Saskatoon home sales took a downward dip in August falling by 63 units when compared to July’s impressive numbers. When the dust settled at the close of the month, 457 residential properties had changed hands, down a substantial 13 percent from the same month last year. Home sales for the local area remain higher on an annual basis by five percent.
Sales in the single-family homes category fell from 309 last August to 258 while the number of condos to sell slipped lower from 189 last year to 163.
For the second consecutive month, the number of new listings added to the MLS® grew, which is somewhat unusual at this time of the year. Saskatoon real estate agents added 719 residential properties to the database, up just a touch from 711 in July, and higher by 61 when compared to the new listings numbers from August of last year.
Softening sales and stronger new listings allowed the inventory of active listings on the multiple listing service® to grow to its highest point since September of last year. As the month drew to a close, there were 914 Saskatoon homes for sale, up 80 units from July, but lower than it was last year at this time when there were 1000 options for local buyers.
Months of supply grew from 1.6 last month to 2.0 In August, which while improved is still very firmly in seller’s market territory. Again, supply levels of less than four months signal a seller’s market. A supply of four to six months is considered balanced. A supply larger than six months would be a buyer’s market.
After reaching a new record high in July which led to a swift upward spike on our graph, the average sale price of a Saskatoon home headed lower and reported its lowest number since early this year at $389,684. This particular measure can tend to be a bit all over the place. Over time, it can trend one way or the other, but the sale of a handful of luxury homes can skew it higher, just as an absence can skew it lower.
The benchmark price of a single-family home as recorded on the MLS® Home Price Index saw a softer downward shift as it came down $3300 from last month to settle at $463,400 to take a ten percent annual increase.
Townhomes continued to move higher reaching $334,500 for a monthly increase of $2000 and an annual gain of ten percent.
Once again, apartment prices grew the most picking up $6100 from last month to reach $242,900 and claim an annual increase of 14 percent.
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