Archives for July, 2010
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 25, 2010
Sales of single-family detached homes (houses) and condos showed some strength this week as Saskatoon real estate agents reported eighty-eight firm sales across all areas of the city, a gain of fourteen compared to the previous week, but short of last year’s performance by ten units.
While unit sales pushed higher, new listings moved in the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 17, 2010
Saskatoon real estate sales fell back to a level that has become about average over the past few months. Local agents reported firm sales on fifty single-family homes (houses) and twenty-four condominiums for a total of seventy-four units sales, a drop of sixteen compared to last week, and eighteen fewer than were reported during the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 15, 2010
Apparently, we have it pretty good in Saskatoon, at least compared to most.
Housing starts are rocking the charts once again and you can’t go anywhere in this town without running into some massive non-residential construction project. They’re everywhere.
According to the City of Saskatoon’s most recent population estimate, roughly 223,200 people were calling Saskatoon home as [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 10, 2010
Following a soft sales week, largely precipitated by a short Canada Day work week, unit sales bounced back as Saskatoon real estate agents reported a total of ninety house and condo sales to the local MLS®. Compared to the previous week, unit sales moved higher by thirty-two but finished just below the ninety-one homes that [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 7, 2010
The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors recently reported June 2010 results for the entire residential category of Saskatoon real estate including single-family homes, condominiums, semi-detached properties, duplexes, mobile homes and vacant lots. Unit sales totaled 364 across all of these property types for a decline of roughly seventeen percent compared to the previous June. The [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 7, 2010
Royal LePage’s House Price Survey for the second quarter of 2010 was released this morning. Here is the release for the Saskatoon area.
SASKATOON, July 7 /CNW/ – The Royal LePage House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast released today showed solid price increases across most housing types surveyed in Saskatoon. Price gains were strongest for [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 5, 2010
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for June of 2010 today accompanied by this release.
The second quarter of 2010 ended with 1,863 residential unit sales (year-to-date), on par with June of 2009. The unit sales number for the month of June declined by 17% with 364 properties being [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 3, 2010
A three-day work week for staff at SRAR saw Saskatoon real estate sales and new listings tumble recording some of the lowest numbers we’ve seen since February.
Local Realtors® reported just fifty-eight firm sales of detached houses and condominiums by the close of business Wednesday, down from eighty-three last week, and below the eighty-nine units sold [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 1, 2010
It’s July 1 today.
I’m not raising this point because I’m concerned you’ll otherwise miss out on the celebrations of the day. I bring it up because there’s about a ten percent chance that your listing is still being promoted with photos showing snow if it was listed between the first of January and the end [...]