Author: Bonnie Meisels

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...

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...