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Huge jump in Kelowna’s vacancy rate a boon for new tenants
Kelowna’s rental apartment vacancy rate saw a huge jump in 2024, especially when compared to…
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…
Kelowna getting $31.5M from feds to build housing faster
Kelowna is the first BC city to benefit from the federal government’s $4 billion Housing…
How Kamloops, Okanagan governments raise prices of new homes
Everyone knows housing in Vancouver is some of the most expensive in the country. There…
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%…
$10.8M for affordable Indigenous housing in B.C. Interior
Three Interior Indigenous communities will have 34 new affordable housing units built with new funding…
Why the Okanagan housing market may fare better than other Canadian regions amid pandemic
Despite predictions of a dramatic drop in the housing market, the new president of the…
Kamloops has a rising rental supply, says CMHC Rental Market Survey
Kamloops renters have more to choose from and it's one of the few cities where…
Kelowna rental supply is up and so are prices, says CMHC Rental Market Survey
It’s not the story that Kelowna residents will be used to hearing when it comes…
Okanagan, Thompson and Shuswap easiest regions in B.C. to find seniors’ rental housing
KELOWNA – While overall rental vacancy rates in cities like Kamloops and Kelowna are below…
Things are finally looking up for Kelowna renters
KELOWNA – After years of struggling to find places to live, Kelowna renters are being…
Slowdown in housing market projected for all of B.C.
KELOWNA – A spike in provincial housing starts over the past couple of years is…
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…
B.C. Interior cities show strong new home construction numbers
Southern Interior cities showed strong housing starts last month with Kelowna again marking near record…
Vacancy rate gets worse in Kelowna as rent rises
KELOWNA – The rental situation in Kelowna is getting tighter while rent is on the…
Renters in Kamloops being priced out of market thanks to high price of Vancouver real estate
KAMLOOPS – The hot real estate market in Metro Vancouver may be driving hopeful homebuyers…
Former Kelowna motel to be turned into low-income housing
KELOWNA – A motel on Gordon Drive in Kelowna will be turned into 44 low-income…
Housing starts make double-digit jump in Kelowna
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - New house construction is climbing in the Central Okanagan, underscoring the strength in the local resale market. "Demand for new homes has matched supply, keeping inventories of completed and unabsorbed homes in check," Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation regional economist Carol Frketich says in a press release. In its preliminary housing starts...
More rentals available, but at higher cost
KAMLOOPS - A two bedroom rental will cost you an average of $14 per month more than it did a year ago though your chance of finding a rental has increased as well according to the most recent rental report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The spring rental report shows the provincial average declining...