The Acreage Row, Nine Months In
The year to date. From January to September 2026 the row records 97 sales, against 92 in the same months of 2025, and 372 new listings against 389. The average sale price was $2,541,989 against $2,975,555, lower by $433,566 or 14.6%. The median was $2,350,000 against $2,698,250, lower by 12.9%. Sales closed at 93.71% of list price against 93.54%, after an average 61.4 days against 53.8.
Beside the detached row. A detached house on a lot in Langley sold in September at 96.42% of list price after an average 41.3 days, with 64 sales against 449 for sale: a sales-to-active-listings ratio of 14.3%. On the acreage row the ratio was 7.1%, 12 sales against 168. At September's pace that is 14.0 months of acreage supply against 7.0 for detached houses. At the average pace of the nine months, 168 for sale is 15.6 months.
Three readings in three months. Our August reports quoted the July row: 16 sales against 179 for sale, 91.83% of list price and an average 91.4 days. In September, Buying for Horses, Properly quoted the board's database for August: nine sales against 171 for sale, with 35 new listings. September's row is 12 sales against 168 for sale, at 94.28% and 56.8 days. Monthly counts this small move a long way on a handful of sales, which is why the year-to-date line is printed above.
The benchmarks in the four rural sub-areas. The board's September 2026 index puts the detached benchmark at $2,491,800 in Campbell Valley, down 12.5% on the year; $2,222,300 in County Line Glen Valley, down 8.1%; $2,170,900 in Otter District, down 11.0%; and $1,825,900 in Salmon River, down 9.9%. Langley's detached benchmark fell 6.7% over the same year. These are index prices for a typical detached house in each sub-area, not averages of acreage sales.
Elsewhere on the board. Abbotsford's acreage row shows 5 sales in September with 67 for sale, and 30 sales in the year to date against 36. Langley's 97 sales in nine months is the largest count of any area in the report.
What an average on this row means. The average and median here are of whatever sold, and an acreage sale can be a five-acre house or a fifty-acre farm. A lower average in 2026 than in 2025 records a different set of properties as well as a different market, and the report does not separate the two. The rules that decide what an acreage can be used for are in ALR Zoning in South Langley, and the tax classification in our report on farm status and acreage taxation.
Sourced from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's C Report by Area for September 2026 and its MLS® Home Price Index Detail for September 2026, both read 6 October 2026, with the July and August readings as quoted in our earlier reports. Days on this row are the board's averages, not medians. Ratios, months of supply and differences are our arithmetic on the board's counts. This report describes and informs; it is not investment advice.