The benchmark price for a single-family home in Parksville Qualicum Beach is up four per cent over the same period a year ago, sitting at $923,800. According to numbers released by the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB), Nanaimo’s year-over-year benchmark price dropped by two per cent to $815,600. In Campbell River, the benchmark price of a single-family home was $687,800 last month, down one per cent from April 2025. The Comox Valley’s …