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In Langley City it can go any way you prefer — in person, video, or phone.

Documents can still go digital if that is easier, or we meet wherever suits you.

Langley City, specifically

Langley City counted 28,963 residents in the 2021 Census, up 11.9% from 2016, on about 10 square kilometres. It was incorporated as its own municipality on March 15, 1955, separate from the Township of Langley. The city borders both the Township and Surrey, and all three meet at 196 Street and Fraser Highway — the future Willowbrook SkyTrain station is going in on the northeast corner of that intersection. Downtown Langley is built around walking, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University has a campus right in town.

My mortgage and real estate licences both cover all of BC, so for a home in Langley City you can come to me for the mortgage and for buying or selling.

Three things to check first in Langley City: SkyTrain, the Nicomekl River and the new zoning bylaw

The Surrey Langley SkyTrain extends the Expo Line 16 kilometres with eight stations, all the way to 203 Street in Langley City, and the Province's project page currently gives an anticipated in-service date of late 2029. Two stations serve the city: Langley City Centre, the end of the line, east of 203 Street and Industrial Avenue, and Willowbrook, on the city's edge. The City has designated Transit-Oriented Areas within 800 metres of both stations and 400 metres of the Langley Centre bus exchange. Within 200 metres of a SkyTrain station it must allow at least 20 storeys and a floor area ratio of 5; within 400 metres, 12 storeys and 4; within 800 metres, 8 storeys and 3 — all heights subject to the Airport Zoning Regulation — and minimum residential parking requirements no longer apply there.

The Nicomekl River runs through the middle of Langley City and splits it into two halves; in Halq'emeylem, Nicomekl means “always flooding.” The City's own plan says that east of 203 Street a 1-in-200-year flood reaches well into existing developed areas, and building in the floodplain has to follow the City's Floodplain Elevation Bylaw. If you're looking at a home near the river, confirm whether it's in the floodplain before you make an offer, and ask your insurer whether overland flooding can be covered.

On March 9, 2026, the City adopted a new zoning bylaw (Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300). Former single-family lots are now zoned R1, which allows a single detached home or a plex home, plus a secondary suite, garden suite or carriage home — up to four units per lot, or six within 400 metres of a frequent-transit bus stop. One rule runs the other way: inside a Transit-Oriented Area, an R1 lot is limited to one main home plus one suite, garden suite or carriage home, with no plex home. A secondary suite can't exceed the lesser of 100 m² or 40% of the building's floor area; a garden suite is limited to one storey or 4.6 metres, and a carriage home to two storeys or 6.8 metres.

Renting out a home in Langley City takes a City business licence — the City's licensing rules specifically include owners of residential rental properties. If you're counting on a suite's rent to help you qualify, get the licence, the tenancy agreement and a record of rent received from the seller before you remove your conditions.

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