{"id":8519,"date":"2026-06-10T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8519\/in-numbers-rent-prices-in-kelowna-and-kamloops-continue-to-decline\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:00:19","slug":"in-numbers-rent-prices-in-kelowna-and-kamloops-continue-to-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8519\/in-numbers-rent-prices-in-kelowna-and-kamloops-continue-to-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"iN NUMBERS: Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops continue to decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Month by month, dollar by dollar, the figures show B.C. is crawling its way out of the housing crisis. A few percentage points might not feel like a lot to renters in cities like Kelowna and Kamloops, but it\u2019s at least a bit of reassurance as things seem to keep spiralling into un-affordability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyways, here\u2019s the numbers from <a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rentals.ca<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>9.2:<\/strong> Per cent. That\u2019s how much the average asking rent has gone down for a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna over the past year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>27: <\/strong>That\u2019s Kelowna\u2019s ranking on the list of most expensive Canadian cities to rent in. North Vancouver is at the top.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3.9: <\/strong>Per cent. That\u2019s how much the average asking rent has gone up for a one bedroom apartment in Kamloops over the past year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>32:<\/strong> That\u2019s Kamloops\u2019 ranking on the list of most expensive Canadian cities to rent it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5.7: <\/strong>Per cent. That\u2019s how much the average rent fell in B.C. over the last year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2,009:<\/strong> Dollars. That\u2019s the average rent for all unit types in Kamloops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2,093:<\/strong> Dollars. That\u2019s the average rent for all unit types in Kelowna.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2,029:<\/strong> Dollars. That\u2019s the average national rent for all unit types.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>828:<\/strong> Square feet. That\u2019s the average size of a rental unit these days, which is down from 862 square feet two years ago. Shrinkflation, baby!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>30:<\/strong> Consecutive months. That&#8217;s how long Vancouver&#8217;s rent has been on the decline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you, or renters, feeling any relief yet? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":8364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1680,541,543],"tags":[],"region":[322,323,324,325],"class_list":["post-8519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"post_modified":"2026-06-10T16:00:19","post_modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:00:19","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/inhome-pexels-ivan-s-8963081.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8519"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=8519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}