CM REALTY

Cailyn Malmberg, REALTOR® Boyes Group Realty Inc.

306-715-1411

Boyes Group Realty Inc.

Selling Your Home, Farm, Acreage or Cabin in North-Central Saskatchewan

Selling a house in town, an acreage, a quarter of farmland or a cabin follows the same basic steps. What changes is how the price comes together and who the buyers are. This is how I work through it with sellers around Spiritwood and the towns, RMs and lakes nearby.

How selling works

  1. A call, then a visit

    It starts with a conversation: what you're selling, roughly when you'd like to move, and what's included. Then I come out and walk the property with you, the house, the yard, the buildings and the land, so I'm working from the real thing and not a description.

  2. A price based on local sales

    I put the price together from recent comparable sales in your area, not a provincial average or what a neighbour heard a place sold for a few years back. For land, that means soil class, how much is cultivated, pasture or bush, the improvements, and where it sits in the RM. The RM assessment is a reference point, not a price. Priced too high, a place sits; too low, you leave money on the table.

  3. Getting the place ready

    Declutter, take care of repairs, and clean up the yard and outbuildings so they show well, not just the house. Have the paperwork buyers will ask about ready: well and water tests, septic age and service history, recent updates, and for a cabin, whether the lot is titled or leased. Being upfront about a known issue costs you less than having it come up at the negotiating table.

  4. Marketing through Boyes Group Realty and MLS®

    Your listing goes out through Boyes Group Realty Inc. and on MLS®, with good photos and clear details: acres, soil class and improvements for land, and the lake and the season for a cabin. Buyers for rural and recreational property often come from Saskatoon, North Battleford and further away, so the listing has to reach them, not just the local area.

  5. Offers and conditions

    When an offer comes in, we go through it together: the price, the possession date, what's included and the conditions. Buyers usually ask for conditions such as financing and an inspection, and rural buyers often add a water test and a septic inspection. Having your information ready makes this part go more smoothly.

  6. Closing

    Once the buyer removes their conditions, the sale is firm and the lawyers take it from there. Your lawyer handles your side of the transfer of title through the Land Titles Registry, run by ISC, including paying out any mortgage on the property. On possession day, the buyer gets the keys.

What is my place worth?

Tell me where it is and what kind of property it is, and I'll be in touch to talk it through.

I reply the same day.

Selling a cabin?

Cabins sell a little differently. The buyer is usually planning a lifestyle purchase from a city a few hours away, and whether the lot is titled or leased changes who can finance it. I've written up how I handle that.

How I sell cabins

Guides for sellers