
Housing

Disabled Kamloops woman forced to leave city due to lack of affordable housing
A woman who lived in Kamloops for almost a decade was forced to move a…

iN PHOTOS: This 16-foot-wide Okanagan lakefront lot on sale for $1 million
Waterfront property in the Okanagan is at a premium these days. But $1 million to…

Rec centres or affordable housing? Kelowna council needs to get its priorities straight: builder
Earlier this week Kelowna city council adopted a staff plan on how to spend a…

Clock ticking on plans for Okanagan’s newest golf course
The Ponderosa housing development with a nine-hole golf course in Peachland got first reading approval…

Single mom in Kamloops separated from babies for lack of affordable housing
A single mother in Kamloops put her toddlers in temporary foster care this past month…

BC Housing spending spree needs more transparency: Professor
B.C. Housing often spends three or four times the assessed value when it buys old…

Hundreds of new homes on the way to Penticton
The City of Penticton’s North Gateway Plan to redevelop the area near the South Okanagan…

Massive apartment building planned near downtown Kelowna
A proposed six-story, 171-unit apartment building could change the look of Harvey Avenue near downtown…

Why now is likely the best time to buy a house in Kamloops, Okanagan
It’s been an unusually slow winter in the Kamloops and Okanagan real estate markets but…

‘Free’ house in Kelowna getting plenty of interest
People from as far away as Kamloops are looking into the chance of getting a…

Kelowna lagging as luxury home market heats up in Canada
The demand for luxury homes has taken off in many Canadian cities this year, compared…

Price of houses jumped in Kamloops and the Okanagan in March
While the selling price for houses was down considerably in March from a year ago,…

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…

Sicamous pensioners struggle to find affordable housing
A couple of seniors in Sicamous went through weeks of stress trying to find affordable…

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…