Joel DyckReal Broker SK Ltd.
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What should I ask an agent to prove they actually know my neighbourhood?

Ask for recent comparable sales on your specific street, not just the neighbourhood average, since the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association's data covers the whole city and an agent who actually knows your area should be able to name the closest true comparables from memory before pulling up a report.

A useful follow-up is asking what has actually changed on your street recently, like a house that sold above or below expectation and why, since that kind of specific, current detail is hard to fake and shows an agent has been paying attention rather than just running a search.

It is also fair to ask how many houses the agent has personally sold in your specific neighbourhood, not the city as a whole, and what made those sales different from each other, since a real answer will include details a market report alone would never surface.

An agent who cannot answer any of that with specifics is working from the same public data you can already see yourself, which is a different service than a hand-reviewed number weighed against the city's $444,700. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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