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Some housing prices falling in Okanagan, Kamloops
While housing prices show double digit increases in sale prices this year in the Thompson-Okanagan…
Keeping the drop in Kamloops and Okanagan housing sales in perspective
While housing sales have dropped dramatically in Kamloops, the Okanagan and the rest of the…
Putting interest rate hike in perspective for Thompson-Okanagan home buyers
The Bank of Canada’s 1% hike in its prime interest rate today, July 13, is…
Tax-free plan to replace Kamloops hotels criticized as ‘generous gift’
Kamloops city council wants to incentivize developers to replace hotels and motels throughout the city.…
Taxes on your typical home almost $1,400 higher in Kamloops than Kelowna
It may be more expensive to buy a home in Kelowna than it is in…
Rents continue to drop in Kelowna
Rental rates fell another $100 per month in Kelowna from May to June. That followed…
Stop This Tower! Campaign launched against UBCO’s downtown Kelowna highrise
Calling it a “pretend university,” Kelowna resident Susan Ames is launching a campaign against the…
Habitat for Humanity Kamloops shutting down, leaving town
A charity organization in Kamloops is closing its doors and relocating to Salmon Arm at…
Is spec tax making any difference in the Central Okanagan?
Despite ongoing objections from Kelowna and West Kelowna civic leaders to the provincial Speculation and…
This is where most new housing is being built in Thompson-Okanagan
More than half of the new housing built in the Thompson-Okanagan’s five largest cities in…
BOOM TOWNS: All the new housing on the horizon in Okanagan, Kamloops
While interest rate hikes have slowed the real estate boom in the Thompson-Okanagan in recent…
Canmore has one possible solution to Vernon’s ‘RV situation’
In the summer of 2018 the Alberta town of Canmore had 130 RVs and campers…
Governments need to ‘serious steps’ to tackle housing crisis: Accountants
Housing starts, with the exception of Kelowna, fell in the first half of 2022, showing…
iN VIDEO: North Okanagan mansion up for auction again at half the price
A 15,000 square foot mansion in Coldstream is going back on the auction block later…
iN PHOTOS: Most expensive home for sale in Canada is in the Okanagan
A national real estate research firm has posted a list of the “most expensive homes…
This mid-size Okanagan city experiencing biggest housing boom in valley
Kelowna is the obvious go-to place for newcomers to the Okanagan with one of the…
Third most expensive home in Central Okanagan sold for $11 million
The sale price for #10 – 180 Sheerwater Court in Kelowna has finally been revealed…
This Okanagan sports lounge has bought a property for staff amid housing crisis
A restaurant in Vernon has invested in staff accommodations in response to an ongoing labour…
Kelowna might find inspiration for Tolko site from this Victoria project
The first look at the redevelopment plans for the Tolko mill site in Kelowna are…
iN PHOTOS: Most expensive house ever sold in Okanagan up for sale again
It was just three years ago that a house on Pixton Road in Lake Country…
Loss of out-of-town buyers bringing Kelowna house sales to near record lows
Sales of single-family houses in Kelowna in July were the third lowest they’ve been in…
New Kelowna project aims to save first time buyers 25% on a new home
A Kelowna MLA is trying to revive a home building model he pioneered in Banff…
Kelowna rents heading higher in the unaffordability rankings
After a couple of months of falling apartment rental rates in Kelowna that dropped it…
Preventing homelessness one rent payment at a time in Kamloops, Okanagan
The B.C. Rent Bank is helping prevent hundreds of B.C. residents, including some in Kamloops…