A new law changed what your land is allowed to become — often three to six homes where one stood. That opens up options: sell, refinance to access the value, or add homes and stay put. UpZoned staff are here to help — start by understanding what's possible for your lot.
Across Metro Vancouver, the Province has overridden single-family zoning by mandate — Bill 44 (small-scale multi-unit housing) and Bill 47 (transit-oriented areas), alongside Vancouver's Broadway Plan and the new Villages Plan. If your block is on the list, the rules for your land quietly changed — often allowing three to six homes where one stood.
Most owners still picture a single-family house at a single-family price — and have no easy way to learn their lot was rezoned, or what it now allows.
Land that can hold several homes is often worth more than the house standing on it today. Increasingly, the value is in the dirt — not the building.
Selling, refinancing or building means juggling agents, lenders, lawyers and even neighbours. We help you see your options clearly before you commit to anything.
Not every block changed by the same amount. These are the three Metro Vancouver markets where the jump in density — and in what a lot is worth — has been largest.
Vancouver's largest-ever rezoning — roughly 500 blocks from Vine to Clark. Close to SkyTrain stations, buildings can reach around 40 storeys, and many single-house lots are now worth far more as development sites than as homes.
Around rapid-transit stations across Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, Coquitlam, New Westminster and more, provincial transit-oriented-area rules require towers up to about 20 storeys within 200 m — turning quiet lots into tower sites almost overnight.
Vancouver's May 2026 Villages Plan maps 17 neighbourhood villages for low-rise homes up to six storeys on blocks that held a single house — the newest wave, still moving through approvals.
Beyond the three markets: province-wide, Bill 44 now lets owners put three to four homes — up to six near frequent transit — on nearly every single-family lot in BC, with no rezoning application. Even off the prime blocks, your lot has likely already been densified.
Some owners want to sell, some want to refinance or build and stay, and some just want to understand what they're holding. Tell us once and we'll bring the right people to you — only if and when you're ready.
Not going anywhere? Borrow against the new value without selling, with lenders who understand what your land is now permitted to become.
Your lot may now allow three to six homes — a laneway house, garden suite, or basement suite — built behind or within your place while you keep living there. Rent it out, house family, or both, with builders and lenders who know BC's small-scale multi-unit (SSMUH) rules.
Let vetted buyers who specialise in rezoned land — realtors, developers and investors — understand your lot and compete for it.
Partner or joint-venture directly with the UpZoned Development Division — contribute your land and share in what gets built, without fronting the construction yourself. Our in-house team carries the project from densified lot to finished homes.
No phone calls required. Your contact details are never shown publicly and are only released to a professional once you're matched.
About two minutes, with no obligation. Your name, phone, email and address stay private from the start.
Using public rezoning data, we check what your lot is now permitted to become.
Only the right vetted realtors, developers and lenders for rezoned land — and only when you're ready.
On your terms, with no obligation.
A combined site — yours plus the lots beside it — is usually worth more per home than any single lot sold alone. It's also the part developers find hardest to put together.
If you'd consider selling alongside your neighbours, tick the box when you list. We'll quietly see who else nearby is open.
Thanks — we've got your details. We'll be in touch with what your lot is now permitted to become and the options that fit, whether that's selling, refinancing, or building to stay. No phone calls required.
Tell us about your lot — whether you're leaning toward selling, refinancing, or adding homes to stay — and we'll come back with what it's now permitted to become and the options that fit.
Details are self-reported by property owners who consent to being contacted by partner professionals. Your approximate area and comments may be shown to vetted parties; full contact details are released only after a match. Estimated values, zoning notes and timelines are indicative and not verified appraisals.
The same house is worth more when its lot can become more. Across Metro Vancouver, many homes now sit on land that allows three to six homes — or a tower near transit. Buy one and you get a place to live today, plus options most listings don't come with.
Move in like any other home — but on a lot the new rules value more highly than the house standing on it today.
Add the laneway home or suite the zoning now allows and rent it out, or house family — income and flexibility from day one.
Hold land whose value rises as the area builds out, redevelop later, or sell to a developer when the timing is right.
UpZoned doesn't only match owners with pros — we take the strongest densified sites on ourselves, as principal developer. Lenders and investors can back those projects directly, with our AI modelling every site, budget and exit before anyone commits a dollar.
Fund construction, bridge and mezzanine positions on the rezoned-land projects UpZoned takes on — secured against real assets, project by project. Our underwriting model sizes the loan, the timeline and the exit up front, so you set the deal size and risk profile you want and deploy it repeatably as our pipeline grows.
See how lending works →Back a single project, or pool funds with others to co-own the outcome and share the upside. UpZoned sources the site, runs the build through our Development Division, and handles the permits and paperwork end to end.
BC real-estate brokers & agents: bring us a densified site and earn a referral commission when the project advances — partner with UpZoned as a developer. Investment and lending are offered only to eligible parties under applicable securities law and separate written agreements; nothing here is an offer or solicitation.
