Archive : June 2006

More than bricks and mortar

The Winnipeg Real Estate Board-established Housing Opportunity Partnership has shown the positive value of injecting significant new dollars into a targeted area for housing renewal. Its central focus of homeownership in the West End has he...

View Article

Village of Canada

“What place is this?” asked Jacques Cartier. “Kanata,” was the reply from two youth. A mistake in translation and the name of a village became the name of a nation. The two native youths, while a...

View Article

Increased upper-end sales driven by good economy

Luxury home sales through MLS® have  doubled this year from the previous high a year ago, according to a new report on local upper-end sales. The number of luxury homes sold in excess of $500,000 year-to-date has risen from ...

View Article

Housing renewal in the heart of the city

The Winnipeg Real Estate Board is pleased to share with the WREN readership the progress of a housing initiative that it established in 1997. It started off very modestly but over time has clearly helped change the face and outlook of neigh...

View Article

New resilient outdoor deck surface

If you’re plagued with outdoor deck problems, why not consider a new deck surface known as Duragrid, a 12-by-12-inch interlocking tile made of polypropylene copolymer. Duragrid tile and typical floor tile are both 12 inches squ...

View Article

Heritage river

Aboriginal people used it for thousands of years as a major waterway into the heart of the continent, along its shore agriculture in Manitoba was first practiced, the first European settlement in Manitoba was named after it, and a city aros...

View Article

REALTOR® aboriginal housing forum

Canadian REALTORS® will host a networking session on aboriginal housing at the World Urban Forum III in Vancouver on June 20, announced the Canadian Real Estate Association.  The session will contribute ideas and present exp...

View Article