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The average rent in Nanaimo is $1,527 for a one-bedroom and $1,895 for a two-bedroom, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Rental Market Survey of October 2025. This post breaks those averages down by CMHC zone, adds Statistics Canada’s 2026 asking-rent reading for the metro area, then sets the CMHC averages beside the monthly cost of owning an apartment at the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s September 2026 board-wide price, a stand-in because no Nanaimo-only apartment price is published. The closing section gives the short answer on renting versus buying. Figures here are as of the date this post was published.<\/p>\n

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Where to rent in Nanaimo: average rent by area<\/h2>\n

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In CMHC’s October 2025 survey, average rents in Nanaimo run from $1,393 to $1,694 for a one-bedroom and from $1,682 to $2,049 for a two-bedroom across the zones in the table below. The row CMHC labels Nanaimo, which we read as the census metropolitan area total, shows $1,527 and $1,895. These are averages for occupied purpose-built apartments, not today’s asking rents.<\/p>\n

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This is zone-level data, not neighbourhood data. CMHC reports Nanaimo as one survey area split into three zones: Centre, South, and North & Periphery. We use its labels as given and have not matched them to neighbourhoods. CMHC measures what sitting tenants pay, which in many buildings reflects older leases, so its averages tend to trail current asking rents.<\/p>\n

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The table gives the average rents for row and apartment units in CMHC’s October 2025 Rental Market Survey table for Nanaimo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Area (CMHC zone)<\/strong><\/td>One-bedroom<\/strong><\/td>Two-bedroom<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Nanaimo total (CMHC’s first row)<\/td>$1,527<\/td>$1,895<\/td><\/tr>
Centre<\/td>$1,477<\/td>$1,771<\/td><\/tr>
South<\/td>$1,393<\/td>$1,682<\/td><\/tr>
North & Periphery<\/td>$1,694<\/td>$2,049<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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Of the areas in our table, South has the lowest averages, $1,393 for a one-bedroom and $1,682 for a two-bedroom, and North & Periphery the highest, at $1,694 and $2,049 (CMHC, October 2025). The gap between them is $301 for a one-bedroom and $367 for a two-bedroom. Centre sits between the two, at $1,477 and $1,771. Treat the zone figures as a guide to relative cost, not a quote for any one unit.<\/p>\n

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Statistics Canada’s quarterly rent statistics<\/a>, released September 9, 2026, put the Nanaimo metro area’s average two-bedroom asking rent at $2,080 a month for the second quarter, April to June 2026. These experimental estimates of asking rents listed on major rental platforms are metro-wide, so they sit beside, not inside, the CMHC zone table.<\/p>\n

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Because liv.rent publishes no Nanaimo rent report, the only 2026 asking-rent reading here is Statistics Canada’s metro-wide one above. To see current listings, browse the Nanaimo rentals on liv.rent<\/a> page. The rest of this post puts the CMHC rents beside the cost of owning, and the short answer is in the last section.<\/p>\n

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How we compared owning with renting in Nanaimo in October 2026<\/h2>\n

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This comparison sets the monthly cost of owning an apartment at the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s September 2026 price against CMHC’s October 2025 average rents in Nanaimo, then tracks each side’s net worth over 25 years. Each month, whichever side spends less invests the gap, and the renter begins with the down payment and closing costs already invested. We call it break-even the first time, at a year-end, that the owner would come out at least equal to the renter once selling costs are paid.<\/p>\n

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One input needs a plain label. The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) publishes its apartment price for its whole board area, not for Nanaimo alone, so the $401,700 we use for September 2026 is a board-wide stand-in rather than a Nanaimo figure. A Nanaimo apartment could cost more or less, and we found no Nanaimo-only price to replace it. With one price and two rents there are two pairings, and each runs under two price paths: flat, and up 2% a year.<\/p>\n

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Assumption<\/strong><\/td>What we used<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Price data month<\/td>September 2026 (VIREB’s board-wide apartment price, a stand-in because no Nanaimo-only price is published)<\/td><\/tr>
Rent data<\/td>CMHC Rental Market Report, October 2025 survey: average rent for occupied purpose-built apartments, in the row CMHC labels Nanaimo, which we read as the census metropolitan area total (no liv.rent report lists Nanaimo, so there is no liv.rent asking rent to show; Statistics Canada’s 2026 asking-rent reading is metro-wide and is not used in the model)<\/td><\/tr>
Down payment<\/td>20%, so no mortgage insurance premium<\/td><\/tr>
Mortgage<\/td>4.50% five-year fixed, held for the whole period; 25-year amortization<\/td><\/tr>
Closing costs<\/td>B.C. property transfer tax on the standard schedule with no exemptions, plus $3,000 for legal and inspection<\/td><\/tr>
Strata fee and insurance<\/td>$500 a month, rising 2.2% a year<\/td><\/tr>
Property tax<\/td>The City of Nanaimo’s 2026 all-in residential rate applied to the apartment price, rising 2.2% a year<\/td><\/tr>
Rent growth<\/td>2.2% a year<\/td><\/tr>
Investment return<\/td>4.0% a year on any money not spent on housing<\/td><\/tr>
Selling costs<\/td>4% of the sale price<\/td><\/tr>
Home price scenarios<\/td>Flat, and 2% a year<\/td><\/tr>
Not counted<\/td>Tenant insurance, maintenance beyond the strata fee, tax on investment returns<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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The rent source also differs from liv.rent’s published Metro Vancouver buy-vs-rent post<\/a>: here it is CMHC’s October 2025 survey, not liv.rent’s October 2026 asking rents. CMHC measures what sitting tenants pay, which in many buildings reflects older leases, so its averages tend to trail current asking rents. Someone signing a lease today would likely pay more, which makes the month-one gaps below, if anything, wider than a new-lease renter would face; they should not be lined up against Vancouver’s as like for like.<\/p>\n

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We picked 4.50% as a round figure for every post in the series, not as a lender’s quote, and did not test other rates. The 2.2% growth rate equals the 2027 limit on B.C. rent increases (the 2026 limit is 2.3%), according to the B.C. government’s rent increase page<\/a>, last updated August 27, 2026, but it is an assumption, not a forecast of Nanaimo rents.<\/p>\n

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Which price, rent and property tax did we use for Nanaimo?<\/h2>\n

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The model prices the apartment at $401,700, VIREB’s board-wide apartment price for September 2026, and sets it against CMHC’s October 2025 Nanaimo average rents of $1,527 and $1,895. For property tax, the model applies the City of Nanaimo’s 2026 residential rate, $7.31181 per $1,000 of assessed value. Of the three inputs, only the price is not specific to Nanaimo.<\/p>\n

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VIREB’s September 2026 statistics package<\/a>, released October 1, 2026, put the apartment-category price at $401,700, a drop of four per cent from a year earlier and $200 below August. VIREB builds it from the MLS Home Price Index, so it is a reference price for a typical apartment, not an average of actual sales. The release gives it for the whole board, and its zone-by-zone sales table covers single-family homes only. Condo apartment sales across the board numbered just 55 in September 2026, down seven per cent from a year earlier, a small sample for an area that reaches as far as Campbell River.<\/p>\n

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Rents come from the October 2025 edition of the CMHC Rental Market Survey<\/a>, in its row and apartment cut of occupied purpose-built units. The row labelled Nanaimo shows an average of $1,527 for a one-bedroom and $1,895 for a two-bedroom, both rated excellent for reliability. By zone, one-bedroom averages run from $1,393 in South to $1,694 in North & Periphery, and two-bedroom averages from $1,682 to $2,049, so the single Nanaimo figure hides a spread of $301 and $367. Because liv.rent has no Nanaimo report, the only 2026 asking-rent reading here is Statistics Canada’s metro-wide one; the rent reports index<\/a> shows which regions it does cover.<\/p>\n

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The City of Nanaimo’s Tax Rates page<\/a>, last updated May 14, 2026, lists Class 1 Residential at $7.31181 per $1,000, against $6.90941 in 2025: a rise of $0.40240, or 5.82%. Its property tax explainer<\/a>, last updated July 21, 2026, gives the formula as taxable assessment divided by $1,000, times the tax rate. Using the apartment price as a stand-in for assessed value gives about $2,937 a year, or $245 a month, in 2026 terms, with no Home Owner Grant subtracted.<\/p>\n

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That one rate bundles the City’s levies with others. The Tax Rates page says the notice “includes rates from the City as well as other entities for which the City collects taxes on their behalf,” and the explainer names the Regional District of Nanaimo, the hospital, schools, BC Assessment and the Municipal Finance Authority among them. Seven residential columns in Schedule A of the City’s Property Tax Rates Bylaw 2026<\/a> (bylaw 7455, adopted May 11, 2026) read: general municipal 4.07052, debt 0.05274, library 0.17163, regional sewer 0.36562, Regional District parks 0.06267, Regional District 0.50143 and hospital 0.64280. Those sum to 5.86741, and the Province’s school tax order for 2026 (OIC 124\/26, April 7, 2026) adds 1.4061 for School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith, making 7.27351. That leaves 0.0383 of the published 7.31181 for other levies, such as BC Assessment and the Municipal Finance Authority (our arithmetic). A separate Duke Point sewer column applies only to land in that local service area.<\/p>\n

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One caveat applies to the regional sewer column. The bylaw charges it on land inside an area the Regional District defines, and no page we read says in words that every Nanaimo address is inside it. The Regional District’s 2026 supplemental information for the City of Nanaimo<\/a> does say that all City taxpayers take part in 10 general services, among them Southern Community wastewater at $36.90 per $100,000 of assessed value. We therefore use the City’s single published rate and do not claim that any one address pays every line. Without the sewer column the rate would be 6.94619, about $12 a month less in 2026 terms.<\/p>\n

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Monthly cost in Nanaimo: owning at $2,523 against rent from $1,527 to $1,895<\/h2>\n

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At September 2026 prices and CMHC’s October 2025 rents, month-one owner cost exceeds rent in both pairings. The gap is $628 a month against the two-bedroom rent and $996 against the one-bedroom rent, according to the shared calculator. Owner cost means the $1,779 mortgage payment, about $245 of property tax and the frozen $500 strata and insurance allowance, with figures rounded.<\/p>\n

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Pairing<\/strong><\/td>Mortgage payment<\/strong><\/td>Owner cost, month one<\/strong><\/td>Rent (CMHC, October 2025)<\/strong><\/td>Owner cost above rent<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Board-wide apartment price ($401,700) against one-bedroom rent<\/td>$1,779<\/td>$2,523<\/td>$1,527<\/td>$996<\/td><\/tr>
Board-wide apartment price ($401,700) against two-bedroom rent<\/td>$1,779<\/td>$2,523<\/td>$1,895<\/td>$628<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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The mortgage payment alone is $252 above the one-bedroom rent and $116 below the two-bedroom rent (CMHC’s October 2025 averages), so against the two-bedroom it is the add-ons, not the loan, that make owning dearer: property tax and the strata allowance together add $744 in month one. The gap narrows as the years pass, since the mortgage payment stays fixed while rent, strata fee and property tax all grow 2.2% a year. The next table shows the cash needed at closing on September 2026 prices, with no exemption applied.<\/p>\n

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Up-front cash<\/strong><\/td>Board-wide apartment price<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Apartment price (VIREB, September 2026)<\/td>$401,700<\/td><\/tr>
20% down payment<\/td>$80,340<\/td><\/tr>
B.C. property transfer tax<\/td>$6,034<\/td><\/tr>
Closing costs including $3,000 legal and inspection<\/td>$9,034<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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The standard B.C. schedule, on the government’s property transfer tax page<\/a> (last updated December 3, 2025), charges 1% of fair market value up to and including $200,000, 2% on the portion above that up to and including $2,000,000, and 3% beyond. At $401,700 the tax is $2,000 plus $4,034, or $6,034, because we applied no exemptions. The renter starts with the down payment and closing costs, $89,374 in all, invested from day one.<\/p>\n

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When does buying catch up with renting in Nanaimo?<\/h2>\n

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With flat prices, the owner is still behind the renter at the 25-year mark against both rents. With prices up 2% a year, break-even comes in the sixth year against the two-bedroom rent and does not come within 25 years against the one-bedroom rent.<\/p>\n

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Pairing<\/strong><\/td>Break-even, flat prices<\/strong><\/td>Break-even, prices up 2% a year<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Board-wide apartment price against one-bedroom rent<\/td>Not within 25 years<\/td>Not within 25 years<\/td><\/tr>
Board-wide apartment price against two-bedroom rent<\/td>Not within 25 years<\/td>Sixth year<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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The next table follows net worth at five, 10 and 25 years on the same board-wide $401,700 price (September 2026), with the owner’s figure first and the renter’s second in each cell.<\/p>\n

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Pairing and price path<\/strong><\/td>After five years<\/strong><\/td>After 10 years<\/strong><\/td>After 25 years<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
One-bedroom rent, flat<\/td>$103,490 \/ $172,442<\/td>$152,480 \/ $267,299<\/td>$385,632 \/ $642,656<\/td><\/tr>
One-bedroom rent, up 2% a year<\/td>$143,626 \/ $172,442<\/td>$236,931 \/ $267,299<\/td>$632,670 \/ $642,656<\/td><\/tr>
Two-bedroom rent, flat<\/td>$103,490 \/ $147,036<\/td>$152,480 \/ $208,063<\/td>$390,653 \/ $412,145<\/td><\/tr>
Two-bedroom rent, up 2% a year<\/td>$143,626 \/ $147,036<\/td>$236,931 \/ $208,063<\/td>$637,691 \/ $412,145<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

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On these September 2026 inputs the renter leads in every one-bedroom row, because the larger monthly gap leaves more to invest: by $257,024 after 25 years with flat prices, and by $9,986 when prices rise 2% a year. Against the two-bedroom rent, flat-price net worths nearly meet after 25 years, $390,653 for the owner against $412,145 for the renter. On the 2% path the owner is $3,410 behind after five years, then leads by $28,868 after 10 years and by $225,546 after 25.<\/p>\n

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Against the two-bedroom rent, the owner’s flat-price figure at 25 years ($390,653) edges above the one-bedroom run ($385,632), because late in the period the rent outgrows the owner’s monthly cost and the owner begins investing the difference. Treat the 2% column as a what-if, not a forecast: VIREB reported the board-wide apartment price down four per cent from a year earlier in September 2026.<\/p>\n

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Who might buy in Nanaimo, and what does the first-time buyer exemption change?<\/h2>\n

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On these September 2026 and October 2025 inputs, renting costs less in month one in both pairings, by $628 to $996 a month. Buying suits best a first-time buyer who is eligible for the B.C. exemption, plans a long stay, wants a two-bedroom unit and can carry the $628 gap, because that is the only pairing where owning catches up, and only if prices rise 2% a year. A renter with a short time horizon, or with cash flow that cannot absorb the gap, spends less in month one by renting, and paying 4% of the sale price to sell makes a short stay costly for an owner. Landlords can read the tables from the other side: they show what a tenant would pay each month to own instead of rent under these assumptions.<\/p>\n

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An eligible first-time home buyer would pay no transfer tax at $401,700, against the $6,034 the model charges. According to the B.C. government’s exemption amounts page<\/a>, last updated December 3, 2025, a buyer at a fair market value of $500,000 or less can claim an exemption equal to the full amount of the tax, and over $500,000 and up to $835,000 the exemption is $8,000. That would cut closing costs from $9,034 to the $3,000 set aside for legal and inspection, and day-one cash from $89,374 to $83,340. The model does not apply the exemption, so every break-even year above assumes the full tax is paid; an exemption would help the owner, by an amount we did not calculate.<\/p>\n

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The B.C. government’s first-time home buyers’ program page (last updated June 20, 2025) lists the conditions: Canadian citizenship or permanent residence; a year of living in B.C. before registration, or two or more B.C. income tax returns filed in the last six taxation years; no past ownership of a principal residence anywhere in the world; and no earlier first-time home buyers’ exemption or refund. The home must be the buyer’s principal residence and be 0.5 hectares or smaller. A separate newly built home exemption, on a B.C. government page last updated January 6, 2026, waives the tax on a first-registered home, used as the buyer’s principal residence, valued at up to $1,100,000. We did not model it, so check the government pages before planning around either.<\/p>\n

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Several things would move the result. The first is the price: the September 2026 figure of $401,700 is a board-wide stand-in, so a Nanaimo apartment that costs more or less would shift every owner figure above. Property tax is another: the City’s residential rate rose 5.82% in 2026, while the model grows the whole property tax bill by 2.2% a year, so repeated rises of that size would push property tax above our path. Any real building will also have its own strata fee, assessed value and mortgage quote. The model leaves out charges that may apply to a given strata lot, such as the Regional District’s flat $16.00 parcel tax for 2026 (its brochure lists it as “DWWP Parcel Tax”) and the City’s multi-family sewer unit rate of $0.48869 per dwelling unit per day on its 2026 billing rates page, which does not say how strata lots are billed.<\/p>\n

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CMHC’s October 2025 vacancy table<\/a> shows 2.2% across Nanaimo’s purpose-built row and apartment units, 2.9% for one-bedrooms and 2.0% for two-bedrooms. Those are the latest CMHC figures we found for Nanaimo: CMHC’s 2026 Mid-Year Rental Market Update<\/a>, published June 9, 2026, covered seven census metropolitan areas and does not mention Nanaimo. Vacancy shows how easy it is to find a unit, not where rents or prices go next. This post is general information, not financial advice; a mortgage broker or financial planner can test your own situation.<\/p>\n

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What to check next if you are weighing a Nanaimo apartment<\/h2>\n

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Begin with the rent for the unit size you would really occupy, then set it beside the strata fee, assessed value and written mortgage quote of an actual apartment. Those are the inputs our model had to assume. Ask the City of Nanaimo which property tax and utility charges apply to the specific address, because we used its single published rate and did not map it to any one building.<\/p>\n

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These rents come from CMHC’s October 2025 survey, so a newer annual edition will replace them. For other regions, liv.rent’s rent reports<\/a> are the place to look; if you plan to keep renting, the guide to B.C. rent increases<\/a> explains the yearly limit; and liv.rent’s renting vs buying guide<\/a> sets out the wider trade-offs.<\/p>\n

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Renting vs buying in Nanaimo: the short answer<\/h2>\n

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On these inputs, renting costs less in Nanaimo in month one. Owning an apartment at the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s September 2026 board-wide price of $401,700 costs about $2,523 a month, which is $996 above CMHC’s October 2025 one-bedroom average rent of $1,527 and $628 above its two-bedroom average of $1,895. Owning catches up in only one pairing, against the two-bedroom rent in the sixth year if prices rise 2% a year; with flat prices it does not within 25 years against either rent.<\/p>\n

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Buying suits best a first-time buyer who is eligible for the B.C. exemption, plans a long stay, wants a two-bedroom unit, and can carry the $628 gap. Two caveats apply: the $401,700 price (September 2026) is a board-wide stand-in, not a Nanaimo-only price, and CMHC’s rents are averages for occupied units that tend to trail current asking rents. The 2% path is a what-if, not a forecast, and this post is general information, not financial advice. For the national picture, see Canada’s 2026 price-to-rent ranking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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CMHC’s October 2025 survey of occupied purpose-built row and apartment units in Nanaimo found average rents of $1,527 for a one-bedroom and $1,895 for a two-bedroom. Because these figures cover sitting tenants, a new lease may cost more. Statistics Canada’s second-quarter 2026 estimate of the average asking rent for a two-bedroom in the Nanaimo metro area is $2,080.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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In CMHC’s October 2025 survey, the South zone had the lowest averages of CMHC’s three Nanaimo zones, $1,393 for a one-bedroom and $1,682 for a two-bedroom, against $1,694 and $2,049 in North & Periphery, the highest. These are averages for occupied units, not neighbourhoods, and they tend to trail current asking rents.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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In our model, renting costs less in month one. Owning an apartment at the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s board-wide September 2026 price of $401,700 costs about $2,523 a month, against CMHC’s October 2025 Nanaimo averages of $1,527 for a one-bedroom and $1,895 for a two-bedroom, a gap of $996 or $628.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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No Nanaimo-only apartment price is published. The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board put its apartment price at $401,700 for September 2026, down four per cent from a year earlier, but that figure covers the whole board area. We use it as a stand-in, so a Nanaimo apartment could cost more or less.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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An eligible first-time home buyer in B.C. owes no property transfer tax at a fair market value of $500,000 or less, according to the B.C. government page updated December 3, 2025. At our $401,700 board-wide stand-in price the standard tax would be $6,034, so closing costs would fall from $9,034 to the $3,000 legal and inspection allowance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Not within 25 years in our model if prices stay flat, whichever rent you compare with. If prices climb 2% a year, the owner draws level in the sixth year against the two-bedroom rent but still trails the renter at 25 years against the one-bedroom rent. The 2% path is a what-if, not a forecast.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n