That smaller pool of comparables is the real difference. A typical Saskatoon home has dozens of recent sales to compare against in a given year; a riverfront or acreage property in the same tier might have only a handful in the entire city, so pricing and negotiating both change.
A hand-reviewed approach matters even more at this price point, since a custom kitchen, a heated garage or a fully finished walkout basement can represent real money that an automated estimate has no way to account for.
Joel Dyck handles luxury purchases across Saskatoon on that same careful, hand-reviewed basis. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.