Archives for March, 2011
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on March 30, 2011
Please welcome guest contributor to TeamFisher.com, Rachel Vanderveen, a Calgary real estate blogger and home stager who is writing an eight-part series of home staging advice for our blog. This is part four in that series. Rachel’s previous home staging posts can be found here. Cleaning and de-cluttering your home has probably left you a bit breathless, [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 26, 2011
Sales surged higher during this first official week of spring, even as winter-like conditions persisted. Saskatoon real estate agents reported eighty-four condo and house sales to the local MLS® system, for the highest volume sales week so far this year. Unit sales were up by fourteen over last week but fell short of the ninety-four [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on March 23, 2011
Please welcome guest contributor to TeamFisher.com, Rachel Vanderveen, a Calgary real estate blogger and home stager who is writing an eight-part series of home staging advice for our blog. This is part three in that series. Rachel’s previous home staging posts can be found here. So now we’ve cleaned our home, and met and hired [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 19, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales (house and condominiums) saw a slight uptick on a weekly basis, and a larger year-over-year decline, this week. Total unit sales came in at seventy, up three from the previous week, and down ten from reported sales for the same week last year. New listings moderated some, slipping to 116, down [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 16, 2011
David Hutton is reporting some disappointing news about the Rivergreen Ecovillage, a “green” condominium development that had been proposed for Phase 2 of River Landing. The 65-unit condo complex was to be built at the corner of 19th Street and Avenue C in Riversdale but the developer has announced the cancellation of the project after [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on March 16, 2011
Please welcome guest contributor to TeamFisher.com, Rachel Vanderveen, a Calgary real estate blogger and home stager who is writing an eight-part series of home staging advice for our blog. There are only two reasons why real estate doesn’t sell: marketing and price. It’s a pretty wild concept, but stay with me here; I’m going to [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 15, 2011
Home sales across Canada declined nearly six percent compared to last February to finish the month at about the five-year average, according to a report issued today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). February was the fourth consecutive month during which sales were on par with the five-year average. CREA continues to characterize the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 12, 2011
Saskatoon real estate agents reported fewer sales to the multiple listing service® this week than they did the week before. Sixty-seven home sellers wrapped up a firm deal, down just six properties from last week, but up over the same week last year by thirteen homes. Sales of condominiums and detached houses have gained ground [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 12, 2011
City council has unanimously approved construction of a 71,000 square foot office building that will likely become the first private-sector development to get under way at Saskatoon’s River Landing. The five-storey office building, to be located at 475 2nd Avenue South across from the Remai Arts Centre, will include some retail space, a restaurant, a [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on March 10, 2011
Please welcome guest contributor to TeamFisher.com, Rachel Vanderveen, a Calgary real estate blogger and home stager who will produce an eight-part series of home staging advice for our blog. I’ve been a home stager and a Calgary Real Estate agent for many years now. The benefit of doing both jobs is that I get to [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 5, 2011
After two consecutive weeks of declining unit sales the market heated up a notch, despite the frigid temperatures we’ve been seeing. Saskatoon real estate agents reported seventy-three firm deals on houses and condominiums, up seventeen from the previous week, but finishing ahead of the same week last year by twenty sales. New listings moved in [...]