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Borden is a village west of Saskatoon on the Yellowhead, past Langham, and inside the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405. The in-town housing stock is modest but the surrounding RM carries a well-established acreage inventory, which is a big enough segment on its own that Borden has its own dedicated acreages page on this site. That mix means a seller here is genuinely working two overlapping markets and needs to pick the right buyer pool before the listing goes public.
This page is put together for Borden sellers, from the listing side. I work out of Saskatoon as a REALTOR® with Century 21 Fusion, and the sections below cover the practical work: how a home on a Borden street and an acreage yardsite in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 each reach a different buyer, how a defensible price is built from what has actually closed nearby rather than from a Region-wide composite, and how a live daily dashboard reports on the listing so nobody has to guess how it is doing.
Selling a House, Acreage, or Half-Duplex in Borden
Three property types cover most of what actually trades in Borden and the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405: detached homes on town lots, a smaller pool of half-duplex and lower-maintenance in-town product, and acreage yardsites in the surrounding rural municipality. Each type reaches a different buyer, needs a different marketing angle, and prices off its own set of comparables.
Detached houses: what most Borden buyers are shopping for
Detached single-family homes are the bulk of the in-town trade. Buyers are a mix of local households, working families moving up from a starter home, and out-of-area buyers who have picked Borden for reasons specific to the town rather than for the drive to Saskatoon. Pricing starts from the closest recent town closings we can point to, and the listing itself has to answer why this specific street, in this specific town, is worth the trip.
Borden acreage listing agent: what shifts when the yardsite is the story
Acreage buyers in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 are their own audience, chasing shop capacity, room for equipment or hobby livestock, or a family yardsite that no town lot can match. An acreage listing needs more than sharp interior photography; it needs aerial footage that shows the yardsite, the outbuildings, the treeline, and the approach, and it needs listing copy that names the services (well, septic, power, gas), the zoning, and the RM governing the parcel.
Half-duplex and lower-maintenance in-town options
Half-duplex and lower-maintenance in-town homes lean toward first-time buyers and downsizers who want to keep the Borden address without a full detached yard to keep up. Offers on these listings turn on condition, updates, and how transparently the marketing describes what the owner actually maintains versus what is shared with the neighbouring unit.
Whichever of the three you own, the pricing is built on your specific home, lot, or yardsite rather than a town-wide average, and the marketing plan below is applied to the listing.
How Your Listing Reaches Borden Buyers
Being on the MLS® is a good start and gets your home into the system every agent and portal pulls from, it does not make your listing stand out from the other similarly styled homes going live the same week. The following is layered on top of every Braaten Group listing in Borden.
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Professional Photography
Composed, well-lit interior and exterior images that hold up against the many similarly styled homes a buyer will be comparing yours to.
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Aerial Photos & Video
Drone footage showing your lot inside Borden or your acreage yardsite in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405, plus the drive between the property and Saskatoon along Highway 16 (Yellowhead).
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Virtual Tours & Floor Plans
A 360° walkthrough and floor plan built for buyers relocating from out of province or another city who need to shortlist homes before ever landing in the Saskatoon area.
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Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Marketplace
Paid social placements aimed at Saskatoon-area and regional buyers actively shopping small-town and acreage options along the Highway 16 (Yellowhead) corridor.
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YouTube Pre-Roll Advertising
Video ads placed ahead of content your likely buyer is already watching, rather than a generic broadcast to anyone in the region.
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Sponsored Google Search
Priority placement the moment a buyer searches for a home or acreage in Borden or another community along the Highway 16 (Yellowhead) corridor, when purchase intent is highest.
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Google Display Network
Ongoing visibility across apps, Gmail, and other websites so your listing keeps appearing to buyers who viewed it once but have not yet booked a showing.
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ChatGPT Paid Ads
Sponsored placement inside AI chat tools, reaching buyers (including relocating ones) who are now researching communities like Borden in conversation rather than search results.
Where a Borden Listing Actually Gets Seen
A wide marketing plan only helps if the destination it points to has real traffic. Every Century 21 Fusion listing, including yours if you list your Borden home with me, appears on kentbraaten.com, and the gap between that site and a typical brokerage site is not small.
In plain terms, kentbraaten.com draws about 23 times the monthly site sessions and roughly 79 times the monthly page views of the average Canadian brokerage website. A Borden listing marketed through this site is reaching a far larger, already-engaged buyer audience than the typical brokerage page ever sees.
Daily Reporting on Your Borden Listing
Sellers rarely complain about the number itself, they complain about not knowing what is happening between showings. To remove that uncertainty, every listing I take on comes with a live Listing Insights Dashboard built in Google Looker Studio, wired directly into the ad platforms and boards running your campaign.
Sample dashboard shown for illustration only, figures come from a Saskatoon-area listing rather than your Borden property. Your dashboard reports live numbers for your own address and refreshes daily.
The dashboard tracks paid ad impressions and clicks, social and video post views, MLS® client portal and agent activity, and REALTOR.ca views, saves, and shares, all pulled directly from the platforms themselves rather than compiled after the fact. You get the same data I am looking at, updated daily, without ever needing to call and ask how the listing is doing.
Why Selling in Borden Is Not Like Selling in Saskatoon
A Borden listing is not competing against the Saskatoon metro as a whole. It is competing against a small set of other Borden properties, some inventory further along the Yellowhead in Langham and Radisson, and the acreage pool in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405. That narrower comparison field makes presentation and pricing carry more weight than they do in a broader market where a buyer can pick from twenty near-substitutes on the same weekend.
The acreage market around Borden is genuinely notable. The RM holds enough yardsite inventory that the Borden acreage page on this site exists on its own, and acreage buyers actively include Borden in their search radius. That means an acreage listing here reaches a real audience, but it also means it competes with other acreage stock in the same RM, and the differentiators (shop, water, treeline, parcel size) show up faster in the pricing than they would in a town-only market.
Comparable town-home sales, by contrast, are thin. Borden closes only a small handful of in-town properties in any given year across detached and half-duplex product combined, so a single town average is not meaningful. The pricing conversation for a town home leans much harder on the closest recent individual closings than on any aggregate.
The town-and-acreage split also drives the media plan. A home on a Borden street and an acreage yardsite in the surrounding RM need very different disclosure packages, different photography (aerial versus interior-first), and different placement in the campaign. Treating one as a variation of the other sends the seller into the wrong plan.
Pricing a Home in Borden Realistically
Pricing a Borden property means looking past bedroom count and square footage into the detail that actually moves the number: build year, lot size, basement finish, garage or shop, mechanical condition, and what has been refreshed recently. On an R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 acreage the same exercise brings in water quality and well condition, septic type and age, natural gas and power service, outbuildings, treeline, and what the RM will allow on the specific parcel.
Benchmark prices from the Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association apply to the Saskatoon-Biggar region as a whole. Borden sits inside that region, but the town and acreage market move on their own volume, so quoting a Region figure as the value of a Borden property usually misleads. The starting point that holds up is what has closed inside Borden and the surrounding R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 recently, adjusted for the specifics of your property.
That closed-sale detail, which the public listing sites do not publish, comes to your in-person evaluation, along with a look at what your property would sit beside on the MLS during opening week.
These figures show asking prices rather than what a property actually closed at, and in a market this size the gap between the two can be meaningful. What a Borden home or acreage really sells for depends on condition, updates, basement finish, shop or outbuildings, and where the property sits in the village or on the parcel. The closed-sale comparison comes with the evaluation appointment.
Who Is Buying in Borden
The Borden buyer pool breaks into a few distinct groups: Saskatoon-side commuters willing to trade a bit of highway time for a bigger lot or a shop, acreage buyers specifically hunting the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 for a yardsite that meets their particular needs, locals moving within the village or into the RM, and a smaller downsizer group moving out of a larger acreage into an in-town home.
Family buyers in Borden weigh a fenced yard, a garage, and how the local school actually works for their kids more than a city-only buyer would. Prairie Spirit School Division catchment does surface in how households shortlist, so listing copy that names the actual school context tends to earn a longer look than copy that leaves it inferred.
Acreage buyers here are their own audience, and Borden pulls a strong share of them because the RM has been on their radar for years. Those buyers usually arrive already knowing exactly what they want in shop capacity, water, and treeline, and they ask direct questions about the parcel, the services, and what the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 will allow. Honest aerial footage and a clean service package matter more to that buyer than staging.
Knowing which of these audiences your specific listing sits in shapes both the price and the marketing plan. A small in-village half-duplex and a full-service acreage in the RM belong in different campaigns from the day the listing goes public.
What Sellers Say About Working With Kent
The quotes below are from Kent's clients across the greater Saskatoon area rather than from Borden specifically. They reflect how the listing process, marketing, and reporting actually feel to a seller from first conversation to closing.
Kent was the best choice to sell our home. His presentation was professional, his strategy was clear, and his marketing went far beyond simply putting our house on REALTOR.ca and placing a sign in the yard. We felt confident throughout the entire process and would highly recommend Kent to anyone looking to sell their home.
Adam Kitter — seller, Evergreen neighbourhood, Saskatoon
Kent did an amazing job marketing our property. It was an investment property and we wanted to get maximum value out of it. His feedback and marketing strategy made the whole process easy, and the Listing Insights Dashboard kept us informed and relaxed from start to finish.
101216879 Sask Ltd. — investment property seller
We were moving out of province for work, and Kent made the selling process seamless and stress-free. You could really tell the difference his planning and marketing made throughout the process.
Dustin Ratzlaff — relocated out of province
Awards and Recognition
None of these replace a good comparative market analysis, but they reflect a track record built over many closings rather than a single strong year.
3×Centurion ProducerCentury 21 North American award for top producers
11×Masters AwardCentury 21 Canada recognition for top producers
2019Top Listing AgentCentury 21 Fusion, Saskatoon
The Centurion Producer award has been earned three times, the Masters Award eleven times, and in 2019 the Top Listing Agent title at Century 21 Fusion specifically recognized listing-side production, the side of the business that determines how well a seller's home is marketed and priced.
Preparing a Borden property to list looks different for a village home than for an R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 acreage. Before your property goes live, focus on:
Refreshing obviously tired fixtures (lighting, faucets, cabinet and door hardware) that stand out next to updated comparable listings in the village or in nearby towns.
Yard, driveway, and fence-line presentation, since a maintained exterior reads on camera the way a cared-for street reads to a buyer walking up.
For acreages: mowing the yardsite back to a photo-ready condition, tidying every outbuilding, and staging the shop or garage so drone footage lands the property at its best.
Finishing or updating basement space where it is unfinished, since basement development is one of the clearer separators among similar in-village floor plans.
Decluttering and depersonalising so the layout reads spacious in photos and during showings.
Handling small deferred maintenance (caulking, paint touch-ups, sticking doors, weather-stripping) before media day rather than during the inspection window.
Pulling paperwork together: appliance manuals, any permits, warranty documents where they apply, twelve months of utility bills, and for acreages the well and septic records plus any RM correspondence relating to the parcel.
The Listing Process, Step by Step
Initial conversation: your timeline, your reason for selling, and what a successful outcome looks like for you.
Comparative market analysis: a pricing walkthrough built on recent Borden and area sold data, weighted to properties comparable to yours.
Preparation plan: a short, prioritised list of what is worth doing before photography, and what is not.
Paperwork: listing agreement, disclosures, and timeline confirmed in writing before anything goes public.
Media day: photography, floor plans, drone footage, and any video once the home is ready to show its best.
Launch: MLS®, kentbraaten.com, signage, and paid promotion all go live together.
Showings and feedback: coordinated access with honest reporting on what buyers are saying.
Offer review: price, conditions, deposit, financing, and closing date evaluated together, with a clear recommendation from me.
Conditions through closing: inspection, financing, and lawyer coordination managed to keys-in-hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Saskatoon buyers still driving out to Borden on the Yellowhead for a home or acreage?
Yes, and for the acreage side of the market Borden has been on Saskatoon buyers' radar for years. The Yellowhead is a fast, well-maintained highway west, and for a Saskatoon-based buyer chasing a serious yardsite, a shop, or an acreage that town lots simply cannot deliver, the drive is worth it. In-village homes see less of that commuter demand and more of a local-and-nearby-town pool, but both audiences are real. The listing has to answer the commute question directly with photography and copy that show the drive and the property together.
Does the strong acreage market around Borden actually help me sell a village home?
Indirectly, yes. Because the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 has an active acreage buyer base, more Saskatoon and out-of-area buyers already know Borden by name than would otherwise be the case. That name recognition brings a slightly wider audience to an in-village listing than a comparably sized town off the Yellowhead would get, though the two buyer pools stay largely separate. The in-village listing still needs its own marketing angle rather than riding on acreage traffic.
How does Borden pricing compare to Saskatoon pricing?
It does not translate cleanly, which is exactly why a proper CMA matters. Region-wide benchmark prices from the Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association describe the Saskatoon-Biggar region as one figure and average over Borden and the city together. Pricing your Borden home or acreage starts from what has closed inside the village and the closest parts of the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 recently, adjusted for your build year, lot or parcel, basement, garage or shop, and condition. A Saskatoon number is not a Borden number.
Is selling an acreage in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 different from selling a village home?
Very much so. An acreage listing here lives on how well the yardsite is presented and how completely the service story is documented. Buyers arrive already knowing they want a well, a septic system, a shop or a specific outbuilding, and a parcel that will support a particular use under R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 rules. The village listing runs on a smaller game of interior detail and staging. Both are worth doing right, but running one campaign for both leaves either an acreage under-served or a town home over-produced.
What do buyers care about in a Borden half-duplex or lower-maintenance home?
The Borden lower-maintenance buyer is often a first-time owner priced out of the city or an older resident downsizing out of a larger property in the RM. Both look first at what has been renewed in the last five years, how private the outdoor space actually is, and whether shared-wall or condominium arrangements make sense. Photos of a private patio or fenced back area, plain notes on what the neighbouring unit shares, and a floor plan that reads cleanly on a phone move these listings faster than heavy staging.
Does the Prairie Spirit School Division catchment affect a Borden listing?
For family buyers, it can. Borden students fall inside the Prairie Spirit School Division, and households moving with school-age children often shortlist by how a specific school actually works for their kids. If your home is close to the local school or sits on a workable bus route, that belongs in the listing copy. Families lining up a summer move push most of their showing activity into spring, so getting the property genuinely market-ready before Easter is generally the higher-leverage move.
Should I sell my Borden home before buying my next one, or the other way around?
The right sequence usually depends on the next property. Heading into Saskatoon or Warman where inventory turns over daily, buying first is often workable because the odds of finding a suitable home during the Borden sale window are high. Heading into another acreage in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 or a specific Yellowhead-corridor town where inventory is narrow, listing first can compress the search window uncomfortably, so a bridge or overlap arrangement sometimes makes better sense.
Does the time of year I list actually matter in Borden?
It matters more here than in the closer-in commuter towns, especially for acreages. Late April through June is when acreage and family volume peaks, partly because buyers want to walk the yardsite and outbuildings on a dry day. September and October still work well provided the marketing is genuinely ready. Winter Borden listings can close, but the property needs a stronger media package because casual weekend Yellowhead traffic drops once conditions turn.
How thin is the Borden village-home comparable data?
Thin enough that a portal estimate on a village address is not usable. A full calendar year of Borden in-village activity across every property type combined fits comfortably inside what a single busy Saskatoon neighbourhood turns over in one class. Acreage data across the RM is a bit thicker but still sparse relative to the city. That is why the pricing work in Borden is done by hand rather than by averaging across a data set too small to average honestly.
Do I need extra paperwork ready to list an acreage in the R.M. of Great Bend No. 405?
Yes, and the earlier the better. A Borden-area acreage that firms up cleanly typically arrives at the buyer's lawyer with the well drilling log, current potability testing, septic system type and last service date, natural gas and SaskPower billing history, an outbuilding inventory with any electrical notes, and any R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 correspondence relevant to the parcel already collected. Handing that over on day one of conditions often shaves a week off the process and cuts inspection-time surprises.
Can I get a value on my Borden home or acreage without committing to list?
Yes. A free evaluation gives you a current, comparable-based number for refinancing, an estate matter, or simple planning, with no obligation and no cost. It is a walkthrough of the property and a written summary tuned to your specific address rather than a sales pitch. Borden owners regularly use these to confirm what their equity actually looks like before deciding whether a move even makes sense this year.
What is my Borden home or acreage worth in 2026?
No credible 2026 town-level average exists for Borden, and any online estimator that produces one is guessing off inputs that do not represent the local market. The Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association benchmark is a Saskatoon-Biggar composite that treats Borden as a very small slice inside a much larger regional average. A defensible 2026 range for your specific property is built from the closest recent village and R.M. of Great Bend No. 405 closings, adjusted for your build year, basement, garage or shop, and condition. That range gets set on the walkthrough, not before it.
If you own a home or an acreage in the Borden area and are weighing a sale this year, or you just want a current number to plan around, start with a free home evaluation, see what is currently listed on the Borden homes for sale page, or browse the broader seller resources available on this site.
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About Kent Braaten
My name is Kent Braaten and I would like to thank you for taking the time to look through my
website. As an experienced Realtor I am here to help make the purchase of your new home or
selling your current one as easy as possible.
I grew up in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan and now live in Saskatoon so I understand the local
market. I have experience in the construction industry and this gives me
the added tools to make sure that the home you are buying or selling meets your needs and
certain industry standards.
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