
Rob Munro

Where high is too high for downtown Kelowna towers
Five highrise towers with a total of 151 storeys will be debated by Kelowna city…

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…

5 buildings up to 7 storeys and hundreds of apartments proposed for West Kelowna
A hillside just 370 metres from the Highway 97-Daimler Road intersection in West Kelowna could…

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…

Kelowna taking severe action against vacant or burned buildings
Kelowna city council is being asked to impose strict new rules on vacant or damaged…

How Kamloops, Okanagan governments raise prices of new homes
Everyone knows housing in Vancouver is some of the most expensive in the country. There…

Okanagan luxury home buyers taking a breather amid inflation, rising interest rates
While the ultra-rich really don’t care what interest rates are doing when it comes to…

Plans afoot to replace former daycare in Kelowna with apartments
Monkey’s Playhouse was one of Kelowna’s better known child care facilities until it closed in…

Converting these Okanagan homes to industrial land could pay big dividends
A mixed industrial/residential neighbourhood that has been in trouble with the City of Kelowna is…

Pace of housing construction needs to triple in Thompson-Okanagan
Canada is facing a crisis in housing supply and, consequently, affordability, according to the Canada…

$24 million building in Kelowna being converted to homeless shelter
The 89,000 square foot former B.C. Tree Fruits building, next to the Tolko Mill site…