Archives for June, 2010
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 30, 2010
The Kubica Glassworks building at 1407 20th Street West has finally been demolished after a lengthy public negotiation that failed and set the stage for a rare expropriation by the City of Saskatoon. The property was the last of several required to free all of the land for a 72-unit seniors complex being built as part [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 28, 2010
The Uptown Market, Saskatoon’s only downtown grocery store has closed its doors after less than three months of operation. The store, operated by British Columbia businessman Rexy Silva and his daughter Tabitha, opened its doors on April 5th of this year in the retail level of the 2nd Avenue Lofts. Saskatoon had been without a [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 27, 2010
Saskatoon real estate sales for the week matched the pace of the previous week with eighty-three homes trading. On a year-over-year basis sales declined roughly twenty-five percent from the 110 offers that went unconditional during the same week last year. New MLS® listings grew to 123, up eight from last week to finish higher than [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 26, 2010
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 [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 26, 2010
Our mobile home search tool provides access to Saskatoon MLS listings from all real estate brands & it has recently been optimized for iPad. Learn more here.
Posted by Riel Syrenne on June 26, 2010
First off, I’d like to say hello to everyone and formally introduce myself. My name is Riel Syrenne and I am the in-house Mortgage Broker at Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate and happy to be a part of TeamFisher! I have been working in the office for just over 4 years providing financing for not [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 25, 2010
Holy Family Catholic School will be the name of the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ newest school to be built in Willowgrove. The name was chosen by the Board of Education at its June 21 meeting. “Holy Family is a name that will resonate with the children and families who will come to this school. This [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 24, 2010
Toronto-based Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) and Winnipeg-based Smith-Carter Architects, have been named the design team for the Art Gallery of Saskatchewan. The $58 million project is to be located at River Landing in Saskatoon’s Central Business District. Read more from the Star Phoenix here.
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 19, 2010
It was the highest volume sales week out of the last five with Saskatoon real estate agents reporting firm sales on eighty-three detached houses and condominiums, up from seventy-two last week but falling short of the numbers for the same week last year when ninety-eight home sales were closed. This was the fourth consecutive week [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 18, 2010
Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer announced an expansion of the Lighthouse that will add 65 affordable housing units by December of 2011, essentially doubling the capacity of the supported living facility. The $11.5 million dollar addition will be funded with an investment from the federal and provincial Affordable Housing Trust. Once completed, the facility will [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 17, 2010
Today marks the launch of Parkview Green, the first of a handful of affordable housing projects in the works as a result of the Pleasant Hill revitalization project. Located at 1505 and 1507 19th Street West the project is a joint venture between River Ridge Homes and Ehrenburg Homes. The project features twenty-four family oriented [...]