building permits

Kelowna outshone most of BC for new construction in 2023
Kelowna shattered its record for the value of building permits in 2023 for the third…

Kelowna breaks its $1 billion building record
For the first time ever, the City of Kelowna issued $1 billion worth of building…

Kelowna passes $1B mark in building permits
For the second year in a row, the City of Kelowna has issued more than…

Construction booming in Kamloops, Okanagan as real estate market slows
Ever increasing interest rates – including the half a percentage point hike to the key…

Kelowna’s record year for building permits rivals Surrey
The City of Surrey may be home to four times as many people as Kelowna…

Building permits show how Thompson-Okanagan communities weathered the pandemic
Everyone in B.C. remembers the world shutting down in the spring of 2020 as the…

Huge increase in construction activity kicked off 2021 in Kelowna
The City of Kelowna issued building permits worth about $500 million in the first three…

Drop in construction starts in Kelowna can’t just be blamed on COVID-19
The value of building permits issued by the City of Kelowna during COVID-19 is at…

Even without COVID-19, Kelowna was off to its slowest start for new construction since 2014
It seems only natural to expect construction starts to be down all across the province…

Despite some weak spots, Central Okanagan economy is holding up well
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Despite a slowdown in construction starts and a drop in building permit…

New home construction in Vernon driving up development
VERNON – The City of Vernon is brushing off the sawdust after another busy year…

West Kelowna issued record number of single family home building permits in 2016
WEST KELOWNA – Last year West Kelowna approved and issued a record number of single…

Kamloops housing market continues hot streak as construction slows
KAMLOOPS – The real estate market continued it’s strong year in Kamloops, while building permits…

Strong September for building permits in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Some valuable single family homes helped bump up building permit values in Kamloops…

Commercial and industrial building permits in Kamloops continue to lag behind last year by millions of dollars
KAMLOOPS – The lack of major commercial or industrial projects means building permit values are…