Archives for July, 2009
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 25, 2009
The Saskatoon real estate market continued to operate at levels far stronger than one might expect given the current economic conditions, and the time of the year. Agents reported ninety-eight firm sales to the MLS, an increase of just six units compared to last week, but a gain of thirty-nine home sales compared to the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 18, 2009
Saskatoon real estate agents reported ninety-two sales of single-family detached homes and condominiums to our MLS system this week, a gain of just one property compared to the previous week, and up twenty-one homes compared to the same week last year.
New listings of houses and condos increased to one hundred and fourteen properties, up from [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 11, 2009
Saskatoon real estate sales continued along at an impressive pace with ninety-one homes being reported as firm sales to the Saskatoon MLS system. Unit sales were up over the previous week by just two, but increased by sixteen compared to the same week last year when seventy-five properties changed hands.
New listings of single-family detached houses [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 8, 2009
RBC Economics has just released their latest Housing Trends and Affordability report for the Canadian real estate market. Here are some excerpts that touch on affordability changes nationally, and in Saskatchewan.
Improved affordability lifts Canada’s housing markets
Housing affordability greatly improved in the first quarter of this year; RBC’s affordability measures for all housing types recorded some [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 4, 2009
Following what turned out to be one of the strongest weeks in the past two years, Saskatoon home sales slowed some, but managed to maintain a pace that is more typical of spring than summer, as local real estate agents reported eighty-nine house and condominium sales to the Saskatoon MLS system. This week’s final sales [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 3, 2009
The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors recently reported June results for the entire residential category of Saskatoon real estate, which includes single-family homes, condominiums, semi-detached properties, duplexes, mobile homes and vacant lots. Unit sales totaled 442 properties across all of these property types, at an average selling price of $276,867. Let’s have a look at [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 2, 2009
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for June 2009 today, accompanied by this release.
The Saskatoon real estate market continues to balance with increased sales numbers and a reduced inventory of listings on the market.
Residential unit sales rebounded in the month of June with 442 properties changing hands [...]