When I moved this blog from Community Server to WordPress back in June I was convinced that it would be easier to manage. I was wrong.
Forget the fact that Pamela and I lived in a virtual hell for two months moving and organizing content, but after all was said and done, I felt like a [...]
Saskatoon real estate sales took an expected tumble during Christmas week falling to just thirty units, down from fifty-five last week but trumping numbers for the same week last year when just fifteen single-family homes and condominiums were reported sold to the Saskatoon MLS system. Typically, this week and the next produce the lowest points [...]
For the first time since he initially acknowledged concern over a potential bubble in Canadian housing markets, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has openly indicated in an interview for CTV’s Question Period that higher down payments and shorter amortization periods are both on the table “if” there is further evidence of a bubble.
“If we see further [...]
A city of Saskatoon proposal to rezone a parcel of undeveloped land to accommodate high-density housing in Hampton Village has some area residents crying foul.
Joel Anderson, “a new resident of Hampton Village” is quoted in a story in today’s Star Phoenix. “It’s hard to say it without sounding a little snobbish. You want to live [...]
It was a surprisingly strong week for Saskatoon real estate sales given how close we are to Christmas. The phone rang a lot while offers and counter offers made their way back and forth, and by the close of the week a total of fifty-five Saskatoon homes were reported sold to the MLS system including [...]
I came across a Times Online post titled “The Top Ten Songs About Houses” by way of @SaskREALTORS twitter stream. It was fun to revisit some of these old tunes and reflect on what I was up to when they were released. Our House, by Madness came up as a top favorite for me. Released [...]
Saskatoon real estate sales took an upward turn this week as local agents reported a total of fifty-eight house and condominium sales to the multiple listing service, an increase of twelve properties over last week and a gain of thirteen compared to the same week last year.
New listing activity moved in the same direction growing [...]
An estimated 30,000 mortgages granted to Canadians with poor credit or insufficient incomes at the height of the Canadian housing boom will not be renewed when they mature over the next three years, according to a story on globeinvestor.com. The sub-prime lenders who granted the loans say that the investors who financed buyers at above [...]
The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors recently reported November 2009 results for the entire residential category of Saskatoon real estate that includes single-family homes, condominiums, semi-detached properties, duplexes, mobile homes and vacant lots. Unit sales totaled 254 properties across all of these property types, at an average selling price of $278,885. Let’s have a look [...]
They say, “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression” and most of us accept this as true. It’s certainly the case in marketing homes. Your listing is really only “new” once for a very brief time. It is the time during which you have the greatest opportunity to attract the [...]
Homes sales remained steady this week with Saskatoon real estate agents reporting forty-six sales of single-family detached homes and condominiums, down just one from last week, and up from thirty-four compared to the same week last year.
New listings slid, falling ten units from last week, and five from the same week in 2008 as just [...]
