One level, no stairs, everything where you can reach it: the floor plan people wait years for.
Ranchers are the peninsula's most patiently hunted homes. Downsizers want the single level without leaving the neighbourhood; young families like the yard and the simplicity; everyone likes never thinking about stairs again. Supply never quite meets that demand, which is why the good ones draw attention the first week.
They cluster where the original subdivisions were generous: Sunnyside's flat blocks, Ocean Park's quiet grids, pockets of Crescent Beach and central South Surrey. Some have been beautifully updated; others are honest originals on land that carries the value. Every rancher currently on the MLS is below, updated daily. If the right one is not here yet, tell us what you are waiting for; ranchers are a specialty of ours and we often know which are coming before they list.
WHITE ROCK AND SOUTH SURREY RANCHERS · LIVE ON THE MLS®, UPDATED CONTINUOUSLY
The month in numbers · September 2026 report · August data · White Rock & South Surrey
The board’s August read on White Rock and South Surrey houses: the detached benchmark is $1,649,200, down 7.5 percent on the year and up 0.1 percent on the month. 48 houses sold in August into 616 for sale, 7.8 percent of listings (5.5 percent a year ago), which the board’s scale calls a buyers’ market; 137 new listings came on and the median sale was $1,623,523.
The rest of the peninsula: the townhome benchmark is $820,300, down 11.1 percent in a year, with 11.8 percent of townhomes selling in the month; the condo benchmark $550,800, down 6.2 percent, with 16.2 percent of condos selling. Valley-wide it took an average 45 days to sell a house, 37 a townhome and 45 a condo; the board publishes no peninsula-only days figure. A benchmark is the board’s index price for a typical home of that type, not an average asking price. Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board MLS®, September 2026 package.
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