
Kelowna News

Real estate sales in Okanagan, Kamloops record big drop in May
Real estate sales in Kamloops and the Okanagan took a significant drop last month compared…

Multi-family, industrial real estate booming in Kelowna despite rising mortgage rates
The Bank of Canada made another major increase to its key interest earlier this week,…

HOUSING CRISIS: Kind stranger rescues Kelowna couple and dog living in a car
– This story was originally published June 1, 2022. A Kelowna couple who have been…

Kelowna highrise fire shows need to double firefighters: union president
What was likely Kelowna’s first fire inside a highrise on May 29 has local firefighters…

Month-over-month drop in real estate prices in Okanagan and Kamloops
While the latest home sales reports from the Association of Interior Realtors stress the number…

Popular Okanagan mini golf course could become 500 homes
A popular Okanagan mini-golf course has closed and could become the site of 500 residential…

HOUSING CRISIS: Woman in Kelowna will be homeless after cancer treatment
A woman battling cancer is losing her temporary housing placement soon, and says she has…

How much is that Airbnb? Vast differences between Kamloops, Kelowna
Short term rentals in Kamloops have a higher occupancy rate than the Okanagan but get…

Legacy group calls for investigation into ‘bait and switch’ on former RCMP site
Now that new development plans have come forward for a highrise on city-owned land in…

How COVID and wildfires convinced a judge not to foreclose on a Kelowna property
A B.C. judge has granted a Kelowna property owner more time to secure financing after…

Hundreds of Airbnb rentals not licenced in Kelowna
There are more than 500 suites listed for short term rentals in Kelowna that have…

Is Kelowna running out of room to grow?
Vacant buildable land is getting scarce in Kelowna. A “permanent growth boundary” imposed by city…

UBCO’s downtown Kelowna campus to be the tallest in city at 46 storeys
New plans being reviewed by the City of Kelowna show a 46-storey tower for UBCO’s…

This private Kelowna winery comes with two homes for $18.5 million
Two properties in the Upper Mission area of Kelowna with 25 acres of grape vines…

How Thompson-Okanagan housing markets may react to rising interest rates
Housing sales fell by 35% in B.C. in May compared to May of 2021. But,…



