Stale figures are the usual failure. Market data is published monthly, so a guide written a year ago and never revised is quoting a benchmark, a sales count and a months of supply figure that no longer hold. Pages like these are frequently left up because they attract traffic, not because anyone is maintaining the numbers inside them.
Definitions are the second failure. Benchmark, median and average are three different measurements and guides routinely mix them, then compare this year's average against last year's benchmark and report a trend that does not exist. Regional figures covering the wider board area get presented as Saskatoon figures, which flatters or depresses the number depending on which way the surrounding communities moved.
The current Saskatoon picture is $444,700 benchmark, 2.8 percent year over year, 446 sales at 6.6 percent against the ten year average, 1.63 months of supply and new listings 12.3 percent higher. Read any guide as background and price your own house from sold comparables, which is what Joel Dyck's hand-reviewed valuation puts in front of you.