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Kelowna ‘Crown Jewel’ latest battlefield for Callahan brothers in $300 million family feud
– This story was originally published Jan. 25, 2022. Lloyd Callahan started building a real…
10 to 30 per cent of homes in Kamloops, Okanagan are owned by investors
Investors are buying up housing in the Thompson-Okanagan region at a rapidly increasing rate. Estimates…
Kamloops real estate sales on down trend, prices keep heading up
Real estate prices keep going up, but the amount of listings sold in the Kamloops…
Province, feds ponder carrots and sticks to get more social housing in Kamloops, Okanagan
Efforts are being made by senior governments to increase the supply of affordable housing in…
This Kelowna MLA is focusing on housing rather than politics
Kelowna-Lake Country Liberal MLA Norm Letnick went from health critic in 2020 to the non-partisan…
How floods have impacted the housing market in Merritt, Princeton
Demand for housing in Merritt and Princeton appears to be back to normal after the…
Kelowna’s population grows more than twice as fast as Kamloops: census
Back in 1986, Kelowna had almost caught up to Kamloops in terms of population. Both…
Kelowna has lowest vacancy rate of any major Canadian city and that’s not a good thing
The official Canada Mortgage and Housing rental vacancy rate shows Kelowna's fell to a 0.6%…
Massive rental housing project planned for Kelowna
A 401-unit, five-building rental apartment project across from Orchard Park mall in Kelowna is headed…
Considerable flood damage to B.C. Housing-owned Kamloops motel delays repairs
When B.C. Housing purchased the Fortune Motel, it budgeted for more than $500,000 in repairs,…
Housing Vernon’s homeless has dramatically reduced certain crimes
The dramatic decline in crime and bylaw infractions involving Vernon's homeless population is a direct…
Help may be coming to ease Thompson-Okanagan housing crunch
As home and rent prices continue to rise in the Thompson-Okanagan region, help may be…
Kelowna passes Victoria as third most expensive place to rent in Canada
Kelowna had the highest month over month increase in one-bedroom rental rates in Canada in…
North Okanagan woman suing after landslide left house too dangerous to live in
A North Okanagan woman who was forced out of her home following a landslide in…
Disabled Kamloops artist to burn paintings to protest high rent
Karla Pearce lives with an invisible disability and gets by with government assistance, but cost…