Saskatoon neighbourhoods, profiles and price trends
Selecting a neighbourhood that you think you’ll be comfortable in isn’t easy, particularly if you’re trying to do it from half way across the country and you’re more or less unfamiliar with Saskatoon.
I’d like to introduce you to a resource which I think you’ll find helpful. I call it Saskatoon Neighbourhoods, Profile and Price Trends. In this section of the Saskatoon Real Estate Resource Centre website, there’s a separate page for each area of Saskatoon. On the most developed pages, you’ll find the following information about neighbourhoods which you may want to consider.
- Photos taken around the area schools, parks, etc. (a work in progress).
- Real estate data from the previous year including the number of units sold (houses & condos), the low selling price, the high selling price and the average selling price.
- The six months rolling average selling price of both houses and condos in the area.
- A house price trend chart which shows how prices have changed over a ten year period, comparing changes in neighbourhood values to Saskatoon in general.
- The kinds of occupations that area residents are involved in.
- Household income statistics for residents of the area.
- Some information about the types of homes which exist in the neighborhood.
- A chart which shows the history of development for the neighbourhood.
- Some information on the percentage of homes which are owner occupied
- Links to schools in the area.
- A Google map of the neighbourhood (zoom out to see exactly where the area is situated).
- In some cases, one or two reviews of the area written and submitted by residents.
If you currently live in Saskatoon, I have a favour to ask of you. I’d really appreciate it of you’d visit the page for your neighbourhood, scroll way down to the bottom of the page and jot me a few words about your area in the provided form. There’s nothing that tells a story like somebody’s story. I know that people will find your words helpful.
Click through to the Saskatoon Neighbourhoods, Profiles & Price Trends page here.
I’m always happy to answer your Saskatoon real estate questions. Feel free to drop me an email.
Norm Fisher
Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate
8 comments so far. We'd love to hear your thoughts.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Wow, this is a really good resource tool! It’s interesting to see the pie charts for household incomes in different areas and also the # of rentals vs owned homes. Great job Norm!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:08 PM
What a *fabulous* resource for prospective Saskatoon buyers and sellers Norm! I’m not even going to ask how long it took to put all that together….
May 21st, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Norm, I had been thinking of something like this a while ago! It really is difficult to decide from afar as was the case for me when I was looking for apartments in early 2007!
Another nice thing to tie into (if you haven’t already) is the P2 neighborhoods app on Facebook. I despise Facebook but it’s neat to see the people that live in a neighborhood…
May 21st, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Thanks all!
Jay, they have required a pretty good bit of time to keep them up to date. This year, I hired another assistant and she’s going to be helping me with that and other web related endeavors. A couple of years ago, I decided to add area photos and that has turned out to be one of the bigger challenges.
Alex,
Great thought on the P2 Facebook application. Thank you. I will look into that.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Hi Norm,
You might consider also putting a link to the neighbourhood’s Wikipedia articles. Some of them are better written than others, but I’ve been working to improve their quality. Here’s where you can find the links to all of them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_neighbourhoods_in_Saskatoon
May 21st, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Daryl,
That’s an excellent thought. I’ve visited many of those pages and they’re very well done. Not sure why it hadn’t occurred to me, but thank you for the suggestion.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Norm, this is remarkable. What a fantastic value added service you have provided to your reader’s. You’ve also give this reader some real inspiration. Thanks!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Hey Marg,
Thanks a lot. I appreciate that your coming by.