Kari's Corner

If You Have Older Lonely Women (Or Men!) In Your Life I Urge You To Ask Them This: Have you ever sent or been tempted to send money to anyone that you ‘met’ over the internet? If they have sent money they will likely lie as somewhere deep down they knew that this wasn’t real. They are so lonely that they will do anything to take away the pain, even be in an […]
Success shaming I have to admit…I have delegated my blog writing in the past few years unless there is a subject that I feel very strongly about. This is one that has irked me year after year and I have dealt with it since I became a REALTOR® and have seen it happening all around me. Especially […]
Saskatoon News Top Chef restaurant now open! After a much anticipated opening, Top Chef season one winner and local Saskatonian Chef Dale Mackay and his team have officially opened up his new restaurant, Ayden Kitchen and Bar. It’s taken just six months for his idea to become a reality and opening his own restaurant in Saskatoon has been something he’s wanted to […]
Happy Halloween Today is Halloween and I thought I’d share with you some of the most haunted places discovered across the Canadian prairies.  Read on, if you dare! Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta Legend has it that a family was brutally murdered in room 873 many years ago. The room has been since covered in but if […]
More blue than P!nk It’s just a day before the P!nk concert was scheduled to take place in Saskatoon, and it was announced late yesterday that it has now been postponed. I have to say I’m bummed about her not making an appearance on her original October 24th show date. It’s been announced that doctors have forced her to […]
Maybe Lulu Should Have Kept CANADA in a Canadian Company? This is unfortunate for what used to be a company that Canada could be proud of but I can’t say I was surprised to read about the news that Lululemon faces more legal action in the US relating to the recall of ‘too sheer’ black yoga pants. I had to laugh at one of my Saskatoon real […]
Saskatoon Real Estate News PROUD TO ANNOUNCE! I am super excited to announce a new project that I will be working on along with two other awesome Saskatoon REALTORS ®. We will be working with reputable Saskatoon home builder North Prairie on a 100+ unit townhouse project in Martensville called Chaparral Ridge. The two agents who I have working with me on […]
May Saskatoon Real Estate Market Update The month of May was a bit slower in the Saskatoon real estate market for purchases but the amount of houses for sale in Saskatoon increased. We had a 5% decrease in unit sales compared to 2012 but an increase of 3% for properties listed for sale in Saskatoon. So far in 2013 we have […]
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Kari's Corner Former Competition Bureau Head Against Organized Real Estate Goes Against Her Own Advice? As a real estate agent in Saskatoon I get a lot of information about non-relevant (to me)real estate matters across Canada but this one made me take time to read about it. Melanie Aitken is a well known name in real estate in Canada and not for a positive reason. She is the one many real estate agents […]
Saskatoon News April Saskatoon Real Estate Market Update Due to an extremely cold and terrible winter in Saskatoon we had a bit of a slower start this year but an increase in the Saskatoon real estate market activity in April helps make up for some of that lost ground. Listing activity was up only 3% from 2012 but the sales activity was up […]
Kari's Corner A Great Week For Saskatchewan! This month we have had some incredible talent in our province! I had the pleasure of attending Oprah in Saskatoon with some of my Century 21 Saskatoon real estate agent colleauges. It was a fantastic event!  Her impact on the world is incredible and her messages are of inspiration. The show was sold out and […]
Saskatoon News Tips to Homeowners For Preparing For Spring Melt I am a homeowner in Saskatoon and I am concerned about the upcoming spring melt. I know that city crews are hoping for a slow snow melt and the City of Saskatoon is preparing for all of the snow to melt, but as a homeowner are you? I have some reminders and tips below to […]
Convicts! Please Come Shovel In My Neighbourhood! I would LOVE to see convicted criminals in my neighbourhood as long as they are there for the right reason! As a REALTOR in Saskatoon I have had the pleasure of greeting various crews of criminals when I am out and I always enjoy their energy, despite the fact that they are criminals. Have you […]
The End of the Penny It is time. The penny is on its deathbed. While the Royal Canadian Mint stopped making pennies last year the process of rounding up those copper beauties will begin now to melt them down. The Mint estimates six billion pennies will be recovered even though 35 billion pennies have been produced since 1908. The penny […]
Some Major Life Changes in 2013 Due to the amount of info around this exciting news I decided to write a blog announcement. I’m very excited to announce that my husband will be the newest President and CEO of SaskTel International.  For those of you who are from Saskatchewan know SaskTel to be our primary telecommunications company.  SaskTel International is a subsidiary of […]
Ten Steps to Help Save The World? I recently got a copy of the Sunday Phoenix from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix and something caught my attention. After the recent Earth Summit in Brazil there are some suggestions for following a greener path. Thousands of delegates from around the world gathered and the message was daunting. It has been described that the world […]
5 Reasons The Real Estate Market Is NOT Going To Crash-an editorial Finally, some good news about the real estate market in Canada. While some media sources predict that the housing market in Canada will crash, others don’t agree. This editorial by Larry MacDonald, former economist, is one that does not agree.  I say this time and time again but it is not safe to generalize  a country […]
2011 Century 21 Fusion Saskatoon Real Estate Awards I am proud to say that Century 21 Saskatoon was the #10 firm in all of Canada for production in 2011 and #4 in Canada for units sold. We were also in the top 5 companies across Canada for Easter Seals Fundraising and #13 internationally. We had 4 Century 21 agents in Saskatoon who achieved […]
Real Estate Safety Violence is a problem in the field of real estate, even in Saskatoon real estate market. As Saskatoon REALTORS® we make our living by meeting strangers and sometimes in empty homes. It can be scary for a woman but even for a man as some of the crimes are against men. About 42 percent of […]
Operations Hands Free in Saskatchewan This story hits home with me as I have been one of the offenders who got my $280 ticket and 4 points off my otherwise perfect driving record. As a real estate agent in Saskatoon I spend a lot of time on my smart phone. Whether I am emailing Saskatoon real estate clients, responding to […]