If you have been glancing at your latest property assessment and feeling pretty good about yourself, here is a number that might change your morning. The city says the average Rose Hill home is worth $1,119,777. The HonestDoor Price says $892,735. That is a gap of over $227,000 - and that gap matters a lot if you are thinking about selling, refinancing, or just understanding what your biggest asset is actually worth right now.
Let us break it down by property type, because the two stories here are pretty different.
Rose Hill houses are among the most expensive in Kamloops - we rank 2nd out of 23 neighbourhoods on price. The average sale price hit $1,299,300 last month, up 3.1%. On paper, that sounds great. But dig a little deeper and the picture gets more complicated.
Only 1 house sold in Rose Hill in 2026 so far - down 50% from last month. That is a thin market. Prices look strong on the surface, but when almost nobody is transacting, those numbers can shift fast. We are sitting at rank 25 out of 27 for growth among comparable Kamloops neighbourhoods. That puts us near the bottom of the leaderboard. The market is not crashing, but it is definitely taking a breather.
On the bright side, our 50-day average days on market beats nearby Valleyview at 56 days. So when a house does sell here, it moves faster than some of our neighbours.
The condo side of Rose Hill is a different world entirely. We are talking about a much lower price point, but the growth trend is not doing us any favours right now.
A -7.51% recent value change is the number to watch. That is not a rounding error - that is a real pullback. If you own a condo in Rose Hill and have been putting off a valuation check, now is the time to get current numbers in front of you.
Here is the thing about your city assessment - it is a snapshot from the past. The BC Assessment process uses data that is already months old by the time it lands in your mailbox. It does not know what happened to interest rates last quarter. It does not know that Rose Hill house values have dipped 1.19% recently, or that the 3-month trend is pointing downward.
The HonestDoor Price is updated in real time. It pulls from actual recent sales, current listing activity, and live market signals. For Rose Hill houses, that means a predicted value of $918,448 - not the $1,119,777 the assessment suggests. That $200,000-plus difference is not just a number on a screen. It affects how a buyer's agent prices your competition, how a lender thinks about your equity, and how realistic your asking price needs to be to actually close a deal.
The assessment is not wrong - it is just old. The HonestDoor Price is the real-world check.
If you are a Rose Hill homeowner eyeing a summer sale, here is the straight talk.
The sellers who will win this summer are the ones who price against the HonestDoor data, not the assessment. Come in sharp, present well, and you can still get a strong result in a market where buyers have options. Come in anchored to that $1.1M assessment number and you will be sitting on the market while your neighbours in Valleyview and Juniper Ridge close deals.
Rose Hill is still one of the priciest addresses in Kamloops - rank 2 out of 23 on price does not lie. But right now, the market is rewarding realistic sellers, not optimistic ones.
rose hill | kamloops | june 2026This information is all based on our opinions based on the information available to us. Everyone's situation may be different and you should reach out to us for more personalized information.