Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Housing
Kamloops motel reopens as supportive housing with 12 fewer beds than planned
B.C. Housing has repurposed a former hotel in Kamloops as supportive housing. Canadian Mental Health…
Renters in Kamloops, Kelowna struggle more than homeowners to afford shelter: StatsCan
When it comes to households struggling to pay their shelter costs, it’s more manageable for…
Cost to rent one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna surges past $1,800 mark
The cost of renting a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna jumped 5.8% in August versus July,…
Putting Kamloops, Okanagan housing prices in national perspective
A lot of talk these days is about the unaffordable housing in places like Kelowna…
Is Kelowna’s Gospel Mission finally going to move?
In 2005, the City of Kelowna and Kelowna's Gospel Mission launched a plan to relocate…
Okanagan real estate market faring better than Kamloops and rest of B.C.
After a record-setting 2021, it’s only reasonable that the pace of housing sales in B.C.…
iN PHOTOS: At $7M this could be most expensive house ever sold in Peachland
Despite a real estate market that has cooled off considerably this year after a wild…
Home prices dropping in Kamloops but rising in parts of the Okanagan
High interest rates have driven down housing prices across Canada including the southern Interior. Kamloops…
Vernon to look at solutions to ‘RV issue,’ again
Vernon council is set to have another stab at the issue of RVs parked permanently…
Kelowna edges out Kamloops for first complex care homes in B.C. Interior
Even though Kamloops seemed a shoe-in the get the first complex care housing in the…
Four-plexes set to replace housing in Kelowna, Kamloops
Kamloops residents will soon be joining their Kelowna counterparts in seeing massive four-plexes popping up…
Why ‘land assembly’ signs are popping up on several Kelowna streets
In the booming Kelowna real estate market, for sale signs proliferate in front of hundreds…
Vernon’s tallest building approved by council
Three 10-storey apartment buildings have been proposed for Vernon. The condo development will feature 270…
How Okanagan, Kamloops post-secondary students (and parents) can avoid rental scams
An extremely tight rental market means people are desperate to find places to live. That’s…
Cost of building carriage houses in Kelowna may go up $20,000
Already the most expensive city in the Interior of B.C. for housing, the City of…
Preventing homelessness one rent payment at a time in Kamloops, Okanagan
The B.C. Rent Bank is helping prevent hundreds of B.C. residents, including some in Kamloops…
Kelowna rents heading higher in the unaffordability rankings
After a couple of months of falling apartment rental rates in Kelowna that dropped it…
Loss of out-of-town buyers bringing Kelowna house sales to near record lows
Sales of single-family houses in Kelowna in July were the third lowest they’ve been in…
New Kelowna project aims to save first time buyers 25% on a new home
A Kelowna MLA is trying to revive a home building model he pioneered in Banff…
37 police files on record for Kelowna problem house
Since November, police officers have responded 37 times for various reasons to a problem property…
iN PHOTOS: Most expensive house ever sold in Okanagan up for sale again
It was just three years ago that a house on Pixton Road in Lake Country…
Kelowna might find inspiration for Tolko site from this Victoria project
The first look at the redevelopment plans for the Tolko mill site in Kelowna are…
This Okanagan sports lounge has bought a property for staff amid housing crisis
A restaurant in Vernon has invested in staff accommodations in response to an ongoing labour…
Third most expensive home in Central Okanagan sold for $11 million
The sale price for #10 – 180 Sheerwater Court in Kelowna has finally been revealed…