News Items tag as: Housing

BC slaps Kamloops with new housing target that doesn't add up
September 26, 2023 - 3:42 PM
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In May, the province targeted 10 BC communities it deemed to be in greatest need of building more housing faster. Kamloops was the only community in the Thompson-Okanagan on that list.
Kelowna 'pre-zoning' hundreds of single family homes for fourplexes to meet housing demand
September 23, 2023 - 6:30 PM
iNhome

Hundreds if not thousands of single-family lots in Kelowna will be "pre-zoned" likely by the end of the year to allow fourplexes to be built.
New Kelowna tower proposal aims to build community from ground up
September 19, 2023 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

The One Water Street project, with its two highrise towers, has helped transform downtown Kelowna.
Kamloops and Kelowna lagging behind in new home construction
September 18, 2023 - 12:30 PM
iNhome

Despite the huge demand for housing in Canada, the country as a whole, along with Kamloops and Kelowna in particular, is actually starting work on fewer homes so far this year than last.
BC Interior housing prices 50% higher than five years ago
September 15, 2023 - 12:00 PM
iNhome

While the price of a home has declined in the BC Interior since peaking in the spring of 2022, they are still ahead of last August and well above what they were three and five years ago.
New York City is nearly banning Airbnb, should the Thompson-Okanagan follow?
September 12, 2023 - 7:30 AM
iNhome

Recent reviews on the impact of short-term rentals in the Okanagan show they're replacing a number of long-term rental units.
Ten-fold annual increase in subsidized housing needed in Kelowna
September 11, 2023 - 7:00 AM
iNhome

Building enough new homes for people to buy is keeping pace with the demands of a growing population in Kelowna.
Sales down but prices up in Kamloops, Okanagan real estate markets
September 06, 2023 - 3:49 PM
iNhome

Wildfires may have played a role in slowing housing sales in Kamloops and the Okanagan in August compared to July but prices rose slightly in most housing classes.
Okanagan residents flee high prices to relocate to Alberta
September 03, 2023 - 8:00 AM
iNhome

For most of the past decade the flow of Albertans to BC far outpaced the migration in the other direction – by an average of almost 9,000 people a year between 2014 and 2021.
Creekside Kelowna land, motel for sale for $12 million an acre
September 01, 2023 - 6:00 AM
iNhome

An old motel next to Mission Creek and close to Okanagan Lake is for sale for $12 million.
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Last supermoon of year to brighten night sky in Kamloops, Okanagan
The last supermoon of the year is making an appearance this week and there won’t be another one to view until next year. The Harvest Moon is the fourth and last of four consecutive full moons lighting up skies over Kamloops and

Okanagan Fall Wine Festival returns a bit later than usual
The Okanagan Fall Wine Festival is returning later than usual with wineries participating all across the Okanagan. The "reimagined" festival is back for the first time since 2019 and will run this year from Friday, Oct. 27. to Sun

Judge tosses Okanagan pot shop suit over unlicensed stores on reserve
A BC judge tossed out a claim from 14 cannabis stores which claimed the province's inability to control unlicensed shops on First Nation reservation lands was hurting their business. The 14 businesses from the Shuswap to Penticton launc

BC slaps Kamloops with new housing target that doesn't add up
In May, the province targeted 10 BC communities it deemed to be in greatest need of building more housing faster. Kamloops was the only community in the Thompson-Okanagan on that list. Over the following months the province worked with thos

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