WinnipegREALTORS® is pleased to launch its participation in the Manitoba Amber Alert Network. Through the use of a simultaneous paging or text messaging technology, over 1000 REALTORS® will now be an extra ‘eyes and to help find a missing child.
"Our more recent adoption of a sophisticated messaging technology and the successful testing of it in the past few months has made it possible ...
Posted by Reg Black
on May 26, 2009
April 22, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WINNIPEG, MB-Manitoba REALTOR® Reg Black has been appointed as the new Regional Director for Manitoba with the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
CREA represents more than 97 000 real estate Brokers/agents and salespeople across Canada. As Regional Director for Manitoba, Black will reflect the thoughts and issues of Manitoba REALTORS® ...
Posted by Reg Black
on April 22, 2009
March MLS® Sales Down 9%; MLS® Dollar Volume Off 3%
The Winnipeg & Area real estate market in March was really quite similar to March 2008 when you break down the two main property type sales. Home sales which still make up the lions share of total MLS® activity every month were only down 3 per cent with more sales this year over $200,000. There were three ...
Posted by Reg Black
on April 14, 2009
Manitoba Government can learn from Saskatchewan on how to get education taxes off the property tax bill.
The province-wide coalition, that leads Manitoba's LetsPayFair campaign, says part of the solution for getting education taxes off the property tax bill can be seen next door in Saskatchewan.
The Manitoba government can get a few clues from the Saskatchewan budget released this week that made ...
Posted by Reg Black
on March 23, 2009
WinnipegREALTORS® is calling on the provincial government to provide relief
to home buyers in its upcoming March 25th provincial budget by modifying the significant
revenues it generates on property purchases in this province. The province has seen its LTT
revenues increase from $31.0.million in 2006 to $44.8 million in 2008, a 44% increase.
In a November 2007 land transfer tax study ...
Posted by Reg Black
on March 16, 2009
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, stuck to his forecast yesterday that unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus will lead to a solid rebound in the Canadian economy next year, prompting one economist to speculate the bank may trim interest rates only 25 basis points at its next announcement in March or even hold steady before raising rates late in the year.
Mr. Carney, who was before ...
Posted by Reg Black
on February 12, 2009
The Winnipeg and area real estate market got off to a good start in 2009 with another monthly dollar volume record. MLS® sales were worth close to $100 million and only off 8% from the second best January in 106 years. Breaking MLS® property types down further, residential-detached unit sales were down less than 6% and condominium sales were actually up 43% from 51 to 73 sales. Losing ground ...
Posted by Reg Black
on February 4, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
January 7, 2008
For Immediate Release
DECEMBER MLS® SALES HOLD UP WELL
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MLS® Sales Off 3%; MLS® Dollar Volume Up 5%
The Winnipeg real estate market recovered some of its lost form in the fourth quarter by posting a solid showing to end an excellent year of MLS® market activity. Sales finished over 500, less than twenty sales off December 2007, while ...
Posted by Reg Black
on January 14, 2009
MLS® Sales Up 3%; Dollar Volume Rises 16%
The Winnipeg & Area MLS® market continues to show resilience in the
face of a national real estate market adjustment as it recorded its best September
ever. This should not come as a surprise given a recent forecast from the
Conference Board of Canada indicating Winnipeg will be one of the nation's
leading economic performers in 2008. It forecasts ...
Posted by Reg Black
on October 6, 2008
Despite all of the national market reports which indicate weakening real estate activity including softening in prices, Winnipeg & Area is faring well with year-to-date sales activity matching last year's all-time record pace and dollar volume continues to be up again with low double-digit percentage increases. This has happened consistently since 2003. Like the weather, all markets are local and ...
Posted by Reg Black
on September 9, 2008