Winnipeg Real Estate Blog top post of 2012

Winnipeg Real Estate agents have a new tool to help buyers find their perfect house or condo. Keystone MATRIX® is a search program which helps buyers not only FIND the house they want, but also keeps them informed on sales, price changes and eventually the SOLD price of a house or condo as well. In this short, 7 minute tutorial, I will show you a few basics on how to get the most out of this system.

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It’s an often-reported fact that Winnipeg’s population is aging, and as such Condominiums are becoming quite popular. In fact, there are numerous advantages to owning a condo.

These are units with bylaws which state that the owner/occupant of the unit must be at least 55 years of age. (Some 55-plus condos have dropped this age requirement down to 50 yrs, in an effort to attract more buyers).

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I have found that many buyers are not aware of the fact that there are additional costs (called Closing Costs) when buying a home or condo. I had always ‘assumed’ (I know…you’re not supposed to do that), that banks would council their clients as to the actual costs involved, but learned that this is not always so. Blame the hectic market pace, under-staffing or any number of things, but for whatever reason, it’s not being done.

So when buyers come to me, I sometimes have to give the bad news: Here are some of the major expenses involved when buying a home (or condo).

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Downtown Winnipeg is the place to be on Date-Nite”…..with so many options, you can do something different every week.

Here are a few tried and true ideas for having fun on date night in downtown Winnipeg:

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Home buyers are well advised to work with their own agent when searching for a new home in Winnipeg. There are a ton of reasons to do so, and no advantage to ‘going it alone’. Among the top reasons for working with your own agent is the fact that you receive the new listings, as soon as they are posted, for example these luxury homes in Winnipeg. Once you get the listings, however, they tend to be full of abbreviations and confusing real estate terminology. So here is a 10-minute video tutorial about how to read and decipher those new MLS® listings which you are receiving.

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Winnipeg home owners love their basement recrooms. But several problems, including flooding basements, cracking and shifting foundations are always a concern. Normally, our main concern is during wet weather, when sump pumps can become overwhelmed by the water, and tiny cracks in concrete basement walls allow water to seep into our prized man-caves and game rooms. However, there are several causes of shifting and cracking foundation walls:

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