Millennials looking to buy their first home and Baby Boomers entering retirement are some of the driving forces behind the current strong showing of the Kelowna real estate market, says a Kelowna real estate company.
Vantage West Realty Group has released a year-over-year study of Central Okanagan home sales that looks at market trends for 15 local neighbourhoods.
Topping the list are double-digit home price increases in Black Mountain, Lower/Upper Mission and West Kelowna Estates.
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The report says single family home prices are up 23 per cent in Black Mountain, the Lower/Upper Mission and West Kelowna Estates. Average sales prices are nearing the million-dollar price in both Lower/Upper Mission and Southeast Kelowna/Crawford areas. An 香蕉视频直播渁verage香蕉视频直播� home in Black Mountain now boasts 3,000-square-feet and sells for an average of $750,000.
The average sale price of town-homes showed the biggest increase of any property type in Lower/Upper Mission at nearly 25 per cent, adds the report.
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Downtown, the north and south ends have seen homes move into the low $700,000 range from from the mid-$400,000 range as city council has added to the mix with allowance for infill housing in select areas.
Up to four dwellings on a typical 50-foot by 120-foot city lot are now allowed under the RU7 zone.
Rutland has experienced terrific growth evenly across all property types, says the report. The average sales price increase year-over-year is 20 per cent, five times the regional average for single-family homes.
And a duplex in Rutland that could have been purchased for $550,000 last year, can now fetch $750,000.
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Lake Country is also boasting an increase in sales, but with relative affordability compared to other neighbourhoods. An averaged-sized 975-square-foot condo there can be bought for under $280,000. In West Kelowna, Shannon Lake still represents one of the most affordable family-friendly neighbourhoods with an average 1,750 -square-foot town-house selling for just under $470,000.
Growth in average single-family home prices year over year.
West Kelowna Estates $666,471 $541,755 23%
Black Mountain $757,259 $615,727 23%
Mission $977,126 $795,278 22.9%
Rutland $512,975 $421,603 21.7%
Glenrosa $502,996 $413,690 21.6%
Westbank $510,079 $428,113 19.2%
N Glenmore/Glenmore $638,967 $543,310 17.6%
SE Kelowna/Crawford $945,126 $812,051 16.4%
Shannon Lake/Smith Creek $640,163 $564,534 13.4%
Dilworth $839,044 $748,974 12.0%
Lake Country $773,046 $703,155 9.9%
Peachland $623,292 $571,655 9.0%
University District $707,857 $662,318 6.9%
Downtown $642,524 $612,681 4.9%
Lakeview Heights $806,993 $775,618 4.1%
In terms of developments to watch, the report suggests in Downtown Kelowna, the 124-unit 1151 Sunset that is nearly sold out, One Water Street which plans to develop two towers with a mix of commercial on the main floor. If approved, the towers would be Kelowna香蕉视频直播檚 tallest buildings at 36 and 29 stories.
The Ella is planned as a 20-storey tower on Ellis Street bringing another 116 units to the downtown core. Central Green, with a planned 500 units, Stockwell, with 32 units and Cambridge House, which has sold out it香蕉视频直播檚 planed 210 studio units, are also under construction downtown
In Black Mountain, Prospect at Black Mountain will see 240 mountaintop view homes added to the area. Blue Sky at Black Mountain, with building lots that go as high as $500,000, and Kirchner Mountain are continuing see development.
In the Mission area, developers are introducing new properties at Sienna at Sarsons and Gyro Beach Townhomes with The Ponds in the Upper Mission planning another phase.
In Glenmore, new homes in Highpointe, Sheerwater and McKinley Beach are driving up the average sale price for single-family homes.
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New developments in Shannon Lake include Haven Villas in Tallus Ridge, Era Townhouses (with only a few remaining), a five-lot subdivision on Hihannah Drive, and Tallus Green Townhomes presently under construction.
In Glenrosa, 60 new units are planed for Glen Eagles, 29 new homes at The Vines on Inverness, an affordable new Okanagan Lake view community called Vine Living, and Crystal View with its 60 building lots.
In Peachland, the New Monaco Development is predicted to double the municipality香蕉视频直播檚 current population to 9,400 once it is fully built out.
