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Bo Knows Real Estate - Winnipeg's Real Estate Podcast
Release Date: 03/24/2023
Bo Knows Real Estate - Winnipeg's Real Estate Podcast
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Here is why waiting for rates to adjust is not a winning strategy. Rates will go up, down or stay the same. But no matter WHAT they do, buyers who sit on the fence now may end up losing .
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Lets take a look at how The numbers of sales and listings for houses and condos on August 1st, stack up against the previous month, and also against the previous year. For sales figures, we look at the sales that occurred during the month of July, but this year, and 2022. Currently in Winnipeg, we have 1282 houses listed and available on the MLS, That’s up from the 1196 on July 1st, and its actually VERY similar to the number of houses available on Aug 1st LAST YEAR, which was 1263. During the month of July, we sold 693 houses in Winnipeg, with an additional 17 still showing as...
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Is spring 2023 turning into a great 'Buyers Market'? When comparing listings and sales, year over year, there is no doubt that numbers are looking favorable for home and condo buyers in Winnipeg. Let's take a look at the stats of the month of April 22 and April 23. As we can see from the 'ALL MLS' graph, active available listings (all types of houses and condos) are up 70% over last year, same time. They are actually right in line with the 5-yr average of available listings (3,548) At the same time, property sales are down by 24% from last year...... as well as being down...
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Hello…this is Bo Kauffmann of Remax in Winnipeg, with your real estate news for… Saturday, May 6h, 2023… Today is National Homebrew Day and International No Diet Day. As a home buyer, do you know the difference between being a customer and being a client? If you’re going to open houses or calling different agents asking them to show you their listings, you are a ‘customer’. The agent you are speaking with is required, by law, to do his best for his home-seller. As such, the agent only owes you honest answers to direct questions. The...
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Hello…this is Bo Kauffmann of Remax in Winnipeg, with your real estate news for… Saturday, May 6h, 2023… Today is National Homebrew Day and International No Diet Day. As a home buyer, do you know the difference between being a customer and being a client? If you’re going to open houses or calling different agents asking them to show you their listings, you are a ‘customer’. The agent you are speaking with is required, by law, to do his best for his home-seller. As such, the agent only owes you honest answers to direct questions. The...
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Hello…this is Bo Kauffmann of Remax in Winnipeg, with your real estate news for… Sunday, April 30th, 2023… Today is, National Oatmeal cookie day, Nat. Bugs Bunny Day and National Adopt a shelter pet day Let’s give a shoutout to that last reference, the Shelter-Pet adoption day. Here in Winnipeg we are privileged to have Western Canada’s largest ‘for-life’ pet shelter in the form of D’Arcy’s Animal Rescue Centre, located at 730 Century St. In operation for over 22 yrs, D’arcys ARC has saved over 16,000 cats and dogs. As a registered charity,...
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Hello…this is Bo Kauffmann of Remax in Winnipeg, with your real estate news for… Monday, April 24th, 2023… Today is National Bucket List Day and Pics in a blanket Day Today, let’s talk a little about home staging. When hearing the word, a lot of people might envision a long, involved process, including movers, decorators and stagers. In reality, even a few touch ups and clean ups can make a huge impact. Over the next few days we’ll look at several areas where a little diy and elbow grease will go a long way to make a great first impression. For...
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Hello…this is Bo Kauffmann of Remax in Winnipeg, with your real estate news for… Saturday, April 22nd, 2023… Today is National Jelly Bean Day and International Earth Day According to a new RateHub research, Canadians will need an annual income of $217,000 in Toronto to finance an average home. That’s a lot of jelly beans Even though the city's average home price has dropped by more than $200,000, the income required is actually 6,250 more than was required a year ago. According to RateHub co-CEO James Laird, Canadians now need to earn more...
info_outlineHello…this is Bo Kauffmann of Remax in Winnipeg, with your real estate news for… Friday, March 24th, 2023…
Today is National Cheese-steak day, and National Cocktail day. Spoiler alert;;; I’ll be celebrating BOTH.
Good news for home-owners: The provincial budget for 2023 has been announced, and the cost of education is being increasingly funded from general revenues, and less from homeowner property taxes.
This is something our real estate board has been advocating for a long time. In this years budget, homeowners will see a 50% refund of the education tax portion of their property tax bill. An estimated average saving of $775 per home.
Tomorrow is the day of Earth Hour. In addition to turning off our lights for 1 hour in the evening, here are a couple of tips to help us all be a little more eco-friendly.
- Replace any remaining incandescent light bulbs with long lasting, power friendly LED bulbs
- Buy reusable shopping bags and don’t forget them in the car, like I always do
- Stop using single-use plastics. If you have plastic cups, wash them and reuse them.
- Install low-flow shower heads and take shorter showers.
- Instead of buying drinking water in plastic bottles, invest in a good quality filter, and fill reusable bottles.
- Don’t throw out old clothes and household goods: Donate them to a local charity such as Annie’s Attic Thrift shop at 1560 Main St. They will resell these items and use the money to support their animal shelter.
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