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BCFSA-licensed Long-term rentals by Artin Realty Ltd., a BCFSA-licensed brokerage. Licence REX605656.

We manage homes in Surrey today, from City Centre condos to a house in Ocean Park, run by the same Greater Vancouver team.

Hands-off, passive rental income

You own the home. We run it.

Listing, pricing, and photography
Every guest and tenant, screened and answered
In-house cleaning and maintenance
On-time owner payouts

What can your Surrey home be rented as?

Surrey only licenses nightly stays where the owner lives on the property, and tenants cannot run one. A condo you do not live in can still take furnished stays of 90 consecutive days or more, or a long-term tenant.

Under 90 consecutive days per guest

Nightly stays

Earn from the home you live in

Investment condo? No. The owner has to live on the property.

Furnished, 90 days or more

Steady furnished income without nightly turnover

Investment condo? Yes, if your strata’s bylaws allow it.

Long-term tenancy

One tenant, the fewest moving parts

Investment condo? Yes.

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Surrey rules, in plain language

Each panel opens. We confirm all of it for your address before we list.

Nightly stays (under 90 days per guest)Owner-occupied homes only, with a City business licence. +

Only the owner can operate, and the owner must live on the property as their principal residence. Tenants cannot operate one.
Allowed in a single-family home plus one secondary suite, coach house or garden suite; a townhouse unit; or an apartment unit with one lock-off suite.
A City of Surrey business licence is needed before the first guest.
The Province’s principal residence requirement applies in Surrey as well.
Since May 1, 2025, every host registers with the Province and shows the registration number on the listing.

Sources: City of Surrey: Short-term rentals · City of Surrey: Corporate Report R066 (2024) · Province of British Columbia: Principal residence requirement · Province of British Columbia: Short-term rental registration

Furnished stays of 90 days or moreOutside Surrey’s short-term definition and the Province’s. +

The City defines a short-term rental as less than 90 consecutive days for each guest. The Province uses the same line. A furnished stay of 90 consecutive days or more is outside both, so it needs neither the short-term licence nor provincial registration.

A stay that long may be a tenancy under the Residential Tenancy Act, depending on the facts and the agreement. Your strata’s bylaws still apply.

Sources: City of Surrey: Short-term rentals · Province of British Columbia: Short-term rental definitions · Province of British Columbia: Short-term rental legislation

Speculation and vacancy taxSurrey is inside the Province’s tax area. Every owner declares. +

Surrey is a taxable area for the Province’s speculation and vacancy tax, so owners make a declaration each year. Renting the home for at least six months of the year, in periods of at least one month, on a written tenancy agreement can qualify for an exemption. We keep the tenancy records you need; the declaration is yours to file.

Sources: Province of British Columbia: Speculation and vacancy tax taxable areas · Province of British Columbia: Speculation and vacancy tax tenancy requirements

Strata buildingsLong-term rentals cannot be banned. Short stays can be. +

A Surrey strata can limit or ban short-term rentals by bylaw, and fine breaches. Since 24 November 2022 it cannot ban or cap long-term rentals. Many City Centre towers are stratas, so we read the bylaws before suggesting a rental length.

Sources: Province of British Columbia: Strata short-term rental bylaws

Where 90-day stays work in SurreyClose to the hospital, the campuses, and the Expo Line. +

City Centre (Whalley). About 1.3 km from Surrey Memorial Hospital, with four SkyTrain stations and two campuses.
Guildford. Larger homes east of City Centre, for families on an insurance claim.
Fleetwood and Newton. Quieter residential streets for longer family stays.
South Surrey. Ocean Park houses near the beach, for families who need a few months.

City Centre Guildford Fleetwood Newton Cloverdale South Surrey

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Common questions

Before you sign.

Can a tenant run an Airbnb in Surrey? +

No. The City of Surrey only licenses a short-term rental operated by the owner who lives on the property, and its page says short-term rentals cannot be operated by tenants. An owner who lives in the house can host in the home and one suite, coach house or garden suite on the same lot.

City of Surrey: Short-term rentals

Is a 90-day furnished rental legal in a Surrey condo? +

Yes, if your strata allows it. Surrey defines a short-term rental as less than 90 consecutive days per guest, and so does the Province. A furnished stay of 90 consecutive days or more needs no short-term licence or provincial registration. It may be a tenancy under the Residential Tenancy Act, so we set up each agreement with that in mind.

City of Surrey: Short-term rentals · Province of British Columbia: Short-term rental definitions

Do you manage houses in South Surrey as well as City Centre condos? +

Yes. Our Surrey homes today include furnished condos in City Centre, a family home in Guildford, and a furnished house in Ocean Park. We look at the home, the street, and what Surrey allows for it, then recommend a rental length.

Who files the speculation and vacancy tax declaration for my Surrey rental? +

You do. Surrey is inside the Province’s speculation and vacancy tax area, and every owner declares each year. A home rented for at least six months of the year on a written tenancy agreement may be exempt. We provide the tenancy records.

Province of British Columbia: Speculation and vacancy tax taxable areas · Province of British Columbia: Speculation and vacancy tax tenancy requirements

What does tenant screening include in BC? +

In B.C., landlords can ask applicants for verifiable income and employment, references (preferably from a previous landlord), and photo ID, and can run a credit check with the applicant’s written consent. Artin runs these checks before recommending any tenant, and shares the results and its recommendation with the owner before any lease is signed.

Government of B.C., Residential Tenancies: List and show a rental unit

How are maintenance and repairs handled in a managed rental? +

The standard a manager should meet: nothing non-urgent happens without owner approval, and emergencies are acted on immediately.

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