Housing
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Habitat for Humanity Kamloops shutting down, leaving town
A charity organization in Kamloops is closing its doors and relocating to Salmon Arm at…
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…
Rents continue to drop in Kelowna
Rental rates fell another $100 per month in Kelowna from May to June. That followed…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Some housing prices falling in Okanagan, Kamloops
While housing prices show double digit increases in sale prices this year in the Thompson-Okanagan…
How Kamloops, Okanagan governments raise prices of new homes
Everyone knows housing in Vancouver is some of the most expensive in the country. There…
Southern Interior home sales slump, but prices still increase
Sales of homes across the Okanagan and Kamloops saw a huge downturn in June, but…