{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/rexhua-com\/2026\/09\/16\/burnaby-rents-rose-across-categories-in-august\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:00:00","slug":"burnaby-rents-rose-across-categories-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/16\/burnaby-rents-rose-across-categories-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnaby Rents Rose Across Categories in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/rex-hua-prec\/metro-vancouver-rent-remotion-videos-5f2d\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>August brought a notable shift in Burnaby\u2019s rental landscape: every category\u2014across unit sizes and furnishings\u2014recorded an uptick in asking rents. The standout was furnished three-bedroom apartments, which saw a ~4% leap from $3,000 to $3,200 in the latest period. Yet, for those monitoring longer-term affordability, there\u2019s nuance: despite recent gains, unfurnished one-bedroom rents remain lower year over year\u2014averaging $2,200 last year and still about $280 beneath levels from two years prior. Even so, Burnaby maintains its place among Canada\u2019s top five most expensive rental cities, a fact that keeps local households\u2019 eyes sharply focused on cost trends and value. As someone who\u2019s spent years advising clients on both luxury and investment properties in Greater Vancouver, I know how important it is to track these shifts by segment. The current data underscores just how granular rental market dynamics can be\u2014a reminder that opportunity and risk often go hand in hand, depending on your strategy and the property\u2019s profile.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a notable shift in Burnaby\u2019s rental landscape: every category\u2014across unit sizes and furnishings\u2014recorded an uptick in asking rents. The standout was furnished three-bedroom apartments, which saw a ~4% leap from $3,000 to $3,200 in the latest period. Yet, for those monitoring longer-term affordability, there\u2019s nuance: despite recent gains, unfurnished one-bedroom rents remain lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexhua.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}