Joel DyckReal Broker SK Ltd.
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Should I pick the agent who suggests the highest price?

No, not automatically. The highest number is often a listing tactic rather than a considered opinion, and an overpriced home burns through the first weeks of buyer attention before it sells for less than a correctly priced one would have, especially with Saskatoon sitting at 1.63 months of supply and buyers holding plenty of other choices.

Ask every agent who quotes a high number to show you the comparable sales and the adjustments behind it. A defensible price is built from homes that actually sold recently, of similar type, age and size, in your own neighbourhood, then adjusted up or down for real differences, not chosen to win your signature, and any licensee is accountable to the Saskatchewan Real Estate Commission for how they represent that number.

The cost of getting this wrong is real money, not just a slower sale. Since seller closing costs run 4 to 6 percent of the final price, an inflated starting number also wrecks your planning for what you will actually net, and a price cut after weeks on market signals to buyers that something is off with the property itself.

The valuations that hold up are built inside the house, not at a desk, because online estimates and public records cannot see a renovation done without a permit. Joel Dyck's hand-reviewed valuation documents those improvements and shows you the comparables so you can judge the reasoning, not just the figure. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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