Manitobans woke up last Wednesday morning to the news that provincial budgets will be awash in a sea of red ink for at least the next five years. It’s a novelty in Manitoba as successive governments — Conservative and NDP &mdash...
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WinnipegREALTORS® noticed a soft first-time buyers market last year in comparison to other Canadian major markets. Its documentation showed how local sales in the under $300,000 market fared poorer than in other markets such a...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
After the first Canadian Pacific Railway train crossed the newly-built Louise Bridge into Winnipeg on July 26, 1881, its destination was an “unassuming” 1-1/2-storey wood-frame depot at the corne...
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By failing to change the way the land transfer tax (LTT) is collected in its March 23 budget, the provincial government missed an excellent opportunity to level the playing field with other provinces and keep young people in Manitoba, accor...
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For one day a year, Manitobans of all backgrounds can attire themselves in green and proclaim they are “friends of the Irish.” At the same time, many in this province can claim direct descent from Emerald Isle immigrants. ...
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A sign that spring has arrived is the annual Manitoba Home Builders’ Home Expressions Show, running this year until Sunday, March 21.
Each year over 20,000 people visit Home Expressions. All three floors of the Conv...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
Captain William “Fighting Bill” Code of the North Fire Hall, corner of Higgins Avenue and Maple Street, said the first alarm for the Manitoba Hotel fire was heard at the Central Fire Hall at...
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A new report says recent price increases in the Manitoba housing market have not adversely affected affordability.
According to the RBC Economics report Housing Trends and Affordability, home affordability levels in Manitoba remain i...
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Open the mailbox or gaze at the floor under the mail slot, and there they are — taunting us to take a peek. At one time or another, we have all received the insidious flyers as well as some other piece of so-called “important&rd...
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It is important to appreciate that REALTORS® provide buyers and sellers with the professional advice they need to undertake one of the most important financial transactions of their lifetime.
As with other professions, REAL...
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