Happy 2017!
Happy 2017! Happy 2017 and farewell to 2016! By many accounts, 2016 has been unprecedented...
Happy 2017! Happy 2017 and farewell to 2016! By many accounts, 2016 has been unprecedented...
Montreal's Best Restaurants of 2016 By Lesley Chesterman for the Montreal Gazette With rising interest rates in both the U.S. & Canada and much uncertainty in the world on the political front, this holiday season is a good time to turn to one of my favorite topics, "food", When it comes to...
More Downtown Condos In Montreal? Do We Really Need More Downtown Condos In Montreal? Last night, it was announced in Montreal, that the land and building for the old Montreal Children's Hospital would now be revitalized as a development project for new condos, green spaces and affordable housing. With an over...
Condo Buyers Should Beware Of New Inspection Rules Today's Press Review from the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board is a nice complilation of interesting articles. One in particular is an article by the Montreal Gazette "Condo Buyers Should Beware of New Inspection Rules", what you need to know. 14/12/2016 Condo buyers should beware...
Time For Music! As the holidays approach and things start to wind down, I thought I'd share a music stream that a friend shared with me this evening. Did you know that this year, Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same night. Does anyone know when this last happened...
Canadian Homeownership For today's blogpost, I'd like to share with you the press review from the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board. The review consists of a few interesting articles about Canadian homeownership and real estate. 12/12/2016 The doomsday scenario: Why you’re more tied to real estate than you think and what you can...
Montreal's Eater Awards for 2016 is out! This year there are two sets of selections for each category. One set was determined by the Eater Awards editorial team, the other, the people's or reader's choice vote. I really like the way they chose to do the awards this year, it's refreshing to...
Featured headline photo by Jeremy Thomas Montreal Holidays 2016 Staycation If you'll be here in Montreal over the 2016 holidays, don't fret as there are tons of things to do for under $50, according to Montreal Blog's article "16 Montreal Things You Absolutely Must Treat Yourself To For Under $50 this winter"...
Ten Emerging Trends In Real Estate 2017 Ten emerging trends in real estate 2017, features a great article by Curbed, giving us a picture of the U.S. economic growth and real estate returns. Despite all the recent political uncertainty with Brexit and the U.S. election results, the United States still seems...
Urban Farming And Emerging Real Estate Trends The truth is real estate became super interesting for me when I realized that it crossed over into my passion for good, natural food! I always said my heart was through my stomache and it still holds true today. Years ago, at the start...
5 Things Changing Canadian Real Estate Canadian real estate was once something well understood. Since the unexpected results of the U.S. election results the Canadian real estate market has followed suit. Mortgage rates are on the rise, with RBC Bank, being one of the first to implement the rate increase New...
Dollars & Sense - Rising Interest Rates Photo by Bonnie Meisels ©All rights reserved Recently rising interest rates came as big suprise here in Canada after much talk and speculation that rates would remain low for quite some time. A recent publication from TD Bank gives us a good snapshot of the...