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October strong start to fourth quarter – WinnipegREALTORS® MLS® Market Release

WINNIPEG – October MLS® sales of 1,107 increased 8% over October 2017 and 1% over the 5 –year average for this month. Sales rebounded and actually outsold a slower performing September as usually it is the other way around. A record was set with the highest...

Preparing for an Open House When You Have Pets: Tips for Cleaning and Showing

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If you’re ready to sell your home and you’re a pet owner, there are a few things to consider before inviting people to an open house. First, you need to make sure that any potential buyer cannot tell that you have pets. That means not only removing…

Make a Clean Sweep: How to Get Your New Home Move-In Ready

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The stack of papers has been signed, the checks exchanged for a set of keys, and there’s a short festival of congratulations and handshakes. A day or so later, you open the door to an empty house that’s now yours. There’s probably a thin layer of grime on the...

August MLS® sales down 1%

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WINNIPEG – August sales of 1,274 are down 1% from August 2017 and up 1% over the 5-year average. Dollar volume of $375 million in August was down less than 1% from August 2017. Inventory of 5,163 MLS® listings at the end of August is up 7% over 2017....

Local market remains very stable and resilient

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WINNIPEG – July sales activity decreased 4% from July 2017 and was off only 2% from the 5-year average for this month. If you remove the exceptional record-setting month of July 2014 which was close to 1,500 sales, the 1,376 sales transacted this July are less...

June shows signs of improvement in comparison to 2017

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WINNIPEG – June sales activity outperformed May this year and usually it is the other way around. This helps explain adjustments that are going on within the local market to account for more stringent mortgage qualifications based on higher interest rates and...

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