Kitsilano duplex listings · also called half duplex

Duplexes for Sale in Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC

16 active duplexes for sale in Kitsilano on MultiLiving. Median ask: $2,524,000. Range: $2,168,000–$2,795,000.

Listings shown reflect MLS® data as of August 19, 2026.

Active listings

16

Median ask

$2,524,000

Lowest ask

$2,168,000

Highest ask

$2,795,000

Living in Kitsilano

Kitsilano runs from the beach at Cornwall up to 16th Avenue, anchored by West 4th Avenue's shops and the seawall at Kits Beach. The neighbourhood is overwhelmingly walkable — most homes are within ten minutes of a coffee shop, yoga studio, or the seawall — and it draws a mix of young families, working professionals, and downsizers who want to keep one foot in active outdoor life. Schools include General Gordon, Lord Tennyson, and Kitsilano Secondary, all well-rated. Transit is solid on the Broadway corridor and is about to get much stronger when the Broadway Subway opens.

Buyers here are usually professional families or established couples trading a downtown condo for a ground-oriented home without leaving the west side. A meaningful share are returning Vancouverites moving back from Toronto, the U.S., or overseas, and a large minority are multigenerational households pooling resources to stay in the catchment.

Kitsilano has consistently been one of the priciest neighbourhoods in the city for ground-oriented housing, and the duplex/townhome end has stayed liquid through several broader market cooling cycles. New-build duplexes regularly sell over $2.5M and well-finished half-duplex units in the high $2M–$3M range are common.

Written by MultiLiving Editorial, sourced from REBGV/FVREB transaction data, BC Housing permit records, and local neighbourhood knowledge. Listed by Grand Central Realty, BC Financial Services Authority licence X035686.

Why buy a duplex in Kitsilano

A Kitsilano half-duplex is the closest a buyer can get to a detached home in the neighbourhood without paying $3.5M+. Most new half-duplexes here run 1,800 to 2,400 sf across two or three storeys, on half of a standard 33- or 50-foot lot, with a private outdoor space and a parking pad. Some include a basement-level lockoff that can be rented separately or used as a nanny suite. Compared to a townhome on the same street you get more square footage, a more residential feel, and only one shared wall instead of two. Compared to a detached home you save about $1M to $1.5M for a brand-new build with full warranty coverage. Strong fit for growing families and multigenerational households who want yard space and one extra bedroom.

What to watch for when buying a duplex in Kitsilano

Confirm whether the half-duplex is strata-titled (two-member strata corporation) or genuinely freehold (no strata, separate legal lots). Strata-titled half-duplexes are simpler to insure but require your neighbour's agreement on shared maintenance items. Freehold half-duplexes give total autonomy but require both owners to coordinate roof, foundation, and party-wall work directly. For new builds, confirm the 2-5-10 home warranty is active and registered. Verify which side gets the more usable rear yard and where the parking pad lives — in Kits these details matter.

Compare with nearby neighbourhoods

Buyers shopping duplexes in Kitsilano often also look at these adjacent neighbourhoods. The duplex price band and inventory mix differ noticeably between them — worth a side-by-side comparison.

NeighbourhoodView duplexes for sale
Kitsilano this page16 active · median $2,524,000
Point GreySee duplexes in Point Grey →
ArbutusSee duplexes in Arbutus →
KerrisdaleSee duplexes in Kerrisdale →
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Buyer questions about duplexes in Kitsilano

There are 16 active MLS® duplexes listed for sale in Kitsilano, Vancouver on MultiLiving right now. The list updates daily as agents add or remove listings from the MLS® feed, so the count and every price you see reflect what's currently on the market, not a cached snapshot. You can sort by price, filter by bedroom count, or save the search to receive email alerts whenever a new duplex appears in Kitsilano. Some duplexes in this area are sold pre-construction before hitting MLS® — MultiLiving lists those pre-sale options too, so you see inventory other listing sites miss. MultiLiving's own agent team also tracks new-build multiplex projects across Vancouver directly with local developers, which is how some duplexes appear here before they reach the general public MLS® search.
The median asking price for duplexes currently listed in Kitsilano, Vancouver is $2,524,000. Most duplexes in Kitsilano, Vancouver are brand new construction, so prices reflect current land and building costs in Vancouver. Final sale prices on new builds are often within 2–5% of the asking price. Owner-occupied buyers can use CMHC-insured mortgages with as little as 5% down on the first $500,000 of the price (10% on the portion above, on homes up to $1.5M), and lenders can count 50% of projected rental income from the other units toward your qualifying income — which meaningfully lowers the effective cost of entry.
A duplex (also called a half duplex) in Kitsilano is a ground-oriented home with its own front door, private outdoor space, and typically two or three storeys above grade. Compared to a condo, you get more living space, no shared building corridors, and land ownership directly under your unit — no strata tower management. Compared to a detached house in Vancouver, you get a lower purchase price because the land cost is shared across the duplex's units. Under BC Bill 44 (2024), most lots in Kitsilano now allow duplex-scale development, which is expanding the supply of brand new ground-oriented homes.
Most duplexes listed in Kitsilano, Vancouver are brand new construction or recently completed under BC's Bill 44 small-scale multi-unit housing rules (in force June 2024). New builds typically come with a 2-5-10 BC Home Warranty, and first-time buyers purchasing new construction qualify for 30-year amortization on CMHC-insured mortgages (versus 25 years for resales). Resale duplexes also appear when listed — look for "year built" on individual listings to distinguish new from resale, and ask your agent to pull the strata documents and depreciation report on any resale over five years old.
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