Housing
HOUSING CRISIS: Family of 5 forced to live in small Vernon motel room
– This story was originally published April 23, 2022. To say there's not enough room…
What this ‘affordable’ Kelowna home will cost you
With the benchmark price for a townhouse in Kelowna pushing past $750,000 in March, there’s…
Why $66,000 a year is still not enough to fill vacant construction jobs in B.C.
Even though the average yearly wage for construction workers is up 14% since the start…
Kelowna lags far behind Canada and B.C. in housing starts this year
Housing starts in Canada are down 17% so far this year and B.C. starts are…
Volatile March drops some Kelowna rents, boosts others
While 70% of Canada’s largest cities saw rent increases in March, the price of a…
Kelowna has burst onto the national real estate map for more than housing
While the hot housing market in Kelowna garners a lot of headlines, the influx of…
Kelowna enters a new price bracket for ‘luxury’ homes
Real estate giant Re/Max recently published its 2022 Luxury Market Report where it listed the…
Here’s how Kelowna could increase population by 25,000 in downtown core
Current plans allow for 10,968 new housing units to be built in Kelowna’s downtown core.…
Kelowna not keeping up with demand for high-end penthouse condos
The supply of large, high-end, waterfront condos is quickly drying up in Kelowna and likely…
Housing sales dropped in Kamloops, Okanagan in March but prices shot up
A total of 1,898 homes were sold in March throughout the territory covered by the…
Vernon councillor rejects province’s suggestion to override municipal housing approvals
As provincial politicians eye greater powers to push through housing without the approval of local…
Housing co-ownership matchmaking service advancing in Kamloops, Okanagan
With skyrocketing housing prices throughout the country, more and more people are looking at sharing…
Lower Mainland buyers flooding Okanagan’s new home market
High demand from Lower Mainland buyers is expected to continue to boost new home sales…
Housing supply in Central Okanagan growing faster than population
The Central Okanagan was the fastest growing “census market area” in the country during the…
Disabled Kamloops artist to burn paintings to protest high rent
Karla Pearce lives with an invisible disability and gets by with government assistance, but cost…