Perfect Timing for Right-Sizing

Is now the right time to consider upsizing or downsizing? When taking a look at June 2025’s market stats, the Kelowna real estate market is showing compelling insights for homeowners to strongly consider both options. With interest rates holding steady, inventory...

Lake Life Still Sells

As the Canadian real estate market continues to cool down in major city centres like Toronto and Vancouver, Kelowna and the Central Okanagan are charting their own course. While national headlines focus on declining sales and slowing price growth, our lovely little...

Kelowna Market Moves Forward

April brought a wave of cautious optimism to the Canadian housing market, and Kelowna was no exception. While the national market is adjusting its expectations for the year ahead, locally we saw encouraging signs that buyers and sellers alike are starting to move with...
Mortgage Rate Debate

Mortgage Rate Debate

Over the last ten years, Canadian mortgage rate fluctuations have had significant impacts on the Kelowna real estate market. This year we’ve already seen the Bank of Canada reduce mortgage rates twice, bringing the current overnight rate down to 4.5% - and it’s got a...

Buyer’s Market Boom

Buyer’s Market Boom

As the Kelowna real estate market approaches the last few weeks of the summer, things are continuing to trend in favour of buyers. Just over a month ago, the Bank of Canada reduced mortgage rates for the second time this year, bringing it down to 4.5% - a welcome...

Summer Market Summary

Summer Market Summary

Looking to take the leap into the Kelowna Real Estate market? This summer just might be the best time to do it! Our local housing market has been the ‘talk of the town’ in Canadian real estate for as long as I can remember. It comes as no surprise that our amazing...

Growing Pains

Growing Pains

The Kelowna housing market has been the hot topic in Canadian real estate for quite some time now. Between red-hot covid markets to short term rental restrictions and everything in between, our community has seen a lot of change take place in the last few years. As...

Rentals Under Review

Rentals Under Review

The long-discussed and anticipated day has come - as of May 1st 2024, short term rental restrictions in BC have come into effect. This newly introduced regulation, set forth with the goal of prioritizing long term rental options in BC and combatting climbing cost of...

Trending Okanagan

Trending Okanagan

The Okanagan is taking its turn in the spotlight for British Columbia real estate as Vancouver starts to lose its curb appeal. While it’s no secret that Kelowna and the Okanagan as a whole have been gathering momentum for the past ten years, Covid truly sparked an...

Budding Spring Market

Budding Spring Market

The sun is shining, patios are opening, and the Kelowna real estate market is blooming. Despite some unexpected variables this year - like the introduction of the ‘Flipping Tax’ and the short term rental restrictions that will soon go into effect - market activity is...

To Flip or Not to Flip

To Flip or Not to Flip

The BC real estate market is about to see another major change coming in January 2025. A newly proposed tax presented by the provincial government in their yearly budget - commonly referred to as ‘The Flipping Tax’ - aims to decentivize short term purchase investments...

Incoming Inventory

Incoming Inventory

As we slowly make our way into the New Year, the usual speculation about future market conditions continues. Like we talked about last month, there are plenty of market influencers to consider in early 2024 that will set the tone for the rest of the year, like the...

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