Joel DyckReal Broker SK Ltd.
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What actually happens after I put my address into one of those instant cash-offer sites?

An instant cash-offer site generates an automated estimate from public records and recent sales, then a company follows up with a cash bid, in exchange for speed and certainty rather than top dollar, against a Saskatoon benchmark price the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association currently sets at $444,700.

The automated number behind that offer has the same blind spot every online estimate has: it cannot see a renovation done without a permit, a finished basement without City of Saskatoon inspection records, or condition improvements that never made it into the public file.

The company still sends someone to walk the home before finalizing a number, and that in-person review is where the offer usually drops from the online estimate, since the algorithm's guess and the actual condition rarely match exactly.

Getting a hand-reviewed number first tells you what you would actually net on the open market before you decide whether speed is worth the discount. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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