Updated Stats for Residential Homes in the Okanagan Shuswap - July 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: 22.58%
Central: 16.10%
Shuswap: 18.52%...
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