Surrey may be BC's second largest city, but it is the number one place to invest in, in the province.

Surrey has topped the list of the 10 towns and cities with the best real estate potential.

Surrey's proximity to major transportation and trade routes, a 6% growth in business last year and its relative affordability helped push it to the top of the list.

It is expected that Surrey's real estate market will outperform the rest of the province for the next 5 years.

Surrey is starting to see that the demand for secondary suites, the demand for densification is really occuring as the population is growing both in births and migrations.

Second and third were Abbotsford and New Wesminster respectively.

The complete list, in order:

1. Surrey

2, Abbotsford

3. New Westminster

4. Victoria

5. Kamloops

6. Kelowna

7. Chilliwack

8. The Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody)

9. Burnaby

10. Vancouver