A recent study done by the Fraser Institute shows that the average Canadian family has spent more on taxes than food and housing combined last year. The average family paid $34,154 in taxes last year including taxes passed along in the price of goods and services purchased.
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The City of Saskatoon has recently come forward with new regulations concerning design guidelines for infill housing. Infill housing has become a very popular trend within certain neighbourhoods. It consists of demolishing and rebuilding new housing within neighbourhoods already built up in the city. The most predominant
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On August 2nd, B.C.’s new foreign property tax laws came into effect and the end of last week saw a record 15,000 property transfer applications. Friday saw more than 9,200 transactions filed which broke the 2007/08 record of more than 8,400 in a day. Thursday also reported
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The July 2016 Saskatoon real estate market sales has decreased from 2015 where 442 houses for sale in Saskatoon sold. This year we saw 370 houses in Saskatoon selling for the month of July. The average home price in Saskatoon did see a small decrease from last
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The June 2016 Saskatoon real estate market sales has decreased slightly from 2015 where 603 houses for sale in Saskatoon sold. This year we saw 547 houses in Saskatoon selling for the month of June. The average home price in Saskatoon did see a small decrease from
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The May 2016 Saskatoon real estate market sales has decreased slightly from 2015 where 601 houses for sale in Saskatoon sold. This year we saw 524 houses in Saskatoon selling for the month of May. The average home price in Saskatoon did see a small change from
Read more →REALTORS® are pushing to have a public registry made available which will include those properties that have been contaminated by producing illegal drugs. According to the Association of Saskatchewan REALTORS® a comprehensive registry of former marijuana grow ops and methamphetamine labs. The information is available to police
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Recently Canada’s Competition Tribunal has ruled in the lengthy battle between the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and the Competition Bureau. The fight began years ago over who should have access to the detailed data about home sales. The bureau’s stance is that REALTORS® limits competition and
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Have a house to sell in the current real estate market in Saskatoon? The key for it to sell in a reasonable amount of time is pricing. More than any other factor, pricing your home to the current market is of the utmost importance. Currently the average
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The April 2016 Saskatoon real estate market sales has decreased slightly from 2015 where 395 houses for sale in Saskatoon sold. This year we saw 377 houses in Saskatoon selling for the month of April. The average home price in Saskatoon did see a small change from
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