Comments on: Pleasant Hill http://teamfisher.com We're bringing Saskatoon real estate to life Tue, 22 May 2012 16:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Norm Fisher http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-31652 Norm Fisher Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:16:09 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-31652 Hi Danielle, The data comes from the City of Saskatoon's Neighbourhood Profiles, which are compiled using Census data. The data is a fair bit dated at this point (2006) but I expect we'll see them updated soon. Feel free to use it for your presentation. Hi Danielle,

The data comes from the City of Saskatoon’s Neighbourhood Profiles, which are compiled using Census data. The data is a fair bit dated at this point (2006) but I expect we’ll see them updated soon. Feel free to use it for your presentation.

]]> By: Danielle http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-31616 Danielle Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:24:43 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-31616 Hi Norm, Your data on income levels is great, and the pie charts are visually very nice. I'd like to use them in a presentation, may I? And what sources did you use? Thank you! Hi Norm,
Your data on income levels is great, and the pie charts are visually very nice. I’d like to use them in a presentation, may I? And what sources did you use?
Thank you!

]]> By: Average Saskatoon home prices by area for 2011 | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-29877 Average Saskatoon home prices by area for 2011 | TeamFisher.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:48:30 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-29877 [...] Pleasant Hill [...] [...] Pleasant Hill [...]

]]> By: Sod turning ceremony for new senior’s apartment in Pleasant Hill | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-22373 Sod turning ceremony for new senior’s apartment in Pleasant Hill | TeamFisher.com Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:24:41 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-22373 [...] 75-unit apartment building to be constructed on 20th Street West, between Avenue N and Avenue O in Pleasant Hill. When completed, it will open 40 two-bedroom units and 35 one-bedroom [...] [...] 75-unit apartment building to be constructed on 20th Street West, between Avenue N and Avenue O in Pleasant Hill. When completed, it will open 40 two-bedroom units and 35 one-bedroom [...]

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15411 brenda W Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:04:51 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15411 My bad memory...we bought our house 2004....just looked up our files... My bad memory…we bought our house 2004….just looked up our files…

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15410 brenda W Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:01:28 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15410 I sure don't recall homes that size for that price back in 2005, which is why we bought the one we bought...if you can find some in your old records, send me the links...:) I sure don’t recall homes that size for that price back in 2005, which is why we bought the one we bought…if you can find some in your old records, send me the links…:)

]]> By: Norm Fisher http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15409 Norm Fisher Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:37:53 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15409 Brenda, Here's a post I wrote at the end of 2010 that explains a bit about what happened to priced in 2010. Should add some perspective. Read it <a href="http://www.teamfisher.com/deteriorating-affordability-sidelines-saskatoon-first-time-home-buyers-in-2010/" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Just a couple of things I'll add. You mentioned that you bought the most expensive house in the area. This is never the most ideal situation for price growth. Secondly, big homes like yours were selling for more than $117K in other areas when you bought. I'm sure you must have understood that you'd face the same realities on the way out, no? Brenda,

Here’s a post I wrote at the end of 2010 that explains a bit about what happened to priced in 2010. Should add some perspective.

Read it here.

Just a couple of things I’ll add. You mentioned that you bought the most expensive house in the area. This is never the most ideal situation for price growth. Secondly, big homes like yours were selling for more than $117K in other areas when you bought. I’m sure you must have understood that you’d face the same realities on the way out, no?

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15408 brenda W Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:18:39 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15408 Look at your own price trend from 09-10 Saskatoon 305,565 to 323,597 upward at twice the price Same time line, different district? 09-10 Pleasant HIll 141,992 to138,626 downward This is what I'm referring to..what is the difference? Look at your own price trend from 09-10 Saskatoon 305,565 to 323,597 upward at twice the price
Same time line, different district? 09-10 Pleasant HIll 141,992 to138,626 downward
This is what I’m referring to..what is the difference?

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15407 brenda W Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:39:31 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15407 Oh, and I don't want to hear about gangs and prostitutes, because they are everywhere in the city now. Oh, and I don’t want to hear about gangs and prostitutes, because they are everywhere in the city now.

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15406 brenda W Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:38:34 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15406 I don't think I'm coming across as well here as to what I'm trying to say. I'm not upset that the house has increased..it's done a lot for us. It's still doing a lot for us, equity wise. What I'm trying to get across here is the fact that other properties, in other districts have risen dramatically for the same size house, etc...while ours has stayed the same price for three years! I'm just looking for some equality between the districts. If my house was on the East side, it would be worth twice the price. Where is the equality in that? As I said, what is the difference? The people? Cause that is where the bigotry comes in! I don’t think I’m coming across as well here as to what I’m trying to say. I’m not upset that the house has increased..it’s done a lot for us. It’s still doing a lot for us, equity wise. What I’m trying to get across here is the fact that other properties, in other districts have risen dramatically for the same size house, etc…while ours has stayed the same price for three years! I’m just looking for some equality between the districts. If my house was on the East side, it would be worth twice the price. Where is the equality in that? As I said, what is the difference? The people? Cause that is where the bigotry comes in!

]]> By: Alex http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15405 Alex Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:31:47 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15405 I have to laugh sometimes at the greed. Saskatoon was such a wonderful place that looked like somewhere almost anyone can live. Now it's turned into an overpriced and untouchable community. Well, at least for young people. The hyper-rationalists got in saying "you can't stand in the way of progress!" Too bad, despite all the increases in prices and gentrification, the only progress was the debt load this one small city has created for the nation. I have to laugh sometimes at the greed.

Saskatoon was such a wonderful place that looked like somewhere almost anyone can live. Now it’s turned into an overpriced and untouchable community. Well, at least for young people.

The hyper-rationalists got in saying “you can’t stand in the way of progress!”

Too bad, despite all the increases in prices and gentrification, the only progress was the debt load this one small city has created for the nation.

]]> By: Norm Fisher http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15404 Norm Fisher Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:18:04 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15404 Brenda, "The secret" is to wake up, smell the coffee and laugh your way to the bank with a cheque for a quarter of a million dollars. You're telling me that you bought the most expensive house, in the least expensive area of town for 117k in 2005. Now you're distraught that you can only get 250k for it? Saskatoon real estate peaked in 2008. Pretty much everything is worth less now than it was then. That house owes you nothing. In fact, based on my calculations, it made you a hundred thousand dollars. I don't mean to be harsh, but at this particular time we are talking to many people who would do backflips to get their money back out. It's hard to feel empathetic about what appears to be good fortune. Brenda,

“The secret” is to wake up, smell the coffee and laugh your way to the bank with a cheque for a quarter of a million dollars. You’re telling me that you bought the most expensive house, in the least expensive area of town for 117k in 2005. Now you’re distraught that you can only get 250k for it? Saskatoon real estate peaked in 2008. Pretty much everything is worth less now than it was then. That house owes you nothing. In fact, based on my calculations, it made you a hundred thousand dollars. I don’t mean to be harsh, but at this particular time we are talking to many people who would do backflips to get their money back out. It’s hard to feel empathetic about what appears to be good fortune.

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15403 brenda W Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:00:37 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15403 So what's happening now? We bought our house in 2005 for 117,000..the most expensive house in Pleasant Hill at that time if I recall, and yes, it went to 250,000 after we put in about 25,000 worth of renos, so why did our house only double???...in two years, at a time when every house in town was going nuts...in 2008 we put it on the market for 285,000..people we're still offering 250,000. And this last couple of years it has remained ever thus....while I still see other homes in other districts still increasing..so whats the secret? So what’s happening now? We bought our house in 2005 for 117,000..the most expensive house in Pleasant Hill at that time if I recall, and yes, it went to 250,000 after we put in about 25,000 worth of renos, so why did our house only double???…in two years, at a time when every house in town was going nuts…in 2008 we put it on the market for 285,000..people we’re still offering 250,000. And this last couple of years it has remained ever thus….while I still see other homes in other districts still increasing..so whats the secret?

]]> By: Norm Fisher http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15402 Norm Fisher Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:48:31 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15402 Brenda, The average selling price of a Pleasant Hill home tripled between 2002 and 2008. How many of your investments did that? Brenda,

The average selling price of a Pleasant Hill home tripled between 2002 and 2008. How many of your investments did that?

]]> By: brenda W http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15401 brenda W Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:40:03 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15401 Why is the Pleasant Hill median home price half that as the rest of the city? We own a gorgeous home there that we rent out to great people...we lived in it for over five years ourselves and every year I ask, what it's worth this year? and every year it's the same answer..it never goes up in value, no matter what we do with it..I'd like to know why???? I'm sure dirt and wood is the same cost everywhere.Our home is almost 1900 square feet, and for the past three years it sits at 285,000, while I see other properties pusing 400,000...what the heck is going on here??? If it's the quality of the people that live in this district, then why doesn't the city do something about it? I'm tired of taking the fall for everyone else...I want my property to have some real value like they do everywhere else...this is bigotry at it's best! Why is the Pleasant Hill median home price half that as the rest of the city? We own a gorgeous home there that we rent out to great people…we lived in it for over five years ourselves and every year I ask, what it’s worth this year? and every year it’s the same answer..it never goes up in value, no matter what we do with it..I’d like to know why???? I’m sure dirt and wood is the same cost everywhere.Our home is almost 1900 square feet, and for the past three years it sits at 285,000, while I see other properties pusing 400,000…what the heck is going on here???

If it’s the quality of the people that live in this district, then why doesn’t the city do something about it? I’m tired of taking the fall for everyone else…I want my property to have some real value like they do everywhere else…this is bigotry at it’s best!

]]> By: Saskatoon churches pledge fundraising support for inner city grocery store | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15400 Saskatoon churches pledge fundraising support for inner city grocery store | TeamFisher.com Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:37:45 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15400 [...] that private funding goals are met and the “cluster of community services” becomes a reality. Pleasant Hill and Riversdale, two of Saskatoon’s poorest neighbourhoods have been without a grocery store for [...] [...] that private funding goals are met and the “cluster of community services” becomes a reality. Pleasant Hill and Riversdale, two of Saskatoon’s poorest neighbourhoods have been without a grocery store for [...]

]]> By: Sod turning ceremony for new senior’s apartment in Pleasant Hill | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15399 Sod turning ceremony for new senior’s apartment in Pleasant Hill | TeamFisher.com Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:39:04 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15399 [...] 75-unit apartment building to be constructed on 20th Street West, between Avenue N and Avenue O in Pleasant Hill. When completed, it will open 40 two-bedroom units and 35 one-bedroom [...] [...] 75-unit apartment building to be constructed on 20th Street West, between Avenue N and Avenue O in Pleasant Hill. When completed, it will open 40 two-bedroom units and 35 one-bedroom [...]

]]> By: Work begins on site of new St. Mary Community School | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15398 Work begins on site of new St. Mary Community School | TeamFisher.com Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:57:35 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15398 [...] dry weather has provided an opportunity for site work to begin at the new St. Mary School site in Pleasant Hill at 327 Avenue N [...] [...] dry weather has provided an opportunity for site work to begin at the new St. Mary School site in Pleasant Hill at 327 Avenue N [...]

]]> By: Computer renderings provide interior views of future St. Mary’s School | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15397 Computer renderings provide interior views of future St. Mary’s School | TeamFisher.com Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:50:12 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15397 [...] Wallace published a post on his Pleasant Hill Village blog that includes some computer renderings of the new St. Mary School, which is expected [...] [...] Wallace published a post on his Pleasant Hill Village blog that includes some computer renderings of the new St. Mary School, which is expected [...]

]]> By: Station 20 West granted three-year construction extension | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15396 Station 20 West granted three-year construction extension | TeamFisher.com Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:36:56 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15396 [...] city council last night seeking a one-year extension on the deadline to begin construction on the Pleasant Hill area project. Instead, they walked away with a three-year extension. The land located at 230 Avenue [...] [...] city council last night seeking a one-year extension on the deadline to begin construction on the Pleasant Hill area project. Instead, they walked away with a three-year extension. The land located at 230 Avenue [...]

]]> By: Building on final piece of property for needed for Pleasant Hill Village demolished | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15395 Building on final piece of property for needed for Pleasant Hill Village demolished | TeamFisher.com Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:17:28 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15395 [...] several required to free all of the land for a 72-unit seniors complex being built as part of the Pleasant Hill revitalization [...] [...] several required to free all of the land for a 72-unit seniors complex being built as part of the Pleasant Hill revitalization [...]

]]> By: Affordable housing project gets its start as Pleasant Hill seeks renewal | TeamFisher.com http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15394 Affordable housing project gets its start as Pleasant Hill seeks renewal | TeamFisher.com Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:39:06 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15394 [...] Green, the first of a handful of affordable housing projects in the works as a result of the Pleasant Hill revitalization project. Located at 1505 and 1507 19th Street West the project is a joint venture [...] [...] Green, the first of a handful of affordable housing projects in the works as a result of the Pleasant Hill revitalization project. Located at 1505 and 1507 19th Street West the project is a joint venture [...]

]]> By: Saskatoon Real Estate Resource Centre - City council caves on Jack Grover's demand for more money http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15393 Saskatoon Real Estate Resource Centre - City council caves on Jack Grover's demand for more money Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:20:41 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15393 [...] the last holdouts on land that has been set aside for an affordable housing project as part of the Pleasant Hill revitalization [...] [...] the last holdouts on land that has been set aside for an affordable housing project as part of the Pleasant Hill revitalization [...]

]]> By: Wide wellness gap between Saskatoon’s rich and poor http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15392 Wide wellness gap between Saskatoon’s rich and poor Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:23:43 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15392 [...] data reveals that people who reside in some of Saskatoon’s poorest core neighbourhoods like Pleasant Hill, Riversdale, Westmount, Meadowgreen, King George and the Confederation Suburban Centre have [...] [...] data reveals that people who reside in some of Saskatoon’s poorest core neighbourhoods like Pleasant Hill, Riversdale, Westmount, Meadowgreen, King George and the Confederation Suburban Centre have [...]

]]> By: Pleasant Hill area of Saskatoon scores funding for area renewal http://teamfisher.com/saskatoon-neighbourhoods/pleasant-hill/#comment-15391 Pleasant Hill area of Saskatoon scores funding for area renewal Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:18:51 +0000 http://www.teamfisher.com/?page_id=4281#comment-15391 [...] now, it has been just rumour and speculation that something fairly big was about to happen for the Pleasant Hill area of Saskatoon. Now, it’s [...] [...] now, it has been just rumour and speculation that something fairly big was about to happen for the Pleasant Hill area of Saskatoon. Now, it’s [...]

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