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Saskatoon new and resale house prices to slide in 2009, rebound in 2010: CMHC

May 28, 2009
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released their Spring Housing Market Outlook for the Saskatoon CMA today. Here’s the gist of it.
After the strongest two-year performance since the late 1970’s, Saskatoon single-detached housing starts will decline to 600 units in 2009 and bounce back to 725 units in 2010. The 2009 singles forecast represents [...]

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One third of homes for sale in Saskatoon are vacant, fewer than half owner occupied

April 15, 2008

Earlier today, I was speaking with one of my colleagues, Bruce Claggett, who raised the question, “I wonder how many of the homes for sale in Saskatoon are vacant?” Our new MLS system didn’t provide a method of searching by occupancy, so I dropped SRAR an email and suggested that this would be a valuable [...]

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Obligations and rights of tenants and landlords when ending a tenancy in Saskatchewan

April 5, 2008

You may have read the Star Phoenix story in yesterday’s paper regarding two tenants of the Barry Hotel who successfully appealed their eviction notices allowing them to continue to reside there until May 31. It’s important for tenants and landlords to understand their rights and their obligations when it comes to the termination of a [...]

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Rental construction initiative on Saskatoon City Council agenda

April 4, 2008

Saskatoon city council will consider recommendations being brought forward by its Administration for a “New Rental Construction Land-Cost Rebate Program” at the next council meeting on Monday April 7, 2008.

This forwarded to me by a reader from the “Council Agenda in Brief.” (no longer available)

“City Council will receive a report from Administration recommending [...]

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How rent controls in Saskatchewan can do more harm than good

April 4, 2008

There’s a bit of a debate occurring on another post about whether or not Saskatchewan needs to implement rent control legislation.

Few would disagree that this market is extremely tough for renters and it would be difficult to make a case that Saskatoon renters don’t need some help right now. Is rent control the right [...]

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Milroy Apartments in Saskatoon will become condos

January 16, 2008

Anger was the dominant emotion at Monday’s city council meeting when the application by Viking Developments to convert Saskatoon’s Milroy Apartments to condos was approved.

Current bylaws require conversion applications which affect more than 100 units be approved by council who have the discretion to deny them if vacancy rates in the area are sufficiently [...]

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Saskatoon apartment vacancy rate drops to record lows

December 14, 2007
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The Rental Market Report released yesterday by Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) shows apartment vacancy rates in Saskatoon falling to a record low of just .6%, down from 3.2% last October. Saskatoon “Southwest” showed the largest number of available apartments and a vacancy rate of 2.1%. The six other areas measured in the report [...]

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