The Kelowna real estate market started the second half of 2018 continuing this year’s pattern for lower sales and greater inventory compared to 2017. Once again, the word on the street is, it’s a balanced market. However, a change from the past few month’s consistency was seen in valuation and not in the direction many thought it would. Kelowna and the Central Okanagan saw record breaking valuations with the average overall residential sale price increasing by 6.1% and the average single family residential sale price increasing by 9%, which both represent the largest month-over-month valuation increases seen since March