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A BC realtor has been stripped of his licence and ordered to pay $3,500 after he neglected to tell the regulator he'd been convicted for procuring a sex worker.

A BC moving company that failed to act after an employee complained they were being bullied and sexually harassed has been ordered to pay $65,000 in compensation.

Real estate sales in the Central Okanagan are still 25% below the decade average, but it was still the busiest August in four years.

A topiary artist in the South Okanagan is taking action against dogs peeing on his nine-meter-long Ogopogo sculpture made out of plants.

Kelowna and Coquitlam created similar policies to get more housing built, but each city had very different results and a new study has found out why.

A BC family who evicted their tenant and then rented out their condo on Airbnb have lost an appeal after being ordered to pay $17,000 in compensation.

A curious little community 20 kilometres into the mountains from Kamloops is entirely off-the-grid and has been the subject of ridiculous rumours.

The spokesperson for the Sage Mesa Water Users Group didn't pull any verbal punches when discussing the fear, anxiety and anger that has spread amongst 240 property owners facing massive water bills for decades as a potential $33-million debt is hanging over their collective heads to replace the dilapidated water system.

The Thompson-Okanagan region had its slowest year of population growth in more than a decade last year.

The numbers are starting to show an improvement in the rental housing situation in Kelowna, and a support service university students turn to is seeing less panic and desperation.

A housing initiative from the Splatsin First Nation that will see pre-fabricated houses built in a warehouse in Vernon has been met with ire by the Okanagan Indian Band, which takes issue that the warehouse is located on the unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.

It’s hard to believe that 265 property owners in the Sage Mesa subdivision near Penticton could be responsible for over $33 million in water system upgrades — but that’s the current reality.

If you hadn't stepped foot in Kelowna for five years, you'd likely be amazed at the number of glass towers now dotting the city's skyline.

A year into the province’s push to get cities to build more homes, Kelowna is already a year ahead.

Real estate sales in the Central Okanagan picked up last month compared to July 2024, but still lag way behind the 10-year average.

While many people in Kelowna are struggling to pay their rent or mortgage, the ultra-wealthy are perusing listings like these luxurious mansions where a sports car has more living space than a nuclear family.

A Kelowna man who had a case of "seller’s remorse" has been forced to sell his home for about half its value after he reneged on an agreement with a developer after housing prices soared.

An extravagant luxury estate on Shuswap Lake is still on the market, even after the price was dropped from $30 million to $22 million late last year.

Kelowna is known for its vineyards, orchards and beaches, but a lot of the city used to be a big swampy marsh. Now, the city is caught between conserving swampland and trying to stack more people on top of each other as the population grows.

Vernon's Tiki Village Inn Motel is up for sale, with the realtor pitching the prospect of the site being used for 180 multifamily apartment units.

A BC moving company that damaged multiple pieces of furniture after it said it would pack and wrap them, has been ordered to knock $900 off its final bill after it sued the customer.

A BC Tribunal has found a Kelowna strata acted significantly unfairly after a "mix-up" over a storage locker dragged on for years and cost $9,000 in legal fees.

New housing projects in Kelowna are going to be offering rental units for below-market prices.

A Kamloops landlady who changed the locks because her tenant took 30-minute showers and did too much laundry has been ordered to pay the tenant's hotel bill after she kicked her out.

A Kelowna mortgage broker is on the hook for $30,000 after he facilitated a mortgage which didn't cover the price of the property.

So far in 2025, real estate sales in the Central Okanagan are 25% behind the ten-year average.

An Invermere woman who attempted to sue her real estate agent because she didn't like her neighbours or the fact that the town was culling deer has been ordered to pay special costs because of her behaviour over the seven years of litigation.

A BC contractor that used Tide laundry detergent to remove moss from a condo building's roof has sparked a legal battle between the province and an arms length environment appeal board.

Cities around the Central Okanagan have been figuring out how many homes they need to build to keep up with the rising demand, but the regional district has taken a step back to look at the bigger picture.

What was supposed to be a quick and easy Vernon real estate investment has entered its 12th year in court as the owners of the 14 units continue their pricey legal fight arguing this time about unpaid strata fees.

Almost two years after the McDougall Creek wildfire tore through Lake Okanagan Resort, condo owners are hoping the government will step in so they can start rebuilding by getting water to their homes.

It has been tough to find a good place to rent in B.C. lately, as in, for the last 10 years and definitely into the foreseeable future.

A trade union recruiter was barred from a Kamloops construction site and someone took to advertising his banishment.

A Kelowna strata management company is on the hook $15,000 after it failed to do anything for a property it was managing.

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.