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Housing
Despite falling prices in Okanagan, Kamloops homes worth $200K more than before pandemic
The Okanagan and Kamloops, like the rest of Canada, are seeing a sharp decline in…
Derelict apartment shuttered by Kamloops fire department leaving residents scrambling
Dion Livingstone used to help manage a men's housing facility in downtown Kamloops. Now the…
Why a Kamloops shelter refused evicted tenants of derelict apartment
When Kamloops firefighters were preparing to shutter a local apartment for its dangerous and dilapidated…
Construction booming in Kamloops, Okanagan as real estate market slows
Ever increasing interest rates – including the half a percentage point hike to the key…
Rate hike punched another hole in sinking Thompson-Okanagan real estate market: Realtor
As expected, the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by another 0.5% today,…
Authorities investigating unsafe, shuttered Kamloops apartment
The Residential Tenancy Branch's compliance and enforcement team is investigating the landlord of a shuttered…
New 40-storey highrise tower proposal part of ‘gateway’ to downtown Kelowna
A 40-storey tower proposed for downtown Kelowna is the start of the redevelopment of the…
HOUSING CRISIS: Single Kamloops mom packing up with nowhere to go
A Kamloops mother of two says she will be homeless as of Nov. 1 if…
Six-storey condo building proposed neighbouring new Kelowna waterfront park
Three single-family lots that were bought last year for $9.5 million could be developed into…
Kamloops, Kelowna ski chalets selling as vacation homes, not rental units
The world of ski hill real estate has changed drastically through COVID. In the years…
Real estate prices drop for condos but rise for houses in Okanagan, Kamloops
Prices for all homes in Kamloops and the Okanagan are up from where they were…
Kelowna high-rise rental tower should help with housing affordability
Kelowna’s Mission Group is moving ahead with plans to build what its executive vice-president Luke…
B.C. couple fined $7K by strata over plants win legal victory
A B.C. strata that fined a condo owner $7,400 for placing potted plants around their…
Putting ‘slumping’ Kamloops, Okanagan real estate prices into perspective
While housing prices are down from their peak in the spring, it’s all relative. Real…
HOUSING CRISIS: Kamloops mom and kids in rough place after losing home
A Kamloops mother and her two children are living in an unfinished out-building on a…
Kamloops real estate outlook better than the Okanagan or rest of B.C.
Housing sales are expected to be down 34% in B.C. this year compared to the…
Waterfront lease-lot sells for more than $25 million on Westbank First Nation lands
While the residential real estate market struggles, there’s still some high-end properties selling in the…
Penticton healthcare worker and kids on the brink of homelessness
A single mother of two is struggling to keep her family housed in the midst…
For only $500 a month, these Kelowna students are earning their keep in a seniors’ complex
Two UBC Okanagan students have snagged an unbelievable deal for housing at a Kelowna seniors…
Condo? Most Kamloops, Okanagan home buyers still want single-family homes
The push in many cities, but especially the rapidly growing Kelowna, is for higher density…
Rent for one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna now 5th highest in Canada
Rental rates for one-bedroom apartments in Kelowna climbed another $60 in October to $1,960, the…
Worst of slowdown in Canadian real estate market appears to be over: CREA
Home sales have turned from its downward trend and increased by 1.3% in October versus…
City of Kelowna being investigated by B.C. Ombudsperson
The City of Kelowna is being investigated by the B.C. Ombudsperson Office over its effort…
Strangers save Christmas for Penticton mom and kids on brink of homelessness
A Penticton health-care worker and single mother of two who's struggling to pay her bills…