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House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
November 21, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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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.
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.
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