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Thinking about renting your home short-term? Rules vary widely in Okanagan, Kamloops
January 23, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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West Kelowna is the latest of the Okanagan’s largest cities to respond to new provincial regulations on short-term rentals.
This may be one way to get excluded from new short-term rental rules in Kelowna
December 24, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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A major Kelowna developer is hoping the province will look into what he sees as a grey area in new provincial short-term rental rules and make changes in his favour.
Creekside Kelowna land, motel for sale for $12 million an acre
September 01, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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An old motel next to Mission Creek and close to Okanagan Lake is for sale for $12 million.
Kelowna’s highrise skyline reaching 1,000 storeys and spreading out
May 05, 2023 - 7:00 AM
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In 1976, Kelowna’s first 'highrise' — the 12-storey Kiwanis Tower — opened near the corner of Gordon Drive and Bernard Avenue.
Kelowna multi-millionaire loses appeal against highrise neighbour
January 19, 2023 - 4:30 PM
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Charles Fipke made his fortune in diamonds and is one of Kelowna’s richest citizens.
BOOM TOWNS: All the new housing on the horizon in Okanagan, Kamloops
July 16, 2022 - 7:00 AM
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While interest rate hikes have slowed the real estate boom in the Thompson-Okanagan in recent weeks, the demand for new housing remains very strong as the region continues to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the province and the country.
Kelowna multimillionaire who lost court case stuck with highrise neighbours
March 16, 2022 - 2:50 PM
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The courts have ruled against one of Kelowna’s wealthiest men, leaving him to face a future with his prime waterfront property being overlooked by neighbours in soon-to-be-built highrise towers.
Kelowna diamond mogul waits to hear fate of waterfront home's view
February 27, 2022 - 8:34 AM
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One of Kelowna's wealthiest residents will now have to wait for a judge to make a decision that could dramatically affect the pristine views he currently gets from his 6,000 square foot lakeside home.
City of Kelowna, developer sued by diamond hunter over massive lakeshore condo project
August 01, 2021 - 6:00 PM

Diamond hunter Charles Fipke is suing the City of Kelowna and Aqua Resorts in an attempt to stop a controversial waterfront project from being built.
Kelowna has ‘broken over centre,’ now a major destination for home buyers
May 27, 2021 - 7:00 AM
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There’s no way Kelowna can keep up with the demand for housing in the short term, says the CEO of one of the city’s major builders.
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Local News Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

Thinking about renting your home short-term? Rules vary widely in Okanagan, Kamloops

This may be one way to get excluded from new short-term rental rules in Kelowna

Creekside Kelowna land, motel for sale for $12 million an acre

Kelowna’s highrise skyline reaching 1,000 storeys and spreading out

Kelowna multi-millionaire loses appeal against highrise neighbour

BOOM TOWNS: All the new housing on the horizon in Okanagan, Kamloops

Kelowna multimillionaire who lost court case stuck with highrise neighbours

Kelowna diamond mogul waits to hear fate of waterfront home's view

City of Kelowna, developer sued by diamond hunter over massive lakeshore condo project

Kelowna has ‘broken over centre,’ now a major destination for home buyers

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