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Take Time for a Home Safety Audit

Homes can have safety issues that aren't always obvious, and the ones you don't notice are usually the ones that cause trouble.

Fortunately, an annual walk-through of your property can help you find these hazards and fix them before they get worse. It may also help you avoid a home insurance claim.

Here's a room-by-room breakdown.

Kitchen
Store sharp knives and utensils where small children can't reach them, and keep cleaning products latched away or up high. Check that your vent hood is actually pulling air, and confirm your extinguisher is somewhere you could grab it in a hurry, not behind a stack of pans under the sink.

Bathrooms
Do your rugs have non-skid undersides in good condition? If not, replace them or add a non-skid mat underneath. Keep hair dryers and other electronics away from the sink and tub, and unplugged when they're not in use.

Bedrooms
Anchor heavy furniture to the wall, especially dressers and bookshelves. This matters most with small children in the house, who will climb an open drawer without any sense of what happens next. Check that every bedroom window opens easily, since a window is the second way out of most rooms.

Laundry Room
Clear the lint trap after every load and have the dryer vent cleaned out regularly. Both are fire hazards when they clog, and a blocked vent also makes the dryer work harder than it needs to.

Living Room
Add a screen to the fireplace if you don't have one. Look at where your cords run, since anything crossing a walkway or tucked under a rug is both a tripping hazard and a fire risk. Area rugs without a non-skid pad are worth a second look as well.


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A Dream Realized: My Son’s First Home! ❤️

Congratulations to my first-born Dareon, my newest VIP on your ABR® purchase of your fabulous top- floor corner-unit condo in Hampton Village!

This purchase is a deeply emotional one for both of us.

Growing up watching me help buyers achieve their real estate dreams, your own desire to become a homeowner continued to grow. But the market doesn’t give favours, even when your mom is a veteran REALTOR®. In this particularly challenging market, success as a first-time buyer still had to be earned.

When the perfect property hit the market, the timing wasn’t ideal. But opportunity must be recognized when it presents itself, and you’d spent years preparing yourself for this moment. The time was NOW, and I knew exactly what to do. We put a strategic plan in place, and a powerful offer was carefully structured and negotiated to perfection.

The result? You secured your ideal condo just hours after it hit the market, for thousands below asking price, with all your preferred terms.  


Mic drop!


I couldn’t be prouder both professionally and personally. A life milestone. An achievement to be proud of.  A powerful statement of maturity, independence, and success. A dream realized. ❤️

Thank you for trusting me to guide you through this process and help you navigate one of life’s biggest milestones. Being in the game rather than sitting in the audience can feel quite overwhelming, but you handled it incredibly well.  You should be very proud of yourself. You did this!  I was simply the guide who helped bring it all together.   ❤️

Enjoy your new home, Dareon. May it serve you well for many years to come and be the beginning of financial security, opportunity, and growth.  This is just the beginning!  

A special thank-you to the outstanding professionals who helped bring this all together.  From home inspection and financing to the legal work, your expertise, guidance and support helped make this milestone a reality.  Thank you for being a part of this journey. Deeply appreciated. ❤️

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Be Prepared for Home Emergencies

Fires, extreme weather and power outages rarely give notice. Preparing for them, though, is entirely within your control. These essentials will help you and your family respond quickly when it counts.

Escape Routes and Meeting Spot
It can take as little as five minutes for a fire to engulf a home, which is why an escape plan has to exist before you need it. Map at least two ways out of every room in case one is blocked, and pick one spot outside where everyone meets. Choose a second meeting place farther from home as well, for the times when it isn't safe to return or you're asked to evacuate.

Emergency Contacts
Make a laminated card for each family member with the numbers that matter: relatives, trusted friends, your doctor and local emergency services. Phones die and batteries run out, so a paper copy in a wallet or backpack is worth the ten minutes it takes to make.

What to Keep on Hand

  • Fire extinguisher: one on each floor, checked once a year to confirm it's still charged.
  • First aid kit: stored somewhere central, like the kitchen, and known to everyone in the house.
  • Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors: on every level of the home and outside every sleeping area, tested monthly. Long-life lithium batteries mean fewer replacements.
  • Food and water: enough non-perishable food and drinking water to get your household through three days without a trip to the store. Your local emergency management office publishes the recommended amount of water per person.

You can't control when an emergency happens. You can control how ready you are when it does.


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MORE CHOICE EMERGE AS SASKATCHEWAN’S HOUSING MARKET HEADS INTO FALL
Saskatchewan homebuyers are seeing encouraging signs of greater choice heading into the fall market, as new listings increased and inventory posted a modest year-over-year gain in September. 
 
There were 2,182 new listings throughout the month, up five per cent year-over-year. Provincial inventory also edged slightly above September 2025 levels, while months of supply improved nearly 13 per cent year-over-year to 3.63 months. Despite those gains, inventory remains nearly 40 per cent below the 10-year average and months of supply remains 48 per cent below historical norms.
 
The improvement in choice comes as demand remains healthy. Saskatchewan reported 1,361 residential home sales in September. While that was 11 per cent below last year’s levels, sales remained nine per cent above the 10-year average for the month. Through the first nine months of 2026, sales remain six per cent below the near-record pace established in 2026 but nearly 10 per cent above the 10-year average.
 
“For the second consecutive month, we’re seeing encouraging signs of more choice returning to Saskatchewan’s housing market,” said Chris Guérette, CEO of the Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association. “New listings increased, inventory improved slightly from last year, and months of supply continued to move in the right direction. At the same time, sales remain above historical averages, which tells us demand for Saskatchewan housing remains healthy.”
 
Of the 4,940 units available across the province at month-end, more than 900 were conditionally sold and expected to leave the market. Accounting for those conditional sales, Saskatchewan entered October with 4,035 available residential units, representing 2.96 months of effective supply.
 
“We’re not declaring the supply challenge solved,” continued Guérette. “Inventory remains nearly 40 per cent below what we’d typically expect for September. But after spending much of this year watching buyers navigate historically tight conditions, continued movement toward greater choice is good news.”
 
Saskatchewan’s residential benchmark price stood at $376,700 in September, down from $381,600 in August but nearly three per cent higher than September 2025. The monthly decline aligns with typical seasonal trends, while all but three Saskatchewan communities continued to report year-over-year benchmark price gains.
 
“More choice creates opportunity for consumers,” said Guérette. “For buyers, it can mean a little more time to consider their options. For sellers, it reinforces the importance of understanding pricing and conditions in their local market. Saskatchewan remains competitive, but a market with more choice is ultimately a healthier market for everyone.”
 
 
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Regional Highlights
The Swift Current-Moose Jaw region was the only region to report year-over-year sales gains in September, with sales up one percent year-over-year and 25 percent above the 10-year average. Despite modest sales declines in other provincial regions, four of the six regions reported sales well above the 10-year historical average for September.
 
While some regions welcomed inventory relief last month, supply challenges persist across nearly all regions of the province, ranging from 32 percent below historical trends in Swift Current-Moose Jaw to 43 percent below in the Prince Albert, Regina, Moose Mountain, and Yorkton-Melville regions.
 
 
Price Trends
While seasonal price trends bring month-over-month price declines across the province, all but three Saskatchewan communities saw year-over-year benchmark price gains in September.
 
North Battleford reported the strongest benchmark price growth for the month, with prices nearly 12 percent higher than September 2025. Other notable gains were seen in Meadow Lake (10 percent) and Humboldt (6 percent), with notable declines seen in Weyburn (9 percent) and Estevan (6 percent).
 
City of Regina
Regina reported 327 residential sales in September, down 13 percent year-over-year but outpacing the 10-year average for the month by nearly 15 percent.
 
Nearly 500 new listings came to market throughout the month, the third consecutive month with year-over-year gains. Of the 832 units available at month’s end, nearly 200 were conditionally sold and expected to leave the market. When accounting for conditional sales, Regina heads into October with 2.54 months of supply, up slightly from 1.72 in early September.
 
Regina’s residential benchmark price was $343,900 in September, down from $348,900 in August and three percent higher than September 2025. 
 
 
City of Saskatoon
Saskatoon reported 384 residential sales in September, down ten percent year-over-year but over eight percent above long-term, historical trends for the month.
 
New listings grew by over six percent year-over-year, the second consecutive month of new listing gains for the most supply-constrained market in the province. There were 1,053 units available at month’s end, 236 of which were conditionally sold, leaving 817 active units, or 2.13 months of supply heading into October.
 
Saskatoon’s residential benchmark price was $439,600 in September, down from $444,700 in August and nearly three percent higher than September 2025. 
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