Montreal Market Update 2017 The Montreal Market Update 2017 - It's hard to believe but the year is halfway over! Some of the stats are in and Montreal's real estate market has been performing extremely well. I thought I would share the QFREB's latest market report called ...
Discover The Best Montreal Neighborhoods To Invest The best Montreal neigborhoods to invest in are sprinkled across the city. There are several things to take into consideration before investing. After taking the decision to to buy a Montreal property, it's most important to review your primary investment objective. Is your investment...
Montreal Real Estate A Golden Opportunity For Foreign Investors Montreal Real Estate is a golden opportunity for foreign investors with U.S. or stronger currency! This beautiful city of Montreal, my home and birthplace has witnessed many roller coaster rides as far as the real estate market is concerned. Our steaming hot...
Canada’s Real Estate Boom Is Super Hot As Shown Through 13 Charts Canada's real estate boom is super hot as shown through a selection of these 13 charts via BuzzBuzz News Canada. The charts reflect home prices across Canada from the 1920's until 2012, to luxury rent values across 17 cities...
Is Affordable Home Ownership A Thing of The Past? Montreal's median prices for single family homes are $300,000 lower than they are in Toronto and $500,000 lower than they are in Vancouver. The lackluster condo market of 2015 was replaced by steady growth in sales in 2016. "Montreal registered the lowest...
Every Day Is Earth Day - A Time For Celebration And Action Earth day should be every day!! Here in Montreal, this day is also referred to as Jour de la terre. John McConnell, an American newspaper publisher first proposed "Earth Day" at a UNESCO Conference on the Environment in 1969. , On...
DESJARDINS MARKET FORCAST FOR QUEBEC Read the report below: On March 23, Desjardins published its forecasts for Québec’s resale housing market. According to their forecasts, the number of existing home sales is expected to grow by 2.3 per cent in 2017 to reach 80,000. Despite the latest mortgage tightening measures, Desjardins considers that the...
West Island A Seller's Market With The Shortest Selling Times! According to the QFREB, (Quebec Federation of Real Estate Board in case you were wondering), six West Island cities had the shortest selling times in 2016. Pincourt, Kirkland and Dorval had the fastest selling times at 73 days and Beaconsfield, Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Pointe...
The Montreal Vacation Home This past year I had the distinct pleasure of getting to meet a colleague of mine from Texas who made the decision a few years back to invest in a vacation home here in the Le Plateau neighborhood of Montreal. She originally came to visit Montreal in...
The Resurgence of Walkable Neighborhoods From the youngest generation to the oldest generation, there’s consensus that walkability is a shared amenity that needs even more attention in our cities. In fact, walkability is the feature of cities that holds promise to reduce the sprawl that we all hate. People want to...
Montreal Real Estate Stats 4th Quarter 2016 After a healthy and strong Montreal real estate market in 2016, this last quarter is looking to be a bit weaker here in the last quarter. Here are some of the preliminary numbers courtesy of the QFREB Market Analysis Department: Housing Starts Decreased in Québec in...
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...
