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The Big Savings at Big Box Outlet Store Includes High-End Patio Furniture

Spring is not far away, and that means patio season is coming. Will you be ready? Check out your nearest Big Box Outlet Store location; they are already offering fabulous deals on patio sets you will not want to miss out on.

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BC woman who inherited $1.8M fights to stay in subsidized housing

A BC woman who inherited $1.8 million has failed in her attempt to change her mother's will so she wouldn't lose her disability benefits and housing.

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Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled

The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended.

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Why a TNRD director and former Tobiano owner is suing the golf community

The regional district director who oversees Tobiano is in suing the golf resort community over his failed efforts to build a home there.

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Developer pitches 4,000 'attainable' homes for Vernon

A Kelowna developer is proposing a huge development for Vernon featuring hundreds of affordably priced homes for a 1,000-acre site off Commonage Road.

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Kelowna surpassed provincial housing targets in 2024

The province has been pushing municipalities, including the City of Kelowna, to build more housing and it has done just that.

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Another uptick for Okanagan, Kamloops real estate sales

Sales and prices were largely up across the Okanagan and Kamloops in January as the real estate market had its fourth consecutive month of growth.

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Judge gives Okanagan RV park another chance to evict tenants

An Okanagan trailer park embroiled in a long-running dispute with several long-term residents will get another chance to collect more than $20,000 of back rent after a BC court sent the file back to the Residential Tenancy Branch.

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BC landlord to pay $10,000 for discriminatory comment to trans tenant

A BC landlord has been ordered to pay $10,000 to her former tenant, and one-time close friend, after she said she would be uncomfortable if the tenant changed their gender.

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Controversial North Kamloops supportive housing complex returns to council

A four-storey supportive housing complex is back on the table at Kamloops city council after it was postponed last year.

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BC realtor promised client a Kelowna condo, instead bought himself a house

A BC realtor who duped his neighbours out of $200,000 in an investment deal on a Kelowna condo spent the money on his own home.

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Kamloops mayor says 'deportations' could risk housing market

Kamloops is one of many BC cities badly squeezed for housing, but its mayor suggested too much supply in the rental pool could collapse the real estate market.

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Only 10 per cent of Kelowna rental building permits are affordable housing

Roughly 10 per cent of building permits for new rentals in Kelowna are going to be affordable, despite that the city's housing policy manager said the rental market is starting to make a turn for the better.

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Kelowna moves to loosen up short-term rental rules

Kelowna city council has decided to loosen up its short-term rental rules after a year of complaints from residents.

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BC realtor deceived client, put in higher offer and made $1M

A BC realtor, who used his insider knowledge to purchase a house that this client wanted to buy, has been ordered to pay the client half of the profit he made when he flipped the house for more than $1.2 million soon afterwards.

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Did Kelowna's short-term rental ban impact summer business? The city crunched the numbers

Since the short-term rental ban came into effect in Kelowna a year ago, people from various businesses complained about its potential impact. Now the city is taking a look at data behind those claims and found it isn't so clear.

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How Trump tariff threat and foreign buyers ban impacts Okanagan real estate market

American tariff threats are already impacting the Canadian economy, and the foreign buyer ban means the real estate market will look different than it did the last time the loonie dropped so low compared to the U.S. dollar.

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Vernon contractor billed $3,400 for turning gas on, then sued

A Vernon contractor who charged a customer $3,400 to repair a heater, even though it just needed the gas turned on, has come up short after it sued the customer over the unpaid bill.

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