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Winnipeg Real Estate Market Update for August 2011

August 8, 2011 Blog
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Winnipeg Real Estate Market Update for August 2011 . Each month I produce a Real Estate Market Update for Winnipeg’s hot real estate market.  I’ve segmented the housing market along 3 different price ranges, from ‘entry level’ homes (between $50,000 and $199,999), to ‘mid-range homes‘ (between $200,000 and $399,999)  and finally ‘luxury homes’ (above $400,000).  This [...]

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Founder of “Private Sale” Company uses REALTOR® to sell his home

August 5, 2011 Blog
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Creator of “For Sale By Owner” fails at selling privately, then hires a REALTOR® . Irony like this comes along but once in a lifetime, so this is just too good to pass up. In the attached story, which has been widely distributed, it is reported that Mr. Colby Sambrotto was the founder of “For [...]

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Special considerations for selling a home with pets

June 8, 2011 A Vids
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Special Considerations for Selling Home with Pets   When you are selling your home you need to make sure that everything is perfect when people come to visit.  Open houses are especially important because you will have many people coming into your house but you need to always be ready to show your home.  If [...]

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Winnipeg Real Estate Market Update for June 2011

June 2, 2011 Blog
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Winnipeg Real Estate Market Update June 2011 . Each month I produce a Real Estate Market Update for Winnipeg’s hot real estate market.  This is the first month with a new format.  I’ve segmented the housing market along 3 different price ranges, from ‘entry level’ homes (between $50,000 and $199,999), to ‘mid-range homes‘ (between $200,000 [...]

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8 things Home Stagers Know….(and now, so will you!)

May 30, 2011 A Vids
Home Stagers

8 Things Home Stagers know . Have you noticed that home stagers are becoming more popular?  More people are hiring them when they want to get a really good price for their home.  The reason is because home stagers know what buyers want and they can help you pay attention to the details of your [...]

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Curb Appeal: 4 tips to make your home more attractive and easier to sell

May 26, 2011 Blog
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Improving Curb Appeal to help with the sale of your home . When potential buyers drive by your house and see the “For Sale” sign what do they think?  Are they thinking, “I have to phone my REALTOR® about seeing this house right away!” or are they thinking, “Hmmm – looks like it needs some [...]

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Winnipeg Real Estate Market Update for March 2011

March 7, 2011 Blog
Winnipeg Real Estate Market

Winnipeg remains one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. Here are the latest sales and listing stats for Winnipeg’s market, showing how many homes are available and how many have sold in the past month.

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Home Staging 10 Top Tips from Re/Max for Winnipeg Home Sellers

February 7, 2011 Blog
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Even in a hot real estate market such as Winnipeg, home sellers would be well advised to make sure their homes are “Fit To Sell”. This is the title of a DVD on Home Staging, released by Re/Max to home and condo sellers who are contemplating putting their properties on the market.

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What’s the best time to list a home for sale in Winnipeg?

January 24, 2011 A Vids
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Winnipeg home sellers are often concerned about ‘the best time to list’ their house or condo for sale. To arrive at the answer, we need to look at the laws of supply and demand.

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Top Tips to prepare your Winnipeg home for selling

January 19, 2011 A Vids
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Thinking of selling your Winnipeg home in 2011? With spring season, and the always hectic ‘sellers market’, not too far away, now is the time to prepare and to do everything you can to sell your property quickly in this fast paced market of home selling.

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Home Renovations: Which ones increase the value of your home for resale?

January 17, 2011 A Vids
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Home Owners often ask: 'Which home renovations increase the value of my house, and assure that I get 'top-dollar' when selling?' While there is no hard-and-fast rule, here is a sobering statistic from the Appraisal Institute of Canada:

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