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Are Canadian buyers coming back to the US housing market?

Whether Canadian buyers return to the housing market south of the border tracks the exchange rate and financing conditions there, not anything specific to Saskatchewan, and 2026 has brought renewed talk of both. Interest tends to rise when the Canadian dollar strengthens and cools when it weakens, which is a currency story more than a real estate one.

For most Saskatoon sellers the more relevant driver is closer to home. A move south is usually funded by selling a Saskatoon property first, and the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association’s benchmark of $444,700 is the starting number most people work from when they figure out what that sale actually frees up.

Financing and closing work differently once a Saskatchewan resident buys outside the province, and currency risk sits on top of the usual mortgage math, so the numbers deserve more care than a headline about renewed cross-border interest. Timing your own Saskatoon sale correctly matters more than the broader trend.

Joel Dyck helps sellers sequence a Saskatoon sale correctly when the proceeds are funding a purchase somewhere else. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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