Southwind at Sarsons · Lower Mission, Kelowna
A range, not a single number — the interior has not yet been inspected. Final price is set after an in-person walkthrough.
Priced on evidence: three units in your own building, current market conditions, and the assessed-value record. No guesswork.
The headline isn't falling prices — it's time. Across the Central Okanagan, average sold prices have held steady since 2022. What changed is how long homes take to sell. Inventory has climbed from a 1–2 month supply to well over a year's worth. Pricing precision now decides outcomes.
Source: Association of Interior REALTORS® monthly statistics, Central Okanagan, all residential property types. 2026 data runs January through April. These figures describe the broader regional market and provide context — the price recommendation itself is built from the comparable sales in this building, shown below.
A 2-bed, 2-bath strata apartment in Southwind at Sarsons, built in 2009. The figures below are drawn from the public assessment record.
The 2026 assessment came in 6% below the prior year — a measurable cooling in this micro-market, consistent with the longer selling times shown above. The recommended range sits modestly above the assessed value, which is well within normal territory for this building: the one true floor comp, the unit directly above this one, sold at roughly 108% of its own assessment.
The strongest comparable evidence isn't down the street — it's in this building. Three units at 580 Sarsons Road tell the whole story: a fast sale, a slow sale, and what's live on the market right now.
The recommendation. Anchored to Unit 305 directly above — near-identical layout and vintage. The range reflects an interior not yet inspected.
The unit directly above 205 — the truest comparable available. Priced correctly out of the gate, it sold in 17 days at 98% of ask. This is the anchor.
A top-floor penthouse — vaulted ceilings, larger footprint, the premium end of the building. Launched nearly $100K too high, then took 154 days and a major reduction to sell. The cautionary tale.
Currently for sale — a smaller, ground-floor unit. A buyer touring 205 can tour this the same afternoon. It sets the practical floor for the building.
| Unit | DOM | Original List | Sale Price | Sale / Orig | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 305 | 17 | $789,000 | $776,000 | 98.4% | −$13,000 |
| Unit 407 | 154 | $996,800 | $898,000 | 90.1% | −$98,800 |
| Unit 205 — recommended | Target: fast | $749.9–764.9K | — | — | — |
The pattern is direct. The unit that launched at the right price gave up $13,000 and sold in under three weeks. The unit that launched roughly $100K too high gave up nearly $99K — and still waited five months. Sale-to-original-list ratio is measured against the first list price, not a later reduced one, because the cost of overpricing only shows up when you compare against where the listing actually started.
$/sq ft figures use total finished area as reported on each MLS listing. The subject's 1,434 sq ft is the BC Assessment strata area; Unit 305's 1,460 sq ft is its reported finished area — a small difference that is one further reason the recommendation is presented as a range.
Every list price is a trade-off between speed and ceiling. Here is where each option sits against the comparable range — and what each one risks.
Priced to move fast. Sits just above the assessed value and undercuts the building's recent sale pace. Likely to draw quick, competitive interest — at the cost of leaving some potential ceiling on the table.
Anchored to the near-identical unit directly above, which sold quickly at a strong ratio. The range exists because the interior is unseen — average finishings land toward the lower end, confirmed upgrades toward the upper. Captures full buyer attention without testing patience.
Tests toward the per-square-foot pricing of the building's premium units. The risk is visible in the data: the one unit that reached for the top of the market sat for 154 days and surrendered a far larger discount than the unit priced right.
The recommended marker is positioned at the midpoint of the recommended range relative to the conservative and aggressive endpoints. Final price within the range is set after the interior walkthrough.
A new listing draws its largest, most motivated audience the moment it hits the market. That attention doesn't last. Pricing right at launch is how a listing captures the full wave — before it recedes.
By the time Unit 407 reached a price the market would accept, the wave of fresh buyer attention had long passed. A listing that opens above the market spends its most valuable weeks being compared unfavourably to better-priced options — and the eventual buyer negotiates from a position of patience, not urgency. The discount wasn't an accident of the market. It was the cost of the starting number.
We've done the research upfront — comparable sales, assessed values, market conditions — to arrive at a list price that captures the full wave of initial buyer activity. A correctly priced listing ensures no money is left on the table from day one. The moment we hit the market, we shift to completely different markers to track pricing. The data that drives decisions post-launch is how the market is actually responding to your home — in real time:
This real-time feedback loop means we're never guessing. If the market tells us to adjust, we adjust quickly — before the window of peak buyer attention closes.
The natural next step is a walkthrough of Unit 205. Seeing the interior firsthand is what turns this range into a single, confident number.
Listing presentation prepared by Braden Koop & Gerry Fraser · Koop Homes Group
Book the interior walkthrough and we'll finalize the recommended list price — built on the evidence in this presentation.