The driver is timing rather than price. Buyers who paused over the summer for vacations and school breaks come back looking in September, and Saskatchewan REALTORS Association monthly figures for Saskatoon typically show that renewed attention as a small bump before the season turns.
New listings tend to tick up briefly during this window before tapering into December, and Saskatchewan REALTORS Association data showed new listings up 12.3 percent year over year in the most recent reporting month, consistent with sellers timing a listing to catch fall activity rather than waiting for spring.
Joel Dyck times a listing to line up with this window when a seller's schedule allows it, since a well-priced fall listing gets seen by exactly the buyers who did not find what they wanted over the summer. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.