Most full-service property managers in Metro Vancouver charge a placement fee equal to half a month’s rent plus a monthly management fee of 7-10% of rent. Birds Nest charges half a month’s rent for tenant placement (plus GST) and 8.33% of monthly rent for ongoing management (plus GST), with no other fees. No vendor markups, no referral kickbacks, no renewal fees, no fees during vacancy.

Rental owners living outside Canada also pay a 2% non-resident tax filing fee if they want Birds Nest to cover their CRA NR4 reporting.

Port Moody is a small but distinct market organized around two SkyTrain station catchments and a handful of older neighbourhoods. Suter Brook Village, anchored by Inlet Centre SkyTrain and Onni’s master-planned community, offers high-rise condos with unmatched walkability, including The Grande, Aria 1 and 2, Libra, and Capilano. Tenants here skew toward young professionals commuting via SkyTrain plus downsizers drawn by the convenience.

Newport Village, built by Bosa Development between 1996 and 2008, sits adjacent to Suter Brook with a European-style mixed-use feel. Buildings include Heritage Grand, The Bentley, and Sentinel. Tenant pool overlaps with Suter Brook but skews slightly older.

Moody Centre, the second SkyTrain catchment, is undergoing the most active redevelopment in Port Moody. As a designated Transit-Oriented Development Area, it is being transformed into a high-density mixed-use neighbourhood, with major projects like Wesgroup’s 1 Market Square (27 storeys, Inlet District), Mary Anne’s Place, and Hue by Marcon. The Moody Centre catchment also benefits from the West Coast Express commuter rail to Downtown Vancouver.

Older neighbourhoods including Heritage Mountain, College Park, Glenayre, and Ioco offer detached homes and townhomes with longer-tenured family tenants drawn to school catchments and a quieter lifestyle.

For investors prioritizing rent-growth velocity, Moody Centre’s transit-oriented stock turns over fastest. For investors prioritizing stability, the Heritage Mountain detached and townhome market typically delivers 2 to 3 year tenancies.

Port Moody’s Moody Centre Transit-Oriented Development Area is the most significant rental supply story in the city. The Province has designated the area for high-density mixed-use redevelopment, and major projects are now in pre-sale or under construction. Wesgroup’s Inlet District (anchored by 1 Market Square’s 27-storey tower) is redeveloping the corner of Ioco Road and Guildford Drive, while Mary Anne’s Place, Hue by Marcon, Sitka House, Chroma, and Ksana add further inventory in the Moody Centre catchment.

For owners of older Port Moody condos in Suter Brook, Newport Village, or Klahanie, this matters because tenants touring your unit will increasingly compare it to brand-new towers steps from SkyTrain. Competing comes down to two things: condition (clean, updated, well-photographed, well-marketed) and pricing flexibility on first listing. Leasing fast at 2 to 3% below your initial target almost always nets more annual income than chasing the top of the market through extra weeks of vacancy.

Port Moody property tax for 2026 is due July 2, 2026, a single annual payment, with a 5% penalty applied after July 2 and a further 5% added after September 15, 2026.

Port Moody utility fees (water, sewer, garbage, recycling) are billed once a year on a schedule unlike most Metro Vancouver municipalities, with payment due February 27, 2026. A 5% penalty applies after February 27, and a further 5% after March 31, 2026. The early-year billing means owners need to plan around two distinct payment windows rather than a single July deadline.

No, not for long-term rentals. The City of Port Moody does not require a separate annual business licence for owners renting out residential properties on long-term leases.

No. The Empty Homes Tax is a City of Vancouver bylaw and applies only to residential properties within Vancouver city limits. Port Moody has no equivalent municipal vacancy tax.

But every Port Moody owner is still subject to the BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax, which is a separate provincial tax that applies across most of Metro Vancouver including Port Moody. Every BC residential property owner in a designated taxable region must file the Speculation and Vacancy Tax declaration annually by March 31. See our BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax Guide for more details.

Port Moody is anchored by two SkyTrain stations on the Millennium Line Evergreen Extension: Inlet Centre (Suter Brook and Newport Village) and Moody Centre (which also serves as a West Coast Express commuter rail stop, with a 40-minute ride to Downtown Vancouver). A condo within a 5-minute walk of either station rents meaningfully faster than an otherwise-identical unit elsewhere in the city, and the gap widens for the young-professional tenant pool that dominates both catchments.

Outside the SkyTrain corridors, Port Moody’s tenant pool shifts. Heritage Mountain, College Park, Glenayre, and Ioco attract longer-tenancy family renters who prioritize school catchments, townhome layouts, and quieter streets over transit access. The trade-off is slower turnover at a steadier, more predictable rent.

The maximum allowable rent increase in British Columbia for 2026 is 2.3%, down from 3% in 2025. The cap is tied to the Consumer Price Index and applies to existing tenancies only.

Three rules every BC landlord needs to know: you can only raise rent once every 12 months, you must give at least three full months’ written notice using the official Notice of Rent Increase form, and missed years cannot be “topped up” later.