Rob Munro
Thompson-Okanagan cities among most affordable for first-time home buyers
While housing prices skyrocketed in Kamloops and the Okanagan last year, a new national survey…
First highrise in Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood scaled back
What was proposed in 2021 to be Rutland’s first eight-storey highrise building is heading back…
Bright future foreseen for all sectors of Kelowna’s economy: report
As the world emerges from the COVID pandemic and lives through months of high inflation…
Kelowna mobile home park residents want their rights considered by developer
Given the huge demand for new housing in Kelowna, developers are moving in to buy…
Thompson-Okanagan grew by more than 12,500 people in 2022
An estimated 12,536 more people lived in the Thompson-Okanagan region in 2022 versus 2021, according…
Kamloops one of the most expensive cities in B.C. for property owners
Kamloops has the third highest tax rate of the 26 largest cities in B.C. The…
Another Okanagan mobile home park is for sale
It will take years to redevelop the Green Bay Mobile Park in West Kelowna if…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission downtown could soon be surrounded by highrises
Four parcels of land next to Kelowna’s Gospel Mission homeless shelter are for sale for…
Selling price for a Kelowna home drops below $1 million
Not only did real estate sales take a hammering in January compared to a year…
Here’s what it costs to house the homeless
The City of Kelowna can’t say, or won’t say, how much it spends each year…
Is crime a legitimate concern for Kelowna supportive housing?
It has been four years since the first of five supportive housing complexes opened in…
Good things expected in Okanagan real estate market as interest rates begin to stabilize
The quarter point increase in the key interest rate by the Bank of Canada today…
Kelowna multi-millionaire loses appeal against highrise neighbour
Charles Fipke made his fortune in diamonds and is one of Kelowna’s richest citizens. But…
Rent for Kelowna one-bedroom apartment dips below $2,000
While rents across Canada increased by 1% in December versus November, Kelowna’s rents actually fell…
Dozens of Kelowna tenants being evicted for being ‘beacons for social disorder’
The City of Kelowna is well into its third year of cracking down on the…