Joel Dyck treats that citywide number as a starting point, not the answer, for any specific property. That benchmark price is a Home Price Index calculation the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association tracks by property type, not a straight sum-and-divide average, which is why it moves more smoothly month to month than raw sales figures can. It rose 2.8 percent over the past year, with 446 homes sold in August 2026, 6.6 percent above the ten-year average for the month.
A citywide benchmark also can't see what's inside a specific house: a permitted secondary suite, a finished basement or an addition built without a permit an algorithm can ever find. That is exactly the gap between an online estimate and a hand-reviewed number.
The benchmark tells you where the Saskatoon market sits overall; it does not tell you what your own house is worth. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.