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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…
Real estate in Kamloops continues hot streak as building permits match last year
KAMLOOPS – July was a hot month for residential sales and construction in Kamloops. The…
Apartment complex buoys Kamloops building permit values
KAMLOOPS – For the first time this year, building permits in Kamloops out valued last…
North Okanagan dairy farm believed to be contributing to high nitrate levels allowed to expand
VERNON – The Township of Spallumcheen has reluctantly given the green light to a local…
Kamloops real estate market heats up as permit numbers dip
KAMLOOPS – While the Kamloops real estate market warms up, building permits remain below last…
New building code requirements blamed for drop in Kamloops building permits
KAMLOOPS – A dip in building permit numbers in the first month of 2016 is…
Second strongest commercial construction year on record in Vernon
VERNON – If it seemed like there were a lot of construction projects happening around…
Busiest construction year ever for Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY – B.C.’s fastest growing community is working to keep up with the infrastructure needed to support all the construction activity. Lake Country had it’s busiest year of construction in the district’s 20 year history in 2015, 36 per cent higher than 2014, according to a media release. There was over $68 million worth...
Kamloops building starts continue to decline in October
KAMLOOPS - September marked the beginning of a building permit decline in Kamloops and this month continues the trend with the number of permits, starts and construction values all down from during the same time last year. After a strong start to the year, October is the second consecutive month to see declines across the...
August construction values increase dramatically in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - August marks a strong month for construction values in Kamloops, a positive change following a decline over the summer. Like this past July, August had some big differences in the amount of permits issued from last year. In total 18 single family housing permits were issued this August, as opposed to 27 issued...