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A BC court has found the City of West Kelowna acted unfairly when it more than doubled the costs a developer had to pay after its housing project had been completed.

You might hear that we’re making some progress on the housing crisis, but if you’re a renter you probably haven’t felt it in your wallet yet.

A family living in a houseboat outside of Nelson will now have to find somewhere else to live after a BC judge upheld an eviction notice forcing them back onto land.

More people in Kelowna are choosing to live the classic urban lifestyle by switching to rentals in densely populated areas and travelling by bike or public transit.

A Kelowna man has failed to get his hands on half of his former fiancé's home after a BC judge ruled their relationship only lasted a summer.

The Central Okanagan real estate market saw more sales last month than it had done in two years, but it still lags way behind compared to the 10-year average.

A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000.

A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028.

A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning.

A few months after the City of Kelowna's controversial spring cleanup of the Okanagan Rail Trail encampment, the mayor said the site’s restructuring has made progress to reduce homelessness.

Penticton-Summerland Conservative MLA Amelia Boultbee had some harsh words for the City of Penticton over its actions to deal with a homeless encampment, and the mayor isn’t pleased.

A former BC realtor has been ordered to give back a $300,000 deposit after the BC Court of Appeal found he hadn't told the buyer of a $6.2-million property he owned that renovations had been done without a permit.

A Kelowna landlord is on the hook for $27,000 after she failed to move into her rental property after she evicted the tenants.

An organization that is doing great work to try and assist with the City of Penticton’s ongoing issues with homelessness will remain a partner moving forward.

A North Thompson woman has managed to get her dog back after it was seized by the BC SPCA but not her 10 cats.

A family feud over a trailer park on prime Kelowna land appears to have been settled.

It’s easy to end up in a panic about the housing crisis, especially if you only talk about it with relatives at the dinner table who get their numbers from X.com. Here are some of the latest numbers on building permit values, let’s see how they affect your blood pressure.

A homeless encampment in Penticton sits on provincial land which makes it difficult for local authorities to deal with it, but now the provincial government is getting involved to try to improve the situation.

A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules.

Several directors with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) made it clear last week that homelessness is not just a Penticton issue — it’s a growing concern affecting smaller towns and rural communities across the region.

The housing market has been outrageous for years so you might be numb to prices and figures, but here are a few that might make you feel something again.

New licensing rules are putting pressure on Kamloops homeowners hosting short-term rentals, and some may not be allowed any longer.

More people in the Central Okanagan put their homes on the market last month than any April in more than 25 years, while sales slumped to their lowest level — outside of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — since 2013.

A Vernon landlord, ordered to pay their previous tenants $17,500 because their mother didn't move into the rental for nine months after the tenants left, has lost an appeal.

The dream used to be to own a detached home with a white picket fence, but a lot of young people these days are dreaming of renting their very own studio or owning a one-bedroom condo.

The redevelopment of the former RCMP detachment site in downtown Kelowna has been bogged down in controversy, but the developer is not deterred and is making another attempt to get permission from the city for a skyscraper.

One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna.

Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year.

The addition of fences, security guards, identification stamps and a lots of cops at the end of March changed the landscape at the homeless tent city along a section of the Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna.

Kelowna is in a constant state of redevelopment and tenants who get the short end of the stick could be getting some more protection from the city.

Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops are on their way down, but renters might not be noticing quite yet.

A BC Tribunal has ordered a Penticton strata to hand over $17,000 to a condo owner following a dispute over a roof leak that took place seven years ago.

“Million Dollar Secret” is one of the most popular shows on Netflix right now, and it was shot at a luxury lakefront villa on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna.

A BC Judge has found a Vancouver realtor's conduct "reprehensible" calling her claims in court "scandalous" and "frivolous" after the realtor tried to sue a lawyer who once represented an opposing side.

After an uptick in the fall, real estate sales in the Central Okanagan were almost a third below their long-run average last month, while housing inventory hit its highest level in more than a decade.

As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed.

In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp.

Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated.

A BC real estate analysis report says Kelowna's housing market is "skating on thin ice" as February's sales were a mere fraction of what was expected.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

New data from a rental site shows rent prices are down in Kelowna and around the country early in the new year.

A couple of BC realtors have been fined $10,000 because their social media accounts didn't use their full registered realtor name.

Last year was the worst year for real estate sales in the Central Okanagan for more than a dozen years.

A Buddhist monastery along the Kettle River in the Boundary region has hit the real estate market for $3,000,000.

Opposition to a Kamloops apartment development isn't slowing down as city council approval looms.

When Oliver resident Craig Konechny purchased an abandoned, uninhabitable family home on Kootenay Street in mid December he initially saw it as a massive renovation challenge, but progressing through the tattered interior, uncovering the bones of the building, he’s discovering it’s much more than just a house.

The old Kelowna Farmers' Market location could be getting a drastic new look and purpose.

A Kelowna contractor who repeatedly lied to a client, demolished half their property and left them with $1-million repair bill has been ordered to pay $740,000.

TORONTO - On occasion, fashion designer and clothier Katelyn Woodburn is accused of running a scam.

When many people think about renters who live alone they often think of single 20-somethings starting a career, but seniors are increasingly are renting and living alone in Kelowna and Kamloops.

Families in Kamloops and the Okanagan have been busy decorating their Christmas trees this month, adding festive cheer to homes and businesses.

After years of effort, the provincial government seized the Hells Angels clubhouse in Kelowna and has now sold it to the city.

Kelowna’s rental apartment vacancy rate saw a huge jump in 2024, especially when compared to Kamloops.

Perched on a hill in the Peterson Creek parklands of Kamloops is a very large home with a powerful and profoundly valuable purpose.

Real estate sales across the Okanagan increased considerably in November compared to this time last year but still lag behind the 10-year average.

Residents in an affordable housing building in downtown Kelowna had to evacuate their homes in April, and their legal battle is just getting started.

Now that December is here, and people have started decorating for Christmas, a reminder to B.C. residents that if you want to chop down your own Christmas tree you'd better have a permit.

The average mortgage payment for a starter home in Kelowna is double what two-thirds of households can afford.

'Tis the season to be jolly and go for a tour around the community to take in the Christmas lights and festive decorations at these holiday houses and displays in Penticton.

When most people think of assembly lines they think of cars, toys or things you find on a department store shelf. A factory in Kelowna has an assembly line for houses that builds them quickly, sustainably and economically.

A former Kamloops RV dealership on the North Shore is poised to spend the next two years as a homeless shelter, coming with a $6 million bill for BC Housing.

A Kamloops resident is still rattled after a close encounter with a bear in her garage, but she also sees the humour in the frightful incident.

City councillors expressed some concerns Monday about a proposed 40-storey tower on St. Paul Street right next to the UBC Okanagan’s downtown debacle, but the project is moving ahead.

Whether you’re looking for a home where Queen Elizabeth II once stayed or just like the idea of living in a house where the wooden beams were cut by hand more than a century ago, the Thompson-Okanagan region has a few heritage homes currently on the market that will take buyers back to another era.

Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal Housing Minister in the House of Commons earlier this week where statistics were given out of context. 

A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. 

Building permit values in Kelowna have gone down dramatically since last year, but that’s in part because of only a handful of major projects last year.

Kamloops is more than 200 homes short one year after the provincial government put the city on its housing naughty list.

Real estate sales in the Central Okanagan have started to pick up with the September to October increase in listings the largest in more than 20 years.

A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”.

Kelowna city council has unanimously approved going ahead with the new vision for the redevelopment of the 40-acre property on the north end of downtown.

Hairy spiders shaped like pieces of popcorn are crawling into homes and doorways in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and while they are startling looking with giant abdomens and horns on their backs, the spiders are harmless.

Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but they don't know when.

Halloween is approaching and some creative residents in the Okanagan and Kamloops are making things festive in their neighbourhoods with spooky displays.

A Kamloops realtor has been fined $40,000 for failing to submit the correct paperwork while selling a couple of strata lot purchases five years ago.

A Kelowna developer is proposing two new housing projects with a total of 335 rental units.

Renting somewhere to live in Canada is 25% more expensive now than it was three years ago.

A Kelowna city councillor expressed “shakiness” about a 40-storey tower proposed for the lot next to the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s downtown highrise debacle.

BC Housing has announced a new tiny home community project in Kelowna's North Glenmore neighbourhood, but more than a thousand people have signed a petition raising concerns.

In the Central Okanagan, there was half the number of single-family homes sold in September compared to the 10-year average.

A Kelowna couple who splashed out more than $2.5 million for a condo in the One Water Street building will have to brave the harsh Okanagan sun if they want to enjoy their huge patio after the building's strata banned patio umbrellas.

Lucie says she's never seen so few people during the Okanagan tourist season since she moved here almost a decade ago.