Deadline looms for Lake Placid and River Landing Village
Monday brings the “final deadline” for Lake Placid to produce proof that $50-60 million dollars of financing is in place to complete Phase 1 of their proposed River Landing Village.
Monday brings the “final deadline” for Lake Placid to produce proof that $50-60 million dollars of financing is in place to complete Phase 1 of their proposed River Landing Village.
Saskatoon real estate agents reported firm sales on fifty-six houses and condominiums this week, thirteen fewer than were reported to the multiple listing service during the previous week and well below the eighty-three homes that sold during the same week last year. As the week drew to a close, so did the month of October. [...]
The Adopt a School program, a joint partnership between the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and Coles will donate hundreds of new books to the Westmount Community School Library. In 2009, the program was responsible for putting more than 21,000 books in over 150 Canadian schools. Read more on the Wesmount Community Association website.
This morning, representatives from nearly 100 member real estate boards across Canada voted to ratify a consent agreement negotiated with Canada’s Competition Commissioner at a general assembly meeting of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) in St. John’s, NL. Previously approved by CREA’s board of directors, subject to ratification of the national real estate association’s [...]
Following a short week in which Saskatoon real estate sales fell to their lowest point since February the market bounced back as agents reported sixty-nine firm house and condominium sales to the Saskatoon MLS, a gain of nineteen compared to last week and three more than were reported during the same week last year. New [...]
It’s true. Tim Hortons has secured space in the Saskatoon Square at 410 22nd Street East. Following renovations of the space previously occupied by Octane Restaurant, Tim Hortons will open its first downtown location, likely by mid-February 2011. About time, eh? More from the Star Phoenix here.
Dundee Realty Corp. has taken initial steps for a rezoning of the eight-acre parcel it owns within Arbor Creek that was originally set aside to accommodate an elementary school in each school system. The city will hold a public meeting on October 27 to discuss the developer’s plan to build more single-family homes on the [...]
The Royal LePage House Price Survey released today showed softening price appreciation across most housing types surveyed in Saskatoon. The modest year-over-year price increases reflect strong activity at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, but market activity slowed down considerably in the third quarter of this year. Overall unit sales for the third [...]
There are some great ideas being shared for the future of Saskatoon on the Saskatoon Speaks blog, published by the Star Phoenix. Check it out and share your ideas in the comments section.
Most agents will admit that the likelihood of finding a buyer for your home through an open house is quite small. For the most part, agents conduct open houses with another objective in mind; coming into contact with prospective buyers and sellers who might work with them, now or in the future. Sure, I know [...]
House and condominium sales continued to trend lower this week. Unit sales came in at fifty, slipping eleven from last week, and finishing lower than the same week in 2009 by nine. New listings fell by a slightly higher percentage compared to last week as agents brought just seventy-seven listings to the Saskatoon multiple listing [...]