Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation
Affordable housing coming to Kelowna’s downtown near proposed UBCO campus
Nestled next to the proposed UBC Okanagan downtown campus will be a six-storey, 68-unit affordable…
House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal…
BC residents not losing homes due to high mortgage interest rates, yet
There's been plenty of fear recently about people losing their homes because they can’t afford…
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…
Kelowna has lowest vacancy rate of any major Canadian city and that’s not a good thing
The official Canada Mortgage and Housing rental vacancy rate shows Kelowna's fell to a 0.6%…
B.C. landlord association disputes UBC eviction study
A B.C. landlord association disputes the findings of a recent University of B.C. study to…
Kelowna housing construction decreased in 2018, while other Interior cities see new apartment boom
The City of Kamloops saw a boom in construction last year, almost doubling the number…
Apartment construction leads majority of housing starts in Kelowna, Kamloops
The housing start data for Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon is in for the month of…
Kamloops apartment construction continues to lead city’s housing starts
KAMLOOPS – Apartment construction continues to lead the city's housing starts according to the latest…
Housing starts holding strong in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Housing starts were strong in Kelowna and Vernon last month, while Penticton held…
Apartment construction takes lead in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation has released housing starts data for the month…
Rent climbs in Vernon while vacancies remain tight
VERNON – It’s not getting any easier, or more affordable, to rent a home in…
Rentals in Vernon more expensive and harder to find, report suggests
VERNON - It’s a harsher market in Vernon for those looking to rent and a community outreach worker says it’s even worse than the statistics suggest. The vacancy rate of available rental units dropped to 3.4 per cent in April 2015, down from 4.1 per cent the same time last year, according to the Canada...
Good luck finding a rental unit for under $645 in Vernon
VERNON - There aren’t many places you can rent in Vernon for $645. Only one residence could be found on Craigslist and Kijiji rental ads since June 1 for $645 or under. For that price, you don’t even get to see pictures of the interior. But why $645? It’s because a report released last week...
Vernon vacancy rates plummet
VERNON - It’s harder to find a place to rent in Vernon this year, and in some cases, more expensive to secure one. The spring 2014 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s spring rental market report is out and it says Vernon’s vacancy rate (percentage of available or unoccupied rental spaces) has plunged to 4.1 per cent...