Market Analysis
Chomedey, Laval Real Estate Market: Q3 2026
In the third quarter of 2026, Centris recorded 211 residential sales in Chomedey, close to a quarter of all sales …
Real Estate Insights
Market trends, buying tips, investment advice, and local neighbourhood guides for Montréal, Laval, the Laurentians & Lanaudière.
Market Analysis
Duvernay and Saint-François, Laval Real Estate Market: Q3 2026
The City of Laval’s sector 1, which brings together Duvernay, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and Saint-François, …
Market Analysis
Laval Real Estate Market by Sector: Q3 2026
In the third quarter of 2026, Centris counts 848 residential sales in Laval, 15% fewer than a year earlier, while …
Market Analysis
Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau, Laval Real Estate Market: Q3 2026
Over the last four quarters, Pont-Viau and Laval-des-Rapides accounted for 89 of Laval’s 314 plex sales, or …
Market Analysis
Sainte-Dorothée and Laval-Ouest, Laval Real Estate Market: Q3 2026
Between July and September 2026, half of the single-family homes sold in Sainte-Dorothée went for more than …
Market Analysis
Sainte-Rose and Fabreville, Laval Real Estate Market: Q3 2026
Sainte-Rose and Fabreville share a border, but their markets went in opposite directions this summer. In the third …
Market Analysis
Vimont and Auteuil, Laval Real Estate Market: Q3 2026
In the third quarter of 2026, the single-family home sold at a median price of $700,000 in Vimont, 22% more than a …
Real Estate 101
Condo Fee Increase in Quebec: Who Decides
The notice of meeting announces higher common expenses and nobody asked your opinion. It is probably legal. Since …
Practical Guide
Green and White Roofs in Montreal: The By-law
Redoing a flat roof in Montreal is no longer a colour choice. The list of permitted coverings is closed, and the …
Market Analysis
Luxury Real Estate Market in Montreal: The Data
Your property is worth $900,000 and you are wondering whether it belongs to a different market than your …
Real Estate 101
Passive House in Quebec: The Cost and the Exact Standard
A listing that says “passive house” proves nothing in Quebec. Three very different things circulate …
Seller's Guide
Selling Your Home in Winter in Quebec: The Obligations
Choosing the month you list is settled elsewhere. What never is: once the decision is made, fall and winter add …
Practical Guide
Tree Cutting Permit in Montreal: How It Works
A maple dying in the backyard, a tree service quote for Thursday, and the surprise: the City decides. In Montreal, …
Practical Guide
Alarm Systems and Insurance Discounts in Quebec
The sales representative announces an insurance discount, sometimes a precise percentage. Nobody shows you the grid …
Practical Guide
Hidden Defect Found During a Renovation in Quebec
The wall is open, the crew is on site, and behind the drywall there is a crack nobody saw before the purchase. The …
Practical Guide
Neighbour Disputes in Quebec: The Recourses
A fence quarrel never stays between two neighbours. It ends up in the certificate of location, in the Déclarations …
Buyer's Guide
Quebec House Construction Features
A buyer touring their first property in Montreal or Laval always notices the same things: the staircase bolted to …
Seller's Guide
Selling a Home Worth Less Than the Mortgage
The offer on the table does not cover the balance of your loan. The sale is still possible, but it will not be …
Buyer's Guide
Buying a Century Old Home in Montreal: What Changes
A house built in 1915 gets visited like any other and bought differently. What changes the file is not the …
Investment
Buying a Commercial Building in Quebec: The Due Diligence
A retail space on the ground floor, two dwellings above, a posted income that seems to hold up. Here the real risk …
Investment
Buying a Cottage in Quebec: Well, Septic and Access
A cottage sells on a photo of the lake. What actually decides the file is not in that photo: the width of the …
Buyer's Guide
Buying Vacant Land in Quebec: The Checks to Make First
A vacant lot takes five minutes to visit. No roof to inspect, no foundation to sound out, and that is the trap: …
Practical Guide
Choosing a Renovation Contractor in Quebec
A licence number painted on a truck proves nothing until you have looked it up yourself in the registry of the …
Buyer's Guide
Fixer Upper or Turnkey Home in Quebec: Who Funds the Work
Two listings, one budget. One is ready to move into. The other needs a kitchen, a bathroom and new wiring, and it …