: low-rise townhouses ($1.0M-$1.4M), single-family detached ($1.6M-$2.4M+), waterfront-adjacent walkability to Glover Road heritage retail and the historic Fort. Three decision frames: (1) school catchments — Yorkson Creek Middle and surrounding elementary catchments in Willoughby vs. Langley Fundamental Middle / Fort Langley Elementary in the village; both are highly rated but the Willoughby roster is younger and capacity-constrained. (2) tax structure — both pay Township of Langley mill rates so PTT, Home Owner Grant, and SVT exposure are identical; the difference is in benchmark price (PTT on a $1.4M Bedford detached = $26K vs $14K on an $850K Yorkson townhouse). (3) provincial zoning lift — Bill 44 SSMUH applies in BOTH; Bill 47 TOD does NOT apply in Fort Langley's heritage-conservation core but DOES apply along the future Surrey-Langley SkyTrain corridor that touches Willoughby West.