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Rentals
Tenant rights to pets? Some Kamloops landlords are pushing back
Landlords in most provinces, including BC, have the right to ban tenants from having pets…
Rent for one-bedroom in Kelowna leaps past $2,000 a month
The asking rent for one-bedroom apartments in Kelowna jumped 9.5% in August versus July, according…
Kelowna sliding down list of most expensive places to rent in Canada
Despite a 0.3% increase in the rental cost of a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna between…
Sicamous pensioners struggle to find affordable housing
A couple of seniors in Sicamous went through weeks of stress trying to find affordable…
One-bedroom rental rates jump in Kamloops, Kelowna and likely to go higher
Kelowna’s rental rate for a one-bedroom apartment jumped back to $1,800 in April after dropping…
Okanagan moms banding together against rising home prices
– This story was originally published April 4, 2022 As a single mom, Kristi Reich…
Massive rental housing project planned for Kelowna
A 401-unit, five-building rental apartment project across from Orchard Park mall in Kelowna is headed…
Affordable senior, family rental complex opens in Kamloops
Seniors and families with low and moderate incomes now have access to more affordable rentals…
Kelowna 5th most expensive city in Canada to rent an apartment
Kelowna is ranked as the fifth most expensive city to rent an apartment out of…
Why not everyone will have rental rate increases limited to 1.5% next year
The Government of B.C. will lift its freeze on residential rental rate increases at the…
Proposed massive apartment complex retuning to Penticton council slightly smaller
The developers of a proposed major rental housing complex in Penticton have knocked two storeys…
New rules cut Kelowna e-scooter program by more than half
Two of the four e-scooter operators operating in Kelowna now say they can abide by…
Lake Country to get some much needed rental housing in place of old Airport Inn
For years it was considered a blight on the local landscape but soon the old…
More people in transition using Kelowna-based room rental app
Kelowna-based Happipad’s rental pool dried up in March, 2020 as students moved their learning online…
Kelowna rents jump almost 5% despite provincial rent freeze
Rents in Kelowna are about five per cent higher than this time last year, despite…
Cost of renting in Kelowna has doubled in just five years
While the rate of inflation in Canada has stayed in the two per cent range…
Despite higher vacancy rates Kelowna renters don’t seem to be getting a price break
While Kelowna’s official rental rate climbed to 2.7 per cent for 2019, the December rental…