Archives for April, 2011
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 30, 2011
House and condo sales accelerated again for the third consecutive week to usher in the highest volume sales week this year. Saskatoon real estate agents reported ninety-four firm sales to the MLS® system, up eleven from last week, and matching sales volume generated during the same week last year. New listings also surged higher as [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on April 27, 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 the final post in that series. Rachel’s previous home staging posts can be found here. So the table is set, the carpet is vacuumed, and the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 23, 2011
Sales of houses and condos saw a second consecutive weekly gain as Saskatoon real estate agents reported eighty-three firm sales to the local MLS®, up six from the previous week, and falling just a couple of units short of the high volume week for the year. Still, total sales came in below levels recorded during [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on April 20, 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 seven in that series. Rachel’s previous home staging posts can be found here. Now that we’re in the final steps of staging our home, we [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 17, 2011
Following two weeks of declining unit sales, Saskatoon real estate trades bounced back but remained lower than those recorded during the same week last year. Local agents reported seventy-six firm deals to the Saskatoon MLS® system, up fourteen from last week, but trailing last year’s number by nineteen. At the same time, new listings of [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 15, 2011
CREA economist Gregory Klump reports on MLS® sales and listings for the Canadian real estate market for March, 2011. More from CREA’s release. Steady sales activity combined with fewer new listings tightened the national resale housing market. The national sales-to-new listings ratio, a measure of the balance between supply and demand, stood at 56.5 per [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on April 13, 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 six in that series. Rachel’s previous home staging posts can be found here. Now we get to the fun stuff: decorating. Actually in most cases, [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 12, 2011
The following is the media release for the Royal LePage House Price Survey for the first quarter of 2011. The report focuses on year-over-year change in the prices of specific categories of housing in Saskatoon and other major real estate markets across Canada. Saskatoon – Strong buyer demand offset by above-average inventory The Royal LePage [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 9, 2011
Sales of Saskatoon houses and condos slipped again for the second consecutive week, shedding nine units compared to the previous week. Real estate agents reported just sixty-two firm sales to the local MLS®, down nine from last week and falling below sales recorded during the same week last year by five properties. Consistent with last [...]
Posted by Rachel Vanderveen on April 7, 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 five in that series. Rachel’s previous home staging posts can be found here. As we work through the outer parts of the house and begin [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 2, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales lost some steam on a weekly basis but made up some lost ground when compared against the same week last year. Agents reported firm sales on seventy-one detached houses and condominiums, down from eighty-four deals the previous week and ahead of the sixty-five units that traded hands over the same period [...]