Posts Tagged ‘prices’
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 31, 2011
The final week of sales for the Saskatoon real estate market closed as it always does. That being, very quietly. The city’s agents reported a total of 36 single-family home and condo sales to the Saskatoon multiple listing service®, 26 fewer homes then were sold the previous week, for an annual gain of six when [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 31, 2011
As 2011 draws to a close it’s clear that Canadian housing has performed better than most expected this year. It’s also clear, that in some markets, buoyant conditions and aggressive price increases have some experts talking about a price bubble again. There are a wide range of commentary, opinions and predictions coming forward and I [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 24, 2011
The Saskatoon real estate market continued to move at a faster pace than is typical for the final week leading up to Christmas. For the second consecutive week, local agents reported 63 house and condo sales to the multiple listing service® to top sales from the same week last year by 26. New listings also [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 17, 2011
Saskatoon housing sales continued at a pace that was busier than we would expect at this time of year. Local agents reported a total of 63 detached house and condominium sales to the multiple listing service® this week for a weekly gain of seven units, beating sales for the same week a year ago by [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 17, 2011
CREA economist Gregory Klump reports on MLS® sales and listings for the Canadian real estate market for
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 9, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales and new listing activity both fell back in line with historical norms this week. Agents reported a total of 56 house and condo sales to the multiple listing service®, a decline of 20 units when compared to the previous week but on par with sales reported for the same week last [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 3, 2011
Saskatoon real estate sales pushed slightly higher on a weekly basis as local agents reported 76 sales of condominiums and single-family detached homes to the MLS® system. That number accounts for a gain of five sales compared to the previous week and a surge of 20 when compared against the same week a year ago. [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 1, 2011
The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) released the residential real estate statistics for November, 2011 today, accompanied by this release. Residential sales activity for Saskatoon REALTORS® in the month of November was 286, virtually unchanged when compared with November of 2010, which saw 282 sales. This number was also only down slightly from October [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 28, 2011
RBC’s third quarter Housing Trends and Affordability study showed “modest improvements” in housing affordability for Canadians as global financial markets continued to face uncertainty and interest rates crept lower. The following is an excerpt from the report on Saskatchewan: Although RBC’s affordability measures for Saskatchewan continue to be above their long-term averages, widespread improvement was [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 28, 2011
Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) released their third quarter update on the Saskatoon housing market late last week. It takes a look at third quarter and year-to-date activity in new homes as well as resale activity. Here are some highlights from the report. Third quarter housing starts slipped lower to 735 units, down 4 [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 26, 2011
It was another reasonably strong week for Saskatoon real estate sales considering the time of year. A total of 71 detached house and condo sales were reported to the local MLS®. This week’s sales were up by 21 on the previous week and finished higher by 12 compared against the same week last year. New [...]