MLS® YEAR –TO - DATE SALES ON PAR WITH 2014 - October MLS® Sales Down Less Than 3%

With two months to go, it is too close to call whether this year’s sales activity can eke out a victory over 2015. The lead has changed a few times when comparing sales activity between 2015 and 2014. At present, 2014 regains the lead with a total of 11,391 versus 11,382 sales this year. Last year was WinnipegREALTORS® fifth highest sales year recorded at over 12,800 sales. It was a good year and only less than 2% off the best year in 2007...

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JULY NOT QUITE AS SPRY AS 2014 - MLS® Sales Down 6%

It is no easy feat to overtake a record July set in 2014. Nonetheless, July 2015 sales were still brisk. At nearly 1,400 sales, they are 6% higher than the 10-year sales average and third highest for this month ever. If not for condominium sales lagging behind in July as well as this year-to-date, July 2015 would have narrowed the gap in MLS® sales from last July and been even more impressive...

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AMONG THE BEST JUNE SALES PERFORMANCES ON RECORD - June MLS® Sales Eclipse 1,500

Since 2007 when for the first time June sales surpassed 1,500, this level has become the new benchmark upon which June is judged. At 1,509 MLS® unit sales in June, over 1,500 sales have occurred three times after 2007 including last year when there were 1,515 sales. There is only a 55 unit sales difference or over 3% higher sales activity in the record-setting June 2008...

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MARCH HAS A SPRING IN ITS STEP - March MLS® Sales Up 9%

More spring-like weather this March compared to the previous few years helped spur more sales activity. MLS® sales climbed over 1,000 and ended up being just 2% off the ten-year March average of 1,025. First quarter sales activity showed a similar pattern, also off 2% from the ten-year average of 2,318 MLS® sales...

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FEBRUARY MLS® ACTIVITY CONFIRMS REAL ESTATE IS ‘LOCAL’ - Year-to-Date MLS® Statistics Up Slightly

There will be an excess of white noise from all media outlets across the country about real estate market activity in the first two months of the year. We will be bombarded by new highs and lows from Toronto and Calgary and Vancouver … but the real story should address what’s happening in Winnipeg. If we want to know the weather, we don’t listen to the Toronto radio and TV feeds – we listen to our local experts. The same should be true about our real estate market...

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