Statistics Canada released its Gross Domestic Product numbers yesterday which show that the Saskatchewan economy underperformed on expectations and forecasts...
Saskatoon ranks high on Canadian Business best places to live list
Saskatoon ranks 17th out of 154 Canadian communities that are rated in the third annual Canadian Business, “Canada’s Best Places to Live”...
U.S. foreclosure rates see massive jump and worst not yet over
CNN Moneyis reporting today that the U.S. home foreclosure rate “spiked 112%” in early 2008, and the worst of it likely isn’t over, as...
Saskatoon real estate: Week in review (April 21-25 2008)
Following a few weeks of unseasonably sluggish home sales, the Saskatoon real estate market took an upward bounce this week with 117 condominiums and s...
Saskatoon housing options still exist for first-timers: Remax
Remax Press Release – Kelowna, BC (April 22, 2008)
“While higher housing values and tight inventory levels have hampered home-buying activity...
A closer look at our closer look reveals the sky is not falling on the Saskatoon real estate market
On April 15 when I posted my “Closer Look at the Saskatoon Real Estate Statistics for March, 2008,” I expressed some concern about the accuracy...
Saskatoon real estate: Week in review (April 14-18 2008)
The inventory of Saskatoon real estate listings grew again for the sixth consecutive week moving from 619 last week to 668 by the close of business on Friday....
Canadian housing boom over
This from today’s Globe and Mail.
It's time for Canadians to bid the housing boom farewell as data for the first quarter of the year, released Thursday...
Saskatoon’s condo conversion policy to change
Monday night’s meeting of Saskatoon city council’s executive committee produced nearly five hours of “discussion and heated debate,”...
One third of homes for sale in Saskatoon are vacant, fewer than half owner occupied
Earlier today, I was speaking with one of my colleagues, Bruce Claggett, who raised the question, “I wonder how many of the homes for sale in Saskatoon...
A closer look at the Saskatoon real estate statistics for March 2008
My mid-month “closer look” pretty much always follows SRAR’s month end stats, but then SRAR pretty much always releases month end stats...
Saskatoon real estate: Week in review (April 7-11 2008)
A total of 215 new residential property listings pushed Saskatoon real estate inventory to its highest level since October 2005 this past week. Active listings...
Saskatoon real estate: Week in review (March 30–April 4 2008)
Saskatoon real estate listing inventories grew again for the fourth consecutive week, this time rather substantially, as 197 residential listings were added...
Rental construction initiative on Saskatoon City Council agenda
Saskatoon city council will consider recommendations being brought forward by its Administration for a “New Rental Construction Land-Cost Rebate Program...
Obligations and rights of tenants and landlords when ending a tenancy in Saskatchewan
You may have read the Star Phoenix story in yesterday’s paper regarding two tenants of the Barry Hotel who successfully appealed their eviction notices...
How rent controls in Saskatchewan can do more harm than good
There’s a bit of a debate occurring on another post about whether or not Saskatchewan needs to implement rent control legislation.
Few would disagree...
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