The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released the new REALTOR.CA App on December 21st, 2010. It is a free application so go to your App Store and download it. This App is for the iPhone and iPad. The Blackberry Version is to be released in February 2011. It is a great tool for both buyers/sellers and Realtors®. The App uses the handheld's GPS technology to allow some of these great fea ...

Would you ever live in 96 square feet? Check out this video. It is a cool concept but I am not sure the general population will be ordering these anytime soon. writeFlash({"src":"http://www.youtube.com/v/LJLSoUkh1Vs","width":"425","height":"350"});

Here is the latest press release by WinnipegREALTORS® - November sales report 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 annua ...

The Canadian Business Magazine has listed Winnipeg's Tuxedo neighbourhood as one of the richest in Canada ... just after the area of West Vancouver in Vancouver. Check out the following link: Canada's Richest Neighbourhoods

The Academy Road Business Association is looking for historical information on the area. I believe they plan to highlight certain areas of the street with historical plaques and information boards. It would be great to capture the stories and pictures of a previous time on Academy Road! If you have any good stories, get in contact with the Association via email info@academyroadbiz.com. You ca ...

It is approved! Well, it has the support and go ahead from the City Centre Community Committee. The City gave the Fort Rouge Yards townhouse and condo project the approval to move forward at the Public Hearing on the Subdivision and Rezoning meeting last night. This is the first major transit oriented development in Winnipeg and it will break ground next year - maybe. Any project like this w ...

Are you concerned about the heights of some of the new infill homes built in the established communities? Some of these homes are built to the maximum building heights and appear out of touch with the street scape. I love modern design but there is a point that design includes being sensitive to the neighbourhood. Modern design can fit well with established communities but some recent example ...

There is a City Centre Community Committee meeting tonight at 5:00pm on changing the speed limit on Academy Road from 50km/h to 60 km/h. I think maybe it makes sense on parts of Academy but there are sections that we should be trying to calm traffic rather than encourage traffic to speed up. Academy Road is a neighbourhood shopping district like Corydon and Osborne. The areas between Oak and ...

Here are the October Sales stats provided by Winnipeg REALTORS®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 th ...

We are proud to announce that this Nov 7th, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM we will be hosting an Open House at 511 Alfred Avenue in the North End neighborhood, Winnipeg. This is an opportunity to visit this excellent House for sale in beautiful North End.Please come with any questions you may have. In the meantime you can take a virtual tour of this North End House for sale.As always please do not hes ...