I had the opportunity to help a few clients purchase a home who had the interpretation they would not be able to enter the housing market for another year. These clients had solid credit, good job stability but they lacked one of the most common first time buyer requirements, a down payment.
In these, like all [...]
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for August of 2010 today, accompanied by this release.
Saskatoon REALTORS® assisted 313 buyers with the purchase of a home in the month of August. This number was down 20% from August 2009 when 392 homes were sold. Year to date, 2527 homes [...]
For the third consecutive week Saskatoon real estate sales picked up some steam as agents reported seventy-nine detached house and condominium sales to the multiple listing service, up eleven units compared to last week. It was the first week since early May that we actually saw sales grow on a year-over-year basis. Sixty-five Saskatoon homes [...]
Saskatoon real estate sales were up again from last week, but not by much. Firm sales of detached houses and condominiums rose by two to reach sixty-eight units. This week’s sales fell far short of the number traded during the same week last year when 114 Saskatoon homes picked up a sold sign.
New listings, on [...]
Saskatoon real estate sales were up from last week, and listings were down, but a large gap remained between the two in spite of the slightly improved numbers.
Local real estate agents reported sixty-six sales of single-family detached houses and condos during the past week, a gain of thirteen from the previous week but well below [...]
Wow! Following a couple of strong sales weeks that brought July’s overall sale numbers in line with the five-year average, sales of Saskatoon single-family homes and condominiums plummeted this week, slipping to just fifty-three units, the lowest number for any week since the first week of March. Saskatoon real estate agents placed a sold sign [...]
There is one word that can be used to describe residential real estate activity for July in every major market in Canada – down. Some markets are down more than others. I could find only one that is down less than we are. Here’s a quick look at what I’ve been able to dig up [...]
The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors recently reported July 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 357 across all of these property types for a decline of roughly eighteen percent compared to the previous July when [...]
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for July of 2010 today, accompanied by this release.
Home buying activity was down slightly in the month of July with 357 homes selling, a decline of 18% from July of 2009 when 438 homes sold. Year to date, unit sale numbers are [...]
Saskatoon real estate agents saw a reasonably decent sales week as fifty-one detached single-family homes and thirty-one condominiums changed hands for a total volume of eighty-five units across the two housing types. Sales slipped by just three units from the previous week, and by six when compared to the same week last year.
Listing activity cooled [...]
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 [...]
