Posts Tagged ‘canada’
Posted by Norm Fisher on May 15, 2013
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), released national sales statistics for the month of April, 2013 today. According the CREA, “National sales activity is stable and the market remains balanced.” Highlights of CREA’s report National home sales rose 0.6% from March to April. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity came in 3.1% below levels in [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on May 14, 2013
Saskatoon will join Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, the Fraser Valley and Regina in contributing data to Canada’s MLS House Price Index (MLS® HPI) making its first contribution on May 15. The index was created to provide more accurate and in-depth analysis of real estate prices and trends than average prices, which are more typically reported. [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 15, 2013
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), released national sales statistics for the month of March, 2013 today. According the CREA, “National home sales edged upward on a month-over-month basis in March 2013 but stayed well below levels recorded one year ago.” Highlights of CREA’s report National home sales rose 2.4% from February to March. [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on April 6, 2013
The Royal LePage House Price Survey released today showed impressive year-over-year appreciation for condominiums in Saskatoon, while detached bungalows and standard two-storey homes posted healthy gains. Standard condominiums posted a price increase of 10.3 per cent to an average price of $261,333. Detached bungalows increased 4.1 per cent to $352,500 and standard two-storey homes increased [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 15, 2013
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), released national sales statistics for the month of February, 2013 today. According the CREA, “National home sales activity edged back down on a month-over-month basis in February 2013 following an increase in January.” Highlights of CREA’s report National home sales declined 2.1% from January to February.
Posted by Norm Fisher on February 27, 2013
If you purchased a home in 2012 you may qualify to claim a $5,000 tax credit if you and the home you bought “qualify.” Check this short video or read on below it to find out if you and the home qualify. Do you qualify? You or your spouse or your common-law partner must have [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on February 15, 2013
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), released national sales statistics for the month of January, 2013 today. According the CREA, “The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of real estate Boards and Associations and other cooperative listing systems in Canada edged up 1.3 per cent on a month-over-month basis in January 2013…Actual [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on February 7, 2013
For the third consecutive year, the Saskatoon central market area (CMA) was the fastest growing CMA in Canada according to numbers released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. The study shows that the population in Saskatoon and surrounding areas climbed to 284,000 by July 1 of last year, an increase of 4.1 percent from the previous [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on January 26, 2013
You probably don’t need an international study to confirm that housing is expensive in most major metropolitan areas of Canada. Saskatoon is no exception. “Affordability” is a slightly more complicated beast. There are a number of ways that one can examine affordability. One of those methods compares the median* income for an area against the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on January 24, 2013
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), released national sales statistics for the month of December, 2012 today. According the CREA, “The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of real estate Boards and Associations in Canada edged down 0.5 per cent on a month-over-month basis in December 2012. While sales activity was little [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 18, 2012
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), released national sales statistics for the month of November, 2012 today. According the CREA, “The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of real estate Boards and Associations in Canada edged down 1.7 per cent on a month-over-month basis in November 2012. The decline returned activity to [...]