Archives for November, 2007
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 30, 2007
The Edmonton real estate market may be starting to show some positive signs with active residential listings dropping around 10% in recent months, but this ad makes it obvious that some seller’s are motivated and ready to do what needs to be done to attract a buyer. Edmonton builder, Coventry Homes is lobbing out an [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 24, 2007
The Saskatoon real estate market continued along at a fairly typical fall pace this week. Sales of houses and condominiums showed a marginal increase over last week but new listings also posted some gains. Overall, the active residential listing inventory fell by 12 units to 613 properties, the lowest number we’ve seen since it peaked [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 22, 2007
Surely, there is a God! The Supreme Court of Canada today reinstated Jack Grover’s obstruction of justice conviction, ruling that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals was wrong to overturn the guilty verdict. Grover was charged following a deadly fire in one of his properties which left two children dead and an adult man suffering permanent [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 17, 2007
Yet another week of Saskatoon real estate activity is behind us, and while the numbers look more or less similar to those that we’ve seen in recent weeks, there is at least one notable change which is worth pointing out. The “average overbid” column has finally lost almost all of its relevance. While there were [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 10, 2007
Note: The graphics in this post were updated on November 5, 2008 to reflect the final sale numbers as reported by agents for October, 2007. The graphics show the final figures while the commentary reflects the statistics as they had been reported as of the date of the original post. Average selling prices of Saskatoon [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 10, 2007
New listings of Saskatoon houses and condos remained stable with those reported the previous week while total unit sales took a small step forward to 76 properties, from 71 the week before. While sale numbers are definitely weaker in recent weeks, the ratio of sales to new listings is strengthening and total active listings are [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 2, 2007
The most notable change within the Saskatoon real estate market over the past week was the sharp drop in both new residential listings and total active listings. Only 85 properties were offered up for sale, the lowest number for any single week since the week of April 2-5. Unit sales surged forward enough to produce [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 2, 2007
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released its statistical overview of the Saskatoon real estate market for October today. These statistics are based on residential units, of all types, which were reported as having firmed up during the month of October. According to SRAR, the average selling price of a residential property in Saskatoon [...]