The Multiple Listing Service® is a system that real estate brokerages use to share information with each other about properties that are for sale. It provides us with opportunities to quickly share details about our listings with all local agents who participate and it also provides us with a large inventory of homes that we [...]
Competition Commissioner Melanie Aitken has moved to bring the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) before a Competition Tribunal to seek a ruling that would force CREA to change MLS rules that she believes limit competition and harm consumers.
Following a lengthy investigation, the Competition Bureau announced in early November that they believed some of CREA’s rules [...]
Google began rolling out its “Street View” functionality for Canada earlier this year but Saskatoon wasn’t included in the initial release. Well, today we got caught up with other major Canadian cities and Street View for Saskatoon is now functional.
You’ll probably want to start by checking out your own haunts to see if you can [...]
MyRealPage, the people who provide us with the ability to deliver MLS listings through our website are some of the industry’s best. They deliver a smooth and effective search product with regular updates to enhance the home search experience. Today, they added some nice improvements to the search functionality that I think make a huge [...]
There’s a good chance that you’ve come across news stories like this one published in today’s Star Phoenix about the conclusions reached by the Competition Bureau of Canada following their investigation of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), owners of the MLS® trademark in Canada. The Competition Bureau has ruled that some of CREA’s policies [...]
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Fall Housing Market Outlook for the Saskatoon area is calling for a 2.7 percent price reduction in the average resale price of a Saskatoon home in 2009, followed by a more marginal gain of 2.1 percent in 2010.
“With sales on the rise and listings trending down, the sales-to-active [...]
Saskatoon’s MLS listings inventory closed the day below one thousand units today for the first time since early May of 2008 when the total number of residential properties for sale initially crossed into four digit territory. At the close of business today, 999 Saskatoon homes showed an active status on the multiple listing service.
Saskatoon MLS [...]
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 [...]
If you’re a real estate geek with an iPhone or an Android device you’re going to flip over this terrific little application.
It uses your device’s GPS to position you on a map and it plots all Saskatoon MLS listings within one kilometer of your current location.
Have you ever driven by a real estate for sale [...]
