Unit sales of houses and condos also saw a decline falling to just 38 units, down from 45 the previous week. Only three weeks in 2008 saw weaker sales numbers, once in January, once in August and once in September. Changing mortgage rules are now in effect, and tougher credit criteria along with concerns about the global economy are undoubtedly side lining some prospective buyers. Given all that’s going on right now, and as close as we are to these changing conditions, 38 units will strike some as a fairly remarkable number. Total residential unit sales for the month of October are presently at 169. We should likely hit 200, but we’ll almost certainly fall short of my “just for fun” guess of 225 units that I threw out in last week’s review.
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Over the course of the week 97 price changes were recorded on the local MLS system. The average sale price remained stable compared to last week at $280,071 but the six-week average took a dip towards $295K as one of two “plus one million dollar sales” fell out of the back end. The median price of a Saskatoon home also came in lower falling to $267,900 from $280,000 then.
It’s no big surprise that all but one of this week’s sales were reported as having sold below the asking price. 37 or 38 buyers managed to negotiate a purchase at an average of $12,787 below list price, a number that is more or less typical of what we’ve been seeing over the past two months.
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Norm Fisher
Royal LePage Vidorra