Archive : 2010

- ANOTHER DOLLAR VOLUME RECORD FOR NOVEMBER - - - A 10% Increase Over 2009

November 2009 may have had better weather and 8 more MLS® sales than this November, but dollar volume once again in 2010 displayed its unrelenting march to greater heights. It increased nearly 10% over the previous highest November dollar volume in 2009. As a result, WinnipegREALTORS® has achieved its highest annual MLS® dollar volume on record at $2.58 billion, and there is still a month to go. This eclipses the previous best annual dollar volume record set in 2009 of $2.47 billion...

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- YEAR-TO-DATE MLS® SALES EVEN WITH 2009 - - - October MLS® Sales Down 3%; MLS® Dollar Volume Up 6%

If this was an election it would be too close to call. On the final stretch drive with two months to go it is a dead heat in terms of MLS® sales compared to last year. There are only 28 more MLS® sales in 2010. However dollar volume is a different story. It is up 10% in comparison to 2009 and while sales do drop off at year end there should be no doubt WinnipegREALTORS® will set its 10 th consecutive annual MLS® dollar volume record in 2010. 2001 finished with a dollar volume level just shy of the $1 billion mark. Ten years later the final amount could possibly reach $2.7 billion...

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- ANOTHER SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER - - - Nearly One-Quarter of $1 Billion Transacted on MLS® in September

It took until the month of September last year to set a new sales and dollar volume MLS® record in comparison to the same month the year previous. Ditto for 2010. Like athletes vying for new records in the Olympics or Commonwealth Games, September 2010 sets the bar higher again for what September 2011 will have to achieve if there is to be a new MLS® sales record for this month. It was noted summer was a little slower than usual this year so it certainly appears cottagers and vacationers entered the fall market in larger numbers than 2009...

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- JULY MLS® STATS LIKE BOMBERS - - - Down but not out!

When all is said and done about our Bombers at the end of July - they’re 2 and 3 – but the numbers don’t look all that bad! And to hold Calgary to 6 points in the second half and still have a chance to win with 30 seconds on the clock with our first-string quarterback hurt - a lot of positives are in the air...

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- JUNE IS STEADY AS SHE GOES - - - May and June are Two Peas in a Pod

There is something to be said for consistency. Be it the second quarter as a whole or May and June in particular, MLS® market activity is very similar. Sales for May and June are ranked fifth best ever for their respective months, with dollar volume as the best ever. The average residential-detached sales price has remained firm since April to hover around the $250,000 mark. Activity within the different price ranges is similar too with both months each having a million dollar plus sale and more upper end sales...

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- MAY USHERS IN A MORE BALANCED MARKET - - - Over 2,000 Residential-Detached Listings Going Into June

While no panacea for some homebuyers depending on the neighbourhood and price ranges they are searching for, the good news in May isWinnipegREALTORS®’MLS® residential-detached listing inventory is in better shape going into June than it has been in a long time. Moreover, a good influx of new listings in early June bodes well for a healthier supply in the summer months. The same holds true for condominiums. You have to go back to May 2001 when supply is comparable to this year with over 2,000 residential-detached listings. Contrast this total with 2007, which had the busiest May and year on record, residential-detached listings for May were only 1,153. Similarly, there were 315 condominium listings at the end of May 2010 in sharp contrast to 174 at the end of May 2007...

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- SUN CONTINUES TO SHINE ON WINNIPEG MLS® MARKET - - - April MLS® New Listings, Sales and Dollar Volume Reach Skyward

WinnipegREALTORS® reported over 1,300 sales through theMLS®, only the second time in April when sales have reached this level. It was less than 3% off the 1,355 sales achieved in 2008. New listings of over 2,000 are the highest they have been for this month since 1998 and dollar volume eclipsed $300 million for the first time in April. It is only the fourth time in WinnipegREALTORS® 107-year history the monthly dollar volume level of $300 million has been attained and that was in back to back months in May and June of 2008 and in June 2009 when there were more sales...

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