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Saskatoon’s home sale market continued to stabilize in February: SRAR

The Saskatoon Region Association of REALTORS® (SRAR) has released February’s statistics for the residential real estate category along with the following information for the media.


When measured against the last two years, which were anomalies, the Saskatoon real estate market has softened. When measured against activity over the last five years, market activity is on par and ahead of sales figures from 2004, 2005 and 2006. Home prices have increased considerably during this time. As a result of the significant swings in prices, demand, and speculation, the greatest challenge facing sellers is to adjust their expectations in this changed market place.


The residential home sale market performed as forecasted in February. Unit sales are expected to soften during the first half of 2009. Demand for property in the month of February remained steady. REALTORS® sold 211 residential units, down 42% from the same month last year when 365 properties were sold. Year to date unit sale numbers are ahead of 2005 and 2006 sales figures.


Year to date, REALTORS® have sold $118,569,000 worth of real estate, down 32% from 2008 when $173,8957,000 had sold. The average selling price remained steady for the month at $281,681, up 7% from 2008 when the average was $263,444. The average selling price was influenced by 25 sales above $400,000. The average price indicates that sales activity focused on the mid to higher price ranges.


Residential inventories remained above average with home buyers having 1,313 properties to select from at the end of the month. Inventory numbers are up 256% from 2008 when 369 homes were available for purchase. Expectations are that it will take the better part of the year for this inventory to move through the market.


Residential sales trends in surrounding areas were on par with city activity. Unit sales softened with 44 properties selling last month, down 56% from the 100 units sold during the same month last year. The average selling price remained steady at $257,465, up 19% from 2008 when it reached $217,012.


Please drop back before the weekend for a peek at our “Closer look at the Saskatoon real estate statistics” which will analyze sales activity in the single-family home and condominium categories for the month of February.


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Norm Fisher Royal LePage Vidorra

Norm Fisher, TeamFisher

About Norm

Licensed in 1993, Norm brings a wealth of experience to TeamFisher. He has worked in every imaginable capacity including sales agent, office manager, team leader, broker and now, broker/owner. Norm has written a weekly review of the Saskatoon real estate market for more than 750 consecutive weeks which may make him the most consistent industry blogger in the world.Less...

Licensed in 1993, Norm brings a wealth of experience to TeamFisher. He has worked in every imaginable capacity including sales agent, office manager, team leader, broker and now, broker/owner. Norm has written a weekly review of the Saskatoon real estate market for more than 750 consecutive weeks which may make him the most consistent industry blogger in the world.

Norm is known for his passion for technology and can most often be found exploring and experimenting with the next big thing in real estate marketing. He was the first Saskatoon real estate agent to promote a home online and has been an early adopter of new technologies ever since. “Everything about this business has changed over the past 20 years, and it will happen again in the next ten. An open mind and a curious attitude are all that’s needed to continue to find new ways to serve our clients by delivering a faster, smoother, worry-free transaction,” says Norm.

In his spare time, Norm enjoys Crossfit and cycling, some years accumulating over 2,000 kilometres on the road. He’s a strong supporter of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and enjoys raising funds by joining fun, fitness-related initiatives like the Grouse Grind for Shelter. In 2015, he trekked the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu. In 2017 he walked the southern highlands of Iceland across mountains, sand, snow, ice, lava fields and forest for seven days. Collectively those initiatives raised over a million dollars for Canadian women's shelters.
 

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