Saskatoon home sales surpass 2008 levels in 2009: SRAR

January 4, 2010
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The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for December 2009 today, accompanied by this release.
In the month of December Saskatoon REALTORS® assisted 211 buyers to fulfill their home ownership dreams, this number up 31% from December 2008 when 161 homes were purchased. Year to date 3,822 residential units have [...]

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How was 2009 for property values in your Saskatoon neighbourhood?

January 3, 2010
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Are you at least a little bit curious about the current price trends for real estate in your neighbourhood? We’ve been putting in some OT over the past couple of days to bring you the latest look into the trends for each Saskatoon area. Those numbers are now available on our “Saskatoon neighbourhoods” pages, but [...]

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Saskatoon real estate week in review-December 28 to January 1 2010

January 2, 2010

A total of twenty-five single-family homes and condominiums were reported sold to the Saskatoon MLS system over the past week, a drop of five from the previous week, but nearly double the number that traded during the same period last year.
Thirteen new listings were offered for sale over the past seven days, down two from [...]

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TeamFisher.com to undergo significant renovations

December 31, 2009
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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 [...]

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Saskatoon real estate week in review-December 21-25 2009

December 26, 2009

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 [...]

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Flaherty raises some specific actions he could take to cool Canadian housing

December 21, 2009
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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 [...]

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Proposed Hampton Village re-zoning not popular with some area residents

December 21, 2009
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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 [...]

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Saskatoon real estate week in review-December 14-18 2009

December 19, 2009

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 [...]

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A very good time, such a fine time, such a happy time

December 18, 2009

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 [...]

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Saskatoon real estate week in review-December 7-11 2009

December 12, 2009

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 [...]

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Canadian sub-prime lenders seek billion-dollar government bailout

December 10, 2009
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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 [...]

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