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Off-market opportunities

The best homes aren't always on the MLS®.

Some of the most desirable properties are sold without ever being publicly advertised. These off-market opportunities can offer buyers advantages that most people never get to see.

Why consider them

What a quiet sale gets you.

Off-market doesn't mean second-rate. It usually means a seller who values discretion over exposure, and that changes the dynamics of the purchase in a buyer's favour.

Less competition

Fewer buyers know these homes are available, which turns a bidding war into an actual conversation and gives you room to think.

Exclusive access

Homes that never appear on public real estate portals, reached through relationships rather than search alerts.

Early opportunities

Be among the first to walk a property, often weeks before it reaches the broader market, if it ever does.

Unique inventory

Homes, investment properties, and luxury residences that may never appear on the MLS® in any form.

More privacy

Many sellers prefer a discreet sale. That preference creates opportunities available only through trusted professionals, on both sides of the deal.

Where the work is

Homes sold away from the portals.

Grouped by city, because the city is as specific as this page gets. Each home is described by type and by what the photograph shows. The addresses stay private, and you get them from Sanam on a call, not from a web page.

North Vancouver

10 homes shown

Where most of the quiet work happens. Concrete high-rises, boutique low-rises, and townhomes across the North Shore, sold without ever reaching a portal.

High-floor living and dining room at dusk with wraparound windows over the city and inlet Sold off-market

High-rise tower residences

North Vancouver · Concrete high-rise

Several homes in the same tower, including high-floor corner plans with inlet and downtown outlooks.

Living and dining area with white sofa, marble waterfall counter, and harbour view beyond Sold off-market

Harbour-facing concrete homes

North Vancouver · Concrete residences

Full-height glazing onto the harbour, and a finish level well above the North Shore average.

Open-plan kitchen and living room with corner glazing onto neighbouring buildings and trees Sold off-market

Boutique courtyard residences

North Vancouver · Low-rise boutique

Corner homes opening onto landscaped courtyards, with the mountains rising directly behind.

Double-height glass townhome at dusk with a terrace, fire table, and ocean beyond Sold off-market

Double-height glass townhomes

North Vancouver · Boutique townhomes

A small collection released quietly to a short list rather than through a public launch.

Staged den with dark built-in shelving, brass chandelier, and a mountain outlook Sold off-market

Corner homes with a study

North Vancouver · High-rise residence

A den off the main living space, glazed to the treeline, in plans that suit buyers working from home.

Bedroom with a navy tufted bed, gilt mirrors, and floor-to-ceiling mountain views Sold off-market

Mountain-view primary suites

North Vancouver · High-rise residence

Primary bedrooms glazed to the slopes, in homes that trade street noise for the North Shore treeline.

Waterfall quartz island and gas range against a sunset skyline Sold off-market

Skyline kitchens

North Vancouver · Concrete high-rise

Waterfall stone islands and gas ranges, positioned to take the sunset rather than the corridor wall.

Studio home with the sleeping and living areas arranged in one bright open space Sold off-market

Efficient studio and one-bed homes

North Vancouver · Studio & one-bed

Smaller floorplates handled well: one bright room that still keeps sleeping and living separate.

Dining room with a glass table opening through to a bedroom beyond Sold off-market

Open dining and sleeping plans

North Vancouver · Low-rise residence

Dining rooms opening through to the bedroom wing, a plan type that rarely reaches the portals.

Corner living room opening onto a balcony with mountain and treetop views Sold off-market

Treetop corner homes

North Vancouver · Corner residence

Corner living rooms opening onto a balcony over the trees, with the mountains behind them.

West Vancouver

1 home shown

Fewer homes, higher stakes. West Vancouver sellers are the most likely of any in the region to want a sale nobody hears about.

Bright living and dining room with floor-to-ceiling windows over Burrard Inlet Sold off-market

Waterfront-view residences

West Vancouver · View residences

South-facing homes above the water, with the Burrard Inlet outlook the North Shore is bought for.

Vancouver

1 home shown

Downtown and the West Side, where discreet sales concentrate in a handful of consistently held buildings.

Balcony outlook over False Creek marina, Granville Island, and the downtown skyline Sold off-market

Downtown waterfront residences

Vancouver · Downtown residences

Homes overlooking False Creek and the marina, in one of the city's most consistently held pockets.

Addresses, building names, unit numbers, prices, and dates are withheld by design. Off-market sales are private transactions, and publishing their terms would defeat the reason sellers chose them in the first place. To ask about a specific city or home type, call Sanam on (778) 680-0204.

Floor plans

Plans from the Apex collection.

Sanam sold through Apex at Seylynn Village in North Vancouver, and these are the plans from that work. Areas and plan codes are the developer's own published figures. Unit numbers and owners are not shown, and never will be.

Apex plan T-H, a one bedroom and den layout with balcony, walk-in closet, and open living and dining

Plan T-H

1 Bed + Den

Interior
604 sq.ft.
Exterior
69 – 82 sq.ft.
Total
673 – 686 sq.ft.
Levels
Level 5 and above
Apex plan T-A, a two bedroom layout with balcony, walk-through closet, ensuite, and open kitchen and dining

Plan T-A

2 Bed

Interior
871 sq.ft.
Exterior
160 sq.ft.
Total
1,031 sq.ft.
Levels
Levels 8 – 23
Apex plan SP-B, a two bedroom sub-penthouse layout with two balconies and a central kitchen and dining space

Plan SP-B

2 Bed

Interior
1,009 sq.ft.
Exterior
309 sq.ft.
Total
1,321 sq.ft.
Levels
Levels 27 – 31
Apex plan T-G2, a two bedroom and den layout with two balconies, one with a planter, and a separate den

Plan T-G2

2 Bed + Den

Interior
1,261 sq.ft.
Exterior
69 – 88 sq.ft.
Total
1,330 – 1,349 sq.ft.
Levels
Levels 3 – 6
Apex plan PD-C2A and C2B, a two-storey two bedroom and den layout across the fifth and sixth floors with a rooftop terrace and den

Plan PD-C2A / C2B

2 Bed + Den

Interior
1,412 sq.ft.
Exterior
434 – 468 sq.ft.
Total
1,846 – 1,880 sq.ft.
Levels
Levels 5 – 7

The developer reserves the right to modify or make substitutions to the building design, specifications and floorplans should they be necessary without notice. Renderings, views, and layouts are for illustration purposes only. Sales by MLA Canada Realty. E.&O.E.

Get on the list

Get access before everyone else.

Tell Sanam exactly what you're looking for, and she'll match it against opportunities that never reach the portals, across Metro Vancouver. The right property could already be available, just not advertised.

Off-market opportunities move through conversation, not listings feeds. The more specific you are about neighbourhood, home type, and timing, the more useful the match.

Addresses are never published here. Call Sanam and ask about a specific city or home type, and she will tell you what is actually available and where.

Prefer to talk? (778) 680-0204 · contact@sanamfarid.ca

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