In a softer market, most Metro Vancouver sellers face a final sale price that lands below expectations, and a few extra weeks of waiting before finding their buyer. But for a smaller group of homes in 2026, the road has been harder — many months on the market, listing after listing pulled and re-posted, and reductions ranging from tens of thousands to nearly $2 million before a buyer finally said yes.
These are the homes where the buyer, not the seller, set the final price. They aren’t confined to the top of the market: a $380,000 Surrey condo and a $5.2 million Belcarra waterfront home both appear below, alongside townhouses and mid-priced apartments. What they all share is a starting price that the market wouldn’t meet and a long, expensive road to the one it would.
Below are the 10 Metro Vancouver homes that took the most relistings to sell between January 1 and June 30, 2026, drawn from MLS data on sales across the 22 municipalities in Metro Vancouver.
How to spot your negotiating room on any home purchase The two data points on every HouseSigma listing that make it easyThe ranking is by the number of separate listings in the selling effort that ended in the 2026 sale, with homes ranked in fourth to tenth all equal at 10 listings each. The ties were broken by the total dollar reduction off the first asking price.
1. 16561 29A Avenue, Surrey: $3,220,000
No home in our analysis was relisted more times than this Surrey detached house. It went on and off the market 14 times between September 2024 and this May. Across roughly 21 months and 13 relistings, the asking price slid from $4.19 million to a final sale of $3.22 million — a $969,000 gap between the seller’s opening number and what a buyer eventually agreed to pay, 23% below the first ask.
Details: $3,220,000 | 8 bed, 8 bath | 6,354 sq ft | Built 2021 | Sold May 31, 2026
2. 23005 Apple Grove, Maple Ridge: $1,160,000
This Maple Ridge detached home first listed in September 2024 at $1.40 million, then spent the next 16 months working through 11 separate listings before it sold in January for $1.16 million. The $239,000 reduction off the opening price, or 17%, came one relisting at a time.
Details: $1,160,000 | 3 bed, 3 bath | 1,835 sq ft | Built 1985 | Sold Jan 14, 2026
3. 14-9762 182A Street, Surrey: $965,000
A newer Surrey townhouse, built in 2025, that took 11 listings to sell but gave up relatively little on price along the way. It first listed in April 2024 at $1,059,999, then worked through 10 relistings over roughly 25 months before closing this May at $965,000. The $94,999 difference between the opening ask and the sale works out to a 9% cut overall — the smallest percentage reduction on the list.
Details: $965,000 | 4 bed, 4 bath | 1,746 sq ft | Built 2025 | Sold May 31, 2026
4. 4995 Robson Road, Belcarra: $3,200,000
This Belcarra house spent longer on the market, and took a larger dollar cut, than any other home on our list. First listed in September 2022 at $5.18 million, it cycled through 10 listings over a whopping 40 months before closing in January at $3.20 million. That is a $1.98 million reduction, 38% below where the seller started.
Details: $3,200,000 | 4 bed, 4 bath | 2,961 sq ft | Built 1969 | Sold Jan 26, 2026
5. 903-239 Keefer Street, Vancouver: $930,000
This Vancouver penthouse with a panoramic roof deck underwent a court-ordered sale, and thus saw the steepest percentage cut of any home here. After 10 listings across roughly three years, beginning in March 2023 at $1.85 million, it sold this April for $930,000 — almost exactly half the original asking price, a $920,000 reduction.
Details: $930,000 | 3 bed, 3 bath | 1,175 sq ft | Built 2024 | Sold Apr 13, 2026
6. 4527 Clinton Street, Burnaby: $2,810,000
This large Burnaby detached home, with eight bedrooms and a separate two-bed suite, was first listed in October 2023 at $3.35 million. Over the next 31 months and 10 listings, the price drifted down to a $2.81 million sale this May — $540,000, or 16%, below the opening ask.
Details: $2,810,000 | 10 bed, 11 bath | 5,157 sq ft | Built 2025 | Sold May 31, 2026
7. 312-555 Abbott Street, Vancouver: $839,000
Listed in October 2023 at $1.1 million, this Vancouver condo with large roof terrace took 10 listings over 27 months to find a buyer, closing in January at $839,000. The final price came in $261,000 below the first ask — a 24% reduction.
Details: $839,000 | 3 bed, 1 bath | 986 sq ft | Built 1995 | Sold Jan 15, 2026
8. 35-1871 165A Street, Surrey: $1,230,000
One of two townhouses on the list, this Surrey property was first listed in May 2025 at $1.4 million. After 10 listings across about 10 months, it sold in February for $1.23 million. That’s $170,000, or 12%, under the opening number.
Details: $1,230,000 | 4 bed, 4 bath | 2,352 sq ft | Built 2024 | Sold Feb 28, 2026
9. 901-13750 100 Avenue, Surrey: $380,000
At the affordable end of the list, this Surrey condo first asked $549,000 in May 2023. Ten listings and roughly 32 months later, it sold in January for $380,000 — a 31% cut, and $169,000 below where it began.
Details: $380,000 | 1 bed, 1 bath | 512 sq ft | Built 2016 | Sold Jan 22, 2026
10. 610-11907 223 Street, Maple Ridge: $428,000
This Maple Ridge condo had the smallest dollar reduction on the list, but it still took 10 listings to clear. Posted in February 2025 at $490,000, it sold the following January for $428,000 — $62,000, or 13%, below the first ask.
Details: $428,000 | 1 bed, 1 bath | 618 sq ft | Built 2024 | Sold Jan 17, 2026
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