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BC residents not losing homes due to high mortgage interest rates, yet
January 15, 2024 - 6:00 PM

There's been plenty of fear recently about people losing their homes because they can’t afford higher interest rates on their mortgages. The reality is the mortgage foreclosure rate in Kelowna, BC and the rest of the country, has been declining steadily for the past decade.
Pace of housing construction needs to triple in Thompson-Okanagan
June 24, 2022 - 7:30 AM
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Canada is facing a crisis in housing supply and, consequently, affordability, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Kelowna has lowest vacancy rate of any major Canadian city and that's not a good thing
February 18, 2022 - 10:56 AM
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The official Canada Mortgage and Housing rental vacancy rate shows Kelowna's fell to a 0.6% in 2021 from 2.1% the year before.
B.C. landlord association disputes UBC eviction study
September 19, 2021 - 10:36 AM
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A B.C. landlord association disputes the findings of a recent University of B.C. study to uncover eviction rates across the province.
Affordable housing coming to Kelowna's downtown near proposed UBCO campus
February 24, 2021 - 10:55 AM

Nestled next to the proposed UBC Okanagan downtown campus will be a six-storey, 68-unit affordable housing building.
Kelowna housing construction decreased in 2018, while other Interior cities see new apartment boom
January 09, 2019 - 11:18 AM

The City of Kamloops saw a boom in construction last year, almost doubling the number of new housing starts compared to 2017, according to data released from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Apartment construction leads majority of housing starts in Kelowna, Kamloops
September 11, 2018 - 2:00 PM

The housing start data for Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon is in for the month of August, with the majority of construction taking place in the form of apartments.
Kamloops apartment construction continues to lead city's housing starts
July 10, 2018 - 11:15 AM

KAMLOOPS - Apartment construction continues to lead the city's housing starts according to the latest survey from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Agency.
Housing starts holding strong in the Okanagan
June 08, 2018 - 11:43 AM

OKANAGAN - Housing starts were strong in Kelowna and Vernon last month, while Penticton held its own according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Apartment construction takes lead in Kamloops
June 08, 2018 - 10:51 AM

KAMLOOPS - The Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation has released housing starts data for the month of May and the City of Kamloops saw more apartment-style projects get underway than any other dwelling type.
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Willie Nelson on his new album, cannabis cookbook, Kris Kristofferson and what makes a good song
NEW YORK (AP) — Young musicians looking for longevity would be wise to follow the sensible word of Willie Nelson: Do what feels right, and if you're lucky enough to have a statue built in your honor in your city, remember that it is jus

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
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 the

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