Archives for July, 2011
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 31, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales slipped lower again compared to last week but remained fairly strong for the last week of July. Local agents reported one hundred and one firm house and condo sales to the local MLS, five fewer than last week but ahead of the same week last year by sixteen units. New MLS® [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 23, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales softened some compared to last week but continued at levels above the average for the past few months. A total of ninety-three single-family homes and condominiums were reported sold through the multiple listing service®, ten fewer than last week and five more than were sold during the same week last year. [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 17, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales activity showed gains for a third consecutive week as local agents reported one hundred and three firm single-family home and condominium sales to the multiple listing service. That number represents a gain of nine units over the previous week, and thirteen more sales than were recorded for the same week last [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 17, 2011
CREA economist Gregory Klump reports on MLS® sales and listings for the Canadian real estate market for June, 2011. Highlights from CREA’s release. Sales activity climbed from May to June, with a big year-over-year gain reflecting falling demand in June 2010. Year-to-date sales remain in line with the ten-year average. The number of newly listed [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 13, 2011
Subdued job and income growth, rising interest rates, the recent tightening in borrowing rules for insured mortgages and fewer first time buyers will set the stage for a decline in housing unit sales in most regions of Canada through 2012 and 2013, according to a report released by TD Economics today. TD is predicting a [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 10, 2011
Sales activity for Saskatoon homes continued at a spring like pace this week as local real estate agents reported ninety-four firm house and condo deals to the MLS system. That marks a gain of eight units compared against last week, and four more than we saw during the same week last year. New listings were [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 10, 2011
The Royal LePage House Price Survey for the second quarter of 2011 has just been released. Here is the media release for the Saskatoon area. Second-quarter house prices in Saskatoon experienced little change over the same period last year, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released today. Second quarter sales volumes remain stable [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 4, 2011
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for June, 2011 today, accompanied by this release. REALTORS® were kept very busy in June selling 422 Saskatoon homes. That number was up 16% from June of 2010 when 364 properties were sold. The greatest sales activity remained in the $300,000 to [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on July 3, 2011
Following one of just a handful of weeks in which sales fell short of last year’s numbers, Saskatoon real estate sales bounced back. Agents reported eighty-six firm and completed deals for a weekly gain of twelve, and a year-over year gain of thirty, according to stats pulled from the multiple listing service® today. New listings [...]