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In 2005, after completing an exciting career as a
Police Officer for the City of Winnipeg, Bo joined
RE/MAX Performance Realty, Winnipeg’s largest
and most successful Real Estate Brokerage.
In 2006, wanting to learn how to better serve his
home buying clients, he earned the designation of
A.B.R.®, Accredited Buyer Representative. Over
the years, Bo developed a strong passion for
working with buyers and sellers of houses and
condos in Winnipeg.
This passion helped him to be inducted into the
RE/MAX Hall of Fame in 2010, awarded to agents
who have sold over $40 Million Dollars of real
estate.
In 2019, Bo received the RE/MAX Lifetime
Achievement Award, presented to agents who
have sold over $120 Million Dollars worth of
homes. By this time, Bo Kauffmann had helped
over 500 buyers and sellers of houses and
condominiums in Winnipeg.
In 2020, again wanting to expand his
knowledge and expertise, Bo became a
Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist.
“I love the additional tools, resources
and access to international buyers that
this Institute has given me.”
"My
mission
is to help
you turn
your
dreams into
reality!"
About the Author
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Welcome to our new and improved
Winnipeg Condo market report in PDF
Format.
Hi, I’m Bo Kauffmann of REMAX
performance realty, and welcome to
the most unique real estate report
available today.
New and Improved? Previously, the
segments were organized according to
available listings, sold condos, and
Inventory levels. But if you’re looking
at buying or selling a $200,000 dollar
condo, you probably don’t care about
how million dollar units are selling.
So we’ve organizes the sections in a
way that makes sense.
First up is an overview of the condo
market this month, and comparing to
previous time periods.
Up next are condo under $250,000,
entry level homes for first time buyers
in Winnipeg.
The third segment focuses on condos
above $250K and all the way up to the
million dollar units.
Each price band is fully examined and
reported, with numbers of available
listings, solds over the past month,
inventory levels, average days on
market and more.
W H A T S T H I S A B O U T ?
Why a PDF? It allows the reader to
stay on a section he or she is most
interested in (as opposed to a
video). Plus it affords the time to
examine the information more
closely.
It also allows us to embed the
audio description of what you’re
looking at.
Any ads you find are also
interactive, meaning you can click
on certain spots and go directly to
the a d v e r t i s e r s internet
sites. I only accept ads from
trusted and reliable service
providers.
These reports are a labor of love,
and I really would appreciate your
feedback, and any suggestions you
might have of improving them.
And please remember….
Bo Knows Real Estate.
Winnipeg's Condo Market appears to be
benefitting from the overheating housing
market.
Buyers, perhaps unable or unwilling to get
involved in the outrageous bidding wars, are
discovering that condominiums offer many
of the same home ownership benefits, as
much lower purchasing costs.
So it is that in the month of March this
year, we sold a confirmed 160 unit, with
another 57 marked as "pending', for a total
possible sales of 217 condos in Winnipeg.
While that is only slightly up from the 188
sold in February this year, it is a HUGE
increase of the 89 condos sold in March of
2020.
Remarkably, we sold a 1.14 Million dollar
condo on Wellington Cres as well.
A P R I L C O N D O
M A R K E T O V E R V I E W
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02. INSULATION
The following section shows the sales
and listing stats for Winnipeg Condos
under $250,000
These are entry-level condos, great for
first time buyers in Winnipeg.
C O N D O S U N D E R
$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0
Lets take a look at available condos priced under $250,000
Currently, April 1st, there are 259 active listings, which is only up
slightly over the 232 listings on March 1st this year.
But lets compare to last year, same time. On April 1st 2020 we
had 342 Condos for sale meaning that available units are down
about 25%
And while available listings are down, sales are the same over last
month, and last year same time period.
During March this year, we sold a whopping 87 Condos, with
another 37 showing as "Pending", for a total of 124 possible
sales.
Thats up from the previous month (106) , and nearly 3 times the
amount of units sold a year ago, same time period.
This means the inventory drops from 252 days last year to 65
days this year.
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Water: Virtually all condo fees already include water and hot
water.
Home insurance: Property is also going to be substantially
more in a house, since the condo building is already insured,
and the condo-buyer only has to purchase condo insurance.
Heating costs for an apartment or townhouse style unit are
also going to be substantially less than the heating costs for
a stand-alone house in the $200K range.
Prospective home owners sometimes use the subject of condo
fees to justify their preference of a house over a condo. The
argument is: “If I buy a house, I can save the condo fees.” This
reasoning is not entirely accurate, since it assumes that house-
ownership is completely without cost.
WATER, HOME INSURANCE, AND HEATING COSTS
1.
2.
3.
C O ND O F E E S I N P E RS P E C T I V E
(I point out the price range, since
MOST 200K houses will likely have
either old furnaces, old windows,
poor insulation, etc.)
EMERGENCY FUND
Home owners (especially buyers of
older buildings) are well advised to
start an emergency fund for things
that go wrong.
What could go wrong in a house?
For example, a new roof ($5000), new furnace ($4000), hot-water
tank ($800), windows and doors ($15,000) can put a real dent into
your savings. So putting aside a small amount each month, the
house-owner could save enough money to pay for those things.
All the while, the condo-fees already include this savings fund: its
called the Condo Reserve Fund.
SO LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART BELOW
In the first column, we have the costs of house-ownership. The
middle column shows that some of those items are already
included, while the rest are substantially lower.
The column on the right hand side shows the actual savings enjoyed
by the Condo–Owner.
C O ND O F E E S I N P E RS P E C T I V E
$215 PER MONTH LESS FOR THE CONDO
So in this example, the operating costs of a condo
are actually about $215 per month LESS than the
house, if you include the ’emergency fund’ savings
plan for the house.
So now, take the $215 off the condo fee of $275,
and the actual additional costs (over and above a
house-ownership) are only $60 per month.
For that money, the condo owner gets professional
management, landscaping and snow-clearing, and
often the use of amenities such as workout room,
swimming pool, etc.
IT’S ABOUT LIFE-STYLE
Condo ownership is about the life-style. If you
travel a lot, or are too busy for yard work, or any
number of other reasons, then condo-ownership
may be for you.
It should be pointed out that, even in a condo, it’s
prudent to have some extra money set aside, in
case the Reserve Fund is not large enough to
tackle any major project or renovation. When that
happens, the condo owner will face a ‘Special
Assessment‘, a sudden bill he will have to pay. But
there again, thats really not much different from
having to buy a new furnace or other major
unexpected repair.
C O ND O F E E S I N P E RS P E C T I V E
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The following section shows the sales and
listing stats for Winnipeg Condos over
$250,000, all the way to million dollars+
In this price range you'll find some
stunning condominium units.
C O N D O S O V E R
$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0
Let's take a look at available Condos over $250,000, all the way
to those million dollar luxury units.
Currently, April 1st, there are 204 active listings, which is slightly
more than there were on March. 1st, but it is WAY down from a
year ago, when we had 273 units available.
And while available listings are down, sales are actually up over
last month, AND last year.
During March this year, we sold 73 Condos, with another 20
showing as "Pending", for a total of 93 possible sales.
Not only is that up from February's 81 units sold, it approaches 4
times the number of condos sold a year ago in March 2020.
This means the inventory drops from 339 days last year to 68
days this year. Very tough market for buyers in Winnipeg.
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