Housing
What you need to know before buying your first home in Kamloops or the Okanagan
Sky high real estate prices over the last few years have kept many first-time home…
Cheaper to rent a home than own one in Kamloops and most of Okanagan
Across Canada, homeowners spend $300 more per month in shelter costs than renters. That ratio…
Rent for Kelowna one-bedroom apartment dips below $2,000
While rents across Canada increased by 1% in December versus November, Kelowna’s rents actually fell…
Penticton strata moving to 55+ to keep renters out
A Penticton senior is dismayed that her condo building is attempting to move to a…
Good things expected in Okanagan real estate market as interest rates begin to stabilize
The quarter point increase in the key interest rate by the Bank of Canada today…
B.C. mortgage broker fined $25,000 for not disclosing commission
A B.C. mortgage broker who had previously been warned by the B.C. Financial Services Authority is…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission downtown could soon be surrounded by highrises
Four parcels of land next to Kelowna’s Gospel Mission homeless shelter are for sale for…
Another Okanagan mobile home park is for sale
It will take years to redevelop the Green Bay Mobile Park in West Kelowna if…
Kelowna mobile home park residents want their rights considered by developer
Given the huge demand for new housing in Kelowna, developers are moving in to buy…
Bright future foreseen for all sectors of Kelowna’s economy: report
As the world emerges from the COVID pandemic and lives through months of high inflation…
First highrise in Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood scaled back
What was proposed in 2021 to be Rutland’s first eight-storey highrise building is heading back…
Thompson-Okanagan cities among most affordable for first-time home buyers
While housing prices skyrocketed in Kamloops and the Okanagan last year, a new national survey…
Buyers finding opportunities in Okanagan housing market
There are a lot of gloomy real estate stories around these days about high interest…
Two highrise towers planned for landmark Kelowna church site on Highway 97
The New Life Church on Highway 97 near Orchard Park mall in Kelowna is in…
Some housing prices still going up in the Okanagan
February saw a 50% increase in housing sales in Kamloops, the Okanagan and beyond. And,…