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Well-known Kamloops guitar shop to be replaced by five-storey condo
A well-known Kamloops music shop may soon be the site of a five-storey condo building.…

West Kelowna’s high rental vacancy rate is a Canadian rarity
Canada hit an historically low rental vacancy rate in 2023 but West Kelowna not only…

Kelowna real estate faced big price drops in 2023; Kamloops prices went up
For anyone buying a new home at the end of 2022, the direction their equity…

Kelowna plans to hand over city land in exchange for affordable housing
Kelowna city council has plans to lease city-owned land to developers at minimal cost in…

‘Not a silver bullet solution’: Kelowna council concerned with new housing plan
Kelowna city council expressed concerns around BC Housing's Middle Income Housing Partnership plan, which proposes…

Sales and prices up in Kamloops, Okanagan real estate markets
Despite an extreme cold snap earlier in the month, real estate markets in the Southern…

More than 27,000 Kelowna lots targeted for more crowding with infill housing
The details are coming out on how the City of Kelowna is going to comply…

Badly needed rental housing bogged down at Vernon city hall
They say silence is golden. When it comes to getting new housing built in Vernon,…

No exemptions for Kelowna property owners wanting to stay in short-term rental market
There was a glimmer of hope last week that some exemptions could be made to…

Kamloops, Kelowna buck national rental vacancy increase trend
Canada’s rental vacancy rate dropped to 1.5% in 2023 from 1.9% in 2022, the lowest…
Kelowna’s plant haven where exotic plants and the community meet
Walking into Plant Gather immediately engulfs one in the smell of a jungle's thick humidity.…

Construction of new affordable rental housing underway in Osoyoos
The Osoyoos Indian Band has partnered with the provincial government to build affordable on-reserve rental…

Thinking about renting your home short-term? Rules vary widely in Okanagan, Kamloops
West Kelowna is the latest of the Okanagan’s largest cities to respond to new provincial…

How a $500 tax break gets rental housing built in Kelowna
It doesn’t seem like a lot on a multi-million dollar project but $500 per unit…
Thousands demand fairness for evicted mobile home communities
Thousands of Kelowna and West Kelowna residents have signed a petition demanding fair treatment for…