It truly has been a remarkable year for sales and dollar volume through the Winnipeg Real Estate Board’s MLS®.
Barring any unforeseen development, MLS® sales will be the highest on record by the end of the year. There i...
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by Bruce Cherney
In today’s world, the word “newsboy” is an anachronism, replaced first by “paperboy” and more recently by the gender neutral term “paper carrier.” Today, paper carriers actua...
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It was a banner year for Manitoba in 2005, according to Premier Gary Doer.
Though he wasn’t wearing rose-coloured glasses, the premier at the annual meeting of the Manitoba Real Estate Association last Tuesday morning, went thr...
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Homes with duct work leak up to 25 per cent more air than homes without such a system, according to some experts. Thus, a home with duct work may use 25 to 40 per cent more heating and cooling energy.
The reason is that an air ...
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by Bruce Cherney
Gold! That shiny yellow and elusive precious metal has caused good men and women to lose all sense of reason in its pursuit. That’s what happened when gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in California in 1849...
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The Luddites of the world may sneer at today’s technological marvels, but young people are connected to the new medium and are its primary users. If you want youth to pay attention, don’t turn to traditional media outlets &mdash...
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Winnipeg Real Estate Board president Ruthe Penner is predicting that MLS® dollar volume sales will set a new record by the end of the year and total MLS® sales could break an 18-year-old record.
The previous dollar volume rec...
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by Bruce Cherney
So, we’ll be having a federal election during the depths of winter on January 23 to the chagrin of political pundits. But, there’s really nothing new about politicians hitting the hustling when the weathe...
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During a 1.5-hour session, it became quite clear that the revision of Bylaw 6400 has a lot to do with modernizing it to eliminate many variance applications that unnecessarily delay development.
In redrafting the bylaw, the opp...
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After reading this nation’s newspapers, one would think that Canadians have turned into a bunch of wimps. Comments in newspapers deplore the fact that voters will be heading to the polls and candidates will be campaigning during the f...
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