Following two weeks of lacklustre performance, Saskatoon real estate sales rebounded this week as local agents reported a total of 87 residential sales, way up from just 51 the week before. For the first time in three weeks, sales numbers exceeded those recorded over the same period last year when 64 Saskatoon homes traded. This week’s gains makes up for shortfall we saw last week.

Meanwhile, new listing numbers inched higher on an annual basis as 171 Saskatoon homes were added to the MLS® database, up from 160 for the same period last year, but down from last week when 180 residential properties were listed for sale.

The inventory of Saskatoon MLS® listings slipped lower by just eight homes this week to 2037 and recorded an annual decline of 198. A closer look at the major categories shows 1119 single-family homes, down from 1276 a year ago. Condominium numbers have slipped from 848 to 789 over the past 12 months.

The market was unusually active with sales below the $300,000 mark as entry level buyers pushed the median sale price for the week lower to $315,950. The average sale price tumbled harder to $312,348 which is 40K lower than it was last week. Both of the longer term measures we track were down. The six-week average price slipped about four thousand dollars from last week. It’s down about as much from the close of the same week last year. The four-week median price fell further as it slid five thousand dollars from last week to $315,950 and took an annual loss of 19K.

Sellers remained on a pretty good roll this week as five deals closed for more than the asking price producing an average overbid of $3,660. Another 79 sales sold for less than list price with an average discount of $12,384.

Here is a breakdown of what the sales to listing price ratio looked like on this week’s sales. Please note that those sales that do show a sale price that is greater than the list price are all new properties that spent some period of time on the market, and most likely included additional improvements that were not reflected in the original list price. We report these to you as “at list price sales”, which is likely too generous in some cases, but it’s simply not practical to obtain the full details of each sale.

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I’m always happy to answer your Saskatoon real estate questions. All of my contact info is here. Please feel free to call or email.

Norm Fisher

Royal LePage Vidorra

In last week’s Saskatoon real estate week in review, I described sales numbers as having seemingly fallen off a cliff. Apparently, we had not yet reached the bottom of that cliff. This past week, residential sale numbers fell a little further, from 63 the week before to just 51. That’s lower than sales for the same period last year by 21.

After an exceptional July which produced a 25 percent sales increase over the previous year, August seems determined to give up a good chunk of those gains. At this point in the month, we’re about 15 percent behind where we were by this time last August.

While not much exciting was happening on the sales front. Saskatoon real estate agents were kept busy bringing new listings to the MLS® system. Over the course of the week, 182 residential properties were added to the database of the multiple listing service®, up 45 from last week, but about even when compared to the same period of August last year.

Given the large gap between sales and new listings, the inventory of Saskatoon homes for sale on the MLS® grew by 23 this week to reach 2045. That’s down 208 properties from where it stood a year ago. The number of available detached homes climbed 20 from last week to 1137 but still finished lower than last year’s numbers by 145. Meanwhile, the number of condominiums for sale grew by nine from a week earlier and reached 783 for an annual drop of 82 units.

Area four (West from Idylwyld to Circle Drive) failed to record a single sale this week. Off the top of my head, I can’t recall another time that that has happened in any of the major areas as long as I’ve been writing this weekly review. Absent any sales numbers for that area, both the weekly median and the weekly average price grew by around $20,000 to $340,000 and $358,616 respectively. The six-week average price of a Saskatoon home took some modest gains and increased by about fourteen hundred dollars from a week earlier to close the week at $338,833. That’s about where it stood a year earlier. The four-week median price slid lower by about $4000 and finished the week at $321,000 finding itself down ten thousand dollars from a year ago.

Three sellers managed to complete a sale at their asking price this week. The remaining 48 sales all went for less than the seller’s listed price and netted those buyers an average discount of $12,048.

Here is a breakdown of what the sales to listing price ratio looked like on this week’s sales. Please note that those sales that do show a sale price that is greater than the list price are all new properties that spent some period of time on the market, and most likely included additional improvements that were not reflected in the original list price. We report these to you as “at list price sales”, which is likely too generous in some cases, but it’s simply not practical to obtain the full details of each sale.

More weekly stats and numbers for those who love them.

I’m always happy to answer your Saskatoon real estate questions. All of my contact info is here. Please feel free to call or email.

Norm Fisher

Royal LePage Vidorra

Saskatoon real estate sales seemingly fell off a cliff this week as the number of firm deals reported to the multiple listing service® slid lower to 63, down sharply from 100 the week before. For the first time in seven weeks, residential sales fell short of numbers recorded during the same period the year before. Last year, there were 87 Saskatoon homes that sold over the same time period.

Fortunately, new listing numbers followed sales and fell to 137, well down from the 175 homes that were offered up last week, and even lower than the 181 new listings that were added to the MLS® over the same period last year.

It’s worth pointing out that this was a short work week with only four reporting days. Sometimes this leads to a smaller volume week that is followed by a period with an unusually high number of sales.

After falling below 2000 for the first time in several months last week, the number of Saskatoon homes for sale on the multiple listing service rebounded to close the week at 2022. That number is down from 2231 at the end of the same week last year and is at its lowest point for this particular week in four years. There are currently 1118 single-family homes for sale in Saskatoon, down from 1277 a year earlier. Condo numbers are now at 774, lower than last year by nearly ten percent.

A smaller mix of lower end home sales brought the median sale price back to a more typical level as it reached $320,000. A solid string of sales above the $450,000 mark caused the weekly average sale price to bounce higher by about 17K to $339,706. Both of our longer-term measures remained fairly stable. The six-week average price of a Saskatoon home inched up just over two grand from last week to reach $337,436 and grew five hundred dollars on an annual basis. The four-week median price increased by about a thousand dollars from last week. It closed at $324,950 to record a year-over-year increase of more than ten thousand dollars.

After a total shutout last week, two sellers found a buyer willing to pay more than their asking price, one by just a hundred dollars, and the other by $5100. Two more homes traded at the full list price. The remaining 59 closed deals reported a price below the seller’s list. Those buyers netted an average discount of $13,517.

Here is a breakdown of what the sales to listing price ratio looked like on this week’s sales. Please note that those sales that do show a sale price that is greater than the list price are all new properties that spent some period of time on the market, and most likely included additional improvements that were not reflected in the original list price. We report these to you as “at list price sales”, which is likely too generous in some cases, but it’s simply not practical to obtain the full details of each sale.

More weekly stats and numbers for those who love them.

I’m always happy to answer your Saskatoon real estate questions. All of my contact info is here. Please feel free to call or email.

Norm Fisher

Royal LePage Vidorra