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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,…
City of Kamloops lends a hand to real estate developers
Real estate developers will likely see their costs drop in Kamloops for at least the…
Okanagan society working to keep people out of shelters one landlord at a time
Helping people avoid homelessness in the Central and North Okanagan is a prime focus of…
Kelowna wants to create more affordable housing but will wait for more studies
After almost two hours of discussion about the dire need for affordable housing in Kelowna,…
Osoyoos family in court for $8 million debt on $3 million home
An Osoyoos couple is being taken to court in an effort to get them to…
Despite falling real estate prices in February, B.C. Interior homes holding value
Real estate news these days is all about prices falling dramatically but looking at the…
Kelowna 10th most expensive city out of 35 in Canada to rent an apartment
The latest report from Rental.ca shows the average one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna is listed on…
Land for development at Revelstoke Mountain Resort sells for $5.5M
Despite recent slowdowns in the real estate market a Kelowna real estate company has just…
This home and gold mine cost the same as a house in Kelowna
Paying more than $1 million for an older, three-bedroom, 1,148 square foot house may seem…
Kamloops renter displaced twice for development projects in just over a year
Jennifer Adams is a housing coordinator in Kamloops, and while she works every day to…
59 homes planned for six-storey North Kamloops development project
Kamloops city council is set to consider a six-storey housing development along Tranquille Road next…
B.C. strata loses legal case over deck
A B.C. condo owner whose deck was dramatically reduced in size by her strata has…
B.C. landlord fined $20K for ‘invalid’ eviction notices
A New Westminster landlord was fined $20,500 for serving, then repealing, eviction notices to tenants.…
West Kelowna facing another lawsuit over Elliott Road developments
The developer of two apartment buildings on Elliot Road is suing the City of West…
Premier Eby clearing local government hurdles for more housing
New rules are coming that will force cities throughout B.C. to allow secondary suites in…
Leases extended for two Kamloops shelters
Two Kamloops emergency shelters will stay open for now after they were originally set to…
Is the province overstepping its authority by imposing four-plexes province-wide?
New legislation proposed for this fall will allow people to build four-plexes on most single-family…
Sicamous pensioners struggle to find affordable housing
A couple of seniors in Sicamous went through weeks of stress trying to find affordable…
Fourplex plan creates a ‘wealth windfall’ for single-family home owners: expert
New legislation proposed by the provincial government to allow fourplexes on most single-family lots could…