News Items tag as: Association of Interior Realtors 2025

Central Okanagan housing sales in April lowest in 12 years
May 06, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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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.
Real estate sales down while housing inventory up in Central Okanagan
April 04, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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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.
'Skating on thin ice': Kelowna's housing sales well below normal
March 06, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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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.
Another uptick for Okanagan, Kamloops real estate sales
February 06, 2025 - 4:30 PM
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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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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

Central Okanagan housing sales in April lowest in 12 years