Archives for August, 2009
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 29, 2009
Saskatoon real estate sales took a rather significant turn this week, falling to their lowest level since early May with just sixty-five homes sold, down from an exceptionally strong number of one hundred and fourteen the week before. Unit sales still managed to come in a higher than the same week last year when only [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 22, 2009
It was a week that may have brought pleasant memories of better days to local home sellers as Saskatoon real estate agents reported one hundred and fourteen house and condo sales to record the biggest week this year; if fact, the biggest week since late April of 2008. Unit sales finished twenty-three higher than last [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 19, 2009
Saskatoon city council, in a special emergency meeting today, granted a final extension to Lake Placid Developments to cough up the $4.55 million for land the developer purchased at River Landing by October 30 2009. The extension is conditional upon the developer paying interest to the City of Saskatoon in the amount of $214,197 by [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 17, 2009
From Coldwell Banker’s media release – August 17 2009 – It often seems as though men and women are from different planets, but every day millions of couples navigate through day-to-day and even life-altering decisions. Because a home is the biggest purchase most people will make in their lifetime, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC surveyed [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 15, 2009
Following one of the quietest weeks that we’ve experienced over the past couple of months the Saskatoon real estate market picked up a bit of steam again as sales of single-family detached houses and condominiums bounced back to finish the week with ninety-one homes sold. That represents an increase of fourteen properties compared to last [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 14, 2009
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is claiming a Canadian home sales record has been broken as real estate boards across the country reported more than 50,000 home sales for the first time during any July on record.
According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), a total of 50,270 homes traded hands [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 9, 2009
I suppose I’m a little biased. After all, I did choose it, but I have to say that this website now has the slickest MLS listings search tool available to Saskatoon home buyers. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do. I’d love to hear what you think.
Located under the “Saskatoon Homes” button on [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 8, 2009
Short weeks following a long weekend almost always produce fewer home sales, and this week was no exception for the Saskatoon real estate market. Unit sales of single-family houses and condominiums slid to seventy-seven properties, down twenty-five sales from the previous week, and reaching their lowest level since the second week of June. On the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 6, 2009
The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors recently reported July 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 440 properties across all of these property types, at an average selling price of $283,619. Let’s have a look at [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 4, 2009
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for July 2009 today, accompanied by this release.
Many home buyers were active in the real estate market this past July. Residential unit sales were up 28% with 440 units selling as compared to 2008 when 345 properties exchanged hands. Year to date [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on August 1, 2009
Home sales showed no signs of slowing down this week as Saskatoon real estate agents reported one hundred and two single-family detached house and condominium sales to the MLS system, bringing about the third strongest sales week of 2009, and the fourth consecutive week of rising sales. The number of homes sold increased just four [...]