Investment
Buying Property in Quebec as a Foreign Buyer
The question comes up every month: can someone who is neither a Canadian citizen nor a permanent resident buy in …
Real Estate Insights
Market trends, buying tips, investment advice, and local neighbourhood guides for Montréal, Laval, the Laurentians & Lanaudière.
Seller's Guide
Sell or Keep Your Home in Quebec: Your Own Six Signals
Nobody sells a house because an index moved. You sell because something changed at home: one bedroom more or one …
Buyer's Guide
Buying a Foreclosure in Quebec: The Rules That Apply
“Reprise de finance”, the everyday Quebec term for a foreclosure, appears nowhere in the Civil Code. It …
Real Estate 101
Contesting Your Municipal Assessment in Quebec
Your tax bill went up and the value entered on the roll looks disconnected from reality. Contesting it is a right, …
Buyer's Guide
Tiny House in Quebec: Zoning, Financing, Insurance
The word tiny house names no recognized type of property in Quebec. It covers two objects the law treats in …
Practical Guide
Home Generator in Quebec: The Rules
After a two day outage, the questions always come in the same order: how much does a generator cost, and does …
Seller's Guide
The Real Cost of Selling a House in Quebec
Most sellers calculate their net proceeds like this: sale price, minus the mortgage balance, minus broker …
Buyer's Guide
Buying with Cash in Quebec: Risk and Rules
Paying cash does not buy you an automatic discount. It buys certainty, and certainty is paid for in protections …
Real Estate 101
The Notary in Quebec, Step by Step
Many buyers arriving from another province or another country expect to close with a lawyer. In Quebec, you close …
Investment
Plex or Condo in Montreal: Two Commitments, Not a Ranking
A plex is a business. A condo is a home whose building management is delegated. Comparing them means comparing two …
Buyer's Guide
Condo Fees and the Contingency Fund
The number printed on the condo fee line of a listing tells you almost nothing on its own. What you buy with a …
Finance
Homeownership in Quebec in 2026
In many families, homeownership is not an investment category. It is security: a home nobody can push you out of, …
Financing
First-Time Buyer Mortgages in Quebec
The mortgage process intimidates most first-time buyers. It shouldn’t. Once you understand what each piece …
Buyer's Guide
Buying Property Together in Quebec
Buying with a partner, a parent, a sibling or a friend has become ordinary in Greater Montreal. What stays …
Finance
The 20% Down Payment Myth: Why It's Holding Buyers Back
“Save 20% before you buy. Never pay mortgage insurance.” This advice gets passed down like family …
Buyer's Guide
Walking Away: Seven Red Flags You Can Verify on Paper
A real red flag is not a feeling, it is something you verify. And it is almost never in the kitchen: it lives in a …
Buyer's Guide
Your First Property Visit: What to Check
A first visit is short, and it is often where everything gets decided. You walk in, you love the light, you are …
Real Estate 101
Realtor, Broker, Agent in Quebec
“Broker”, “agent”, “Realtor”. The three words circulate as synonyms in everyday …
Seller's Guide
Renovations and Your Home's Value
Should you renovate before listing? The answer depends far less on taste than on two things: the price ceiling in …
Seller's Guide
Downsizing in Greater Montreal: A Guide
Selling the house where you raised your children is a financial decision and a life decision. It is often presented …
Buyer's Guide
A Complete Guide for Newcomers Buying Property in Quebec
For anyone arriving from abroad, the Quebec real estate system is completely opaque: the mortgage structure, the …
Buyer's Guide
Home Inspection in Quebec: What It Costs and When to Do It
The pre-purchase inspection generates more questions than any other step in a purchase. Here are the answers, in …
Finance
Interest Rates and the Montreal Market
Interest rates are the variable buyers follow most anxiously and understand least well. A headline announces a Bank …
Buyer's Guide
Comparing North Shore Sectors in Laval
The question I get most often about the North Shore is “which sector is the best one?” I never answer …