Here are some new items and others concerning previous newsletter articles, Lunch-n-Learns, webinars and Conversations in previous Newsletter editions. If you want to contribute to the discussion, you can make a submission to cci-manitoba.ca/resources/condo-conversation-corner.

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CCI Manitoba is unable to provide specific legal advice. We recommend that you speak to a lawyer regarding the challenges or problems you may be experiencing. For your information, a list of lawyers who are Professional Members of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Condominium.

It’s winter, and welcome to my first report as President of CCI Manitoba Chapter. Since being elected to the position in October, I have been busy not only with the functions of being President but with learning what those functions are. Certainly with the help of Past President Maureen Hancharyk, the rest of the board members, our chapter administrator and our volunteers, the task has not been that daunting. Being President is both rewarding and challenging at the same time. From the numerous emails, committee and national meetings I have learned a lot in my short time in this position. Learning is key to being successful and my learning will continue throughout my term.

Here are some new items and others concerning previous newsletter articles, Lunch-n-Learns, webinars and Conversations in previous Newsletter editions. 

We encourage you to submit suggestions for improving the Provincial Condo Act to us. We have started posting these ‘suggestions for improvement’ in our quarterly Condominium News and Views.

The fourth quarter of condo sales activity reaffirmed the momentum and impressive condo sales activity which commenced in earnest in the latter half of 2020. It never let up in 2021 and this was certainly evident in the last three months of 2021 with sales up 12% over the same period in 2020 when condo sales were surging in comparison to 2019. Comparing fourth quarter 2021 to the same quarter in 2019 shows a 53% jump in condo sales.

Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon. Please send any comments or suggestions to cci.mb.news@gmail.com.

Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon.

This is hopefully going to be a recurring feature in our quarterly newsletter, with wide ranging topics all related to the environment. Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon.

HAPPY SPRING!

Spring is such a promising season with the promise of warmer weather, longer days, birds singing, the geese returning and the blooming

Here’s to a better year! While it appears it may be a long while until we return to somewhat normal times, the future does look hopeful. No one would have thought in the early days of Spring last year that we would still be living with restrictions and that the 2020 holiday season would have been so different, but we survived!

This is hopefully going to be a recurring feature in our quarterly newsletter, with wide ranging topics all related to the environment. Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon.

CCI CONDO BLOG: FOUR FACTORS FUELED RECORD SALES IN 2020

While 2020 was a difficult year in Manitoba – the COVID-19 pandemic saw to that – 2020 was a very good year for condominium sales. In fact, it was a record year. A 5.5 per cent increase in sales saw a total of 1,847 units sold in 2020, up from 1,750 units in 2019. That broke the previous record of 1,798 units, which was set in 2014.