Updated Stats for Residential Homes in the Okanagan Shuswap - September 2026

Sell/Inventory Ratio (this is the "absorption" of homes, i.e. how much of what is currently on the market sold last month.):

North: 17.11%

Central: 12.23%

Shuswap:...

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