How do you send a buyer running out the door? Number four, not doing minor repairs. When buyers walk through your house they look at every single detail. Now everyone has little problems with their house, that's not a problem but these little things do add up in the buyer's mind and they don't make a great impression. The more things you have the more things they start looking for. That's why as Realtors we are really good at knowing what things should be fixed and done before you go to market. One nice thing about the Judy Lindsay Team is we have a free handyman service that can come in and ..read more

How do you send a buyer running out the door. Number three, not replacing bad shingles. Along with curb appeal when buyers walk up to your house what takes up a lot of visual square footage is your shingles and even the most novice of buyers will see curled shingles and know that they need to be replaced. They also associate a very high cost to that. Now as a homeowner if you have the time to do it, shingles really don't cost that much to do and now the buyer can walk up to your house see brand new shingles and we can advertise new shingles, getting you more money for your house ..read more

Just flew into Lillooet, British Columbia. What do pilots and Realtors have in common? But first what happened in the Winnipeg Real Estate Market in March. In March in Winnipeg we saw virtually no change in amount of sales over last year however, we did see an 11.7% increase in pricing. In condos, we saw sales decrease 6% and prices up 4.3% As you can see the market is definitely picking up as you go into spring, kind of as expected, still lots of demand just because there's not a lot of houses coming to market. Now what do pilots and Realtors have in common? Well, it's experience. In pilots ..read more

How do you send a buyer running out the door number two having a dirty house. It's amazing to me where the seller hasn't even cleaned the house. This leaves a very bad first impression for the buyers because not only does it show bad but they also start thinking what other things have not been well cared for. One nice thing about the Judy Lindsay Team is we do offer free home cleaning that way the house shows perfect when those buyers walk in the door ..read more

How do you send a buyer running out the door. Number one, not paying attention to curb appeal. As they say, you can't judge a book by its cover however, in real estate people will judge you by the outside of your house. Buyers won't even give us a call if they drive by your house and they don't like the way it looks. The most important thing is to make sure your grass is cut, your landscaping is good, the outside paint looks good and there's nothing lying around the yard, this way your house makes a great impression and buyers will be giving us a call ..read more

Especially in today's market having a local real estate agent who offers great marketing and options customized to fit your need is smart. See why Barbara Corcoran trusts Allan Asplin and his Team ..read more

If you're hoping to sell your house this year in Winnipeg when is the best time to take it to market. But first what happened in the Winnipeg real estate market in January. In January in Winnipeg we saw house sales decrease 2.4% over last year but prices increase 11.8%. In condos we saw sales decrease 35.9% and prices increase 4.5%.  As you can see there has been increase already this year in pricing. This is a direct reflection of the decrease in overall inventory. This is kind of what we expect to see throughout the year which leads us into the next big question when is the best time t ..read more

Welcome to Ask Allan I'm Allan Asplin this week's question how do I sell my house when it needs work? Really good question some homesellers are concerned that their house needs so much work that they can't even sell it. The good news is is that there's lots of people out there who look for houses that need work including investors looking to flip or homeowners that want to add sweat equity and on the Judy Lindsay Team we have our Instant Offer where we can come in and just buy your house the way it is, you don't need to do anything. The second thing you can do is have us come out and look at ..read more

Welcome to Ask Allan I'm Allan Asplin this week's question is what's going to happen to the Winnipeg real estate market in 2024 and this is certainly a question that I've been asked a lot and you do see it on the news and social media a lot. In my opinion what's going to happen this year is we're going to continue to see strong demand interest rates may come down summer or fall but unlikely that they're going to go higher and what this is going to do is create even more demand. Plus people that have been on five year fixed rate mortgages are now gonna start resetting this year which means the ..read more

Hey guys we're back it's 2024 we're getting ready for another year let's first recap what happened in 2023 and I'll give my predictions for 2024. In Winnipeg in 2023 we saw the average price of a detached house decrease 3.5% and sales decrease 12.1%. In condos we saw the average price decrease 1.9% and sales decrease 10.7%. Obviously 2023 was a challenging year I don't expect 2024 is going to change too much because interest rates are expected to stay about the same with a possible decline later in the year. What this means is that prices will remain steady because there's not going to be a l ..read more