Year-in and year-out, Winnipeg consistently has one of the lowest apartment vacancy rates in the country, hovering around one per cent over the last few years. To no one’s surprise, Winnipeg recorded a one-per-cent vacancy rate in...
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National home sales activity continued to trend down in July, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, especially in British Columbia and Ontario.
CREA said the slowdown in demand in these two provinces was expected...
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by Heino Molls
I can always tell a public housing complex in every city and town in Canada when I pass through. Some people call them “housing projects” or other names that are not always complimentary.
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Greenish masses of algae blooms are nothing new to the South Basin of Lake Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Tribune on August 4, 1939, reported beaches along the lake were plagued by algae, “a water plant of the lowest division of the vegetable w...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
With driver in hand, the golfer swung, striking the ball and sending it soaring upward. When it hit the ground, the ball bounced once, twice and then disappeared. Cursing, the golfer had observed his ball&...
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Sun, sand and fun helped influence a downward trend in MLS® sales and dollar volume for July, according to WinnipegREALTORS®.
Still, the final numbers really weren’t all that bad, despite Manitobans thinking more ab...
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Fifty-seven years ago on August 15, “bands, flags, costumes, fireworks, Blue Bombers, Rough Riders, and a Hollywood movie star” were on hand for the official opening of the new $500,000 stadium in Winnipeg.
“Winni...
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If you think that selling real estate takes little more than knowing the right sales pitch, think again.
When consumers today choose a
REALTOR® to help them buy or sell a home, they are enlisting the services ...
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The Canadian Real Estate Association has revised its 2010 and 2011 forecast and is now predicting fewer home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® system.
Despite fewer MLS® sales, CREA says the average price f...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 5of 5)
The detrimental effect of combines on the Harvest Excursions was evident as early as 1928. The Manitoba Free Press reported on August 30 that “a considerable number of the harvesters brought to t...
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