Real Estate Insights

Market trends, buying tips, investment advice, and local neighbourhood guides for Montréal, Laval, the Laurentians & Lanaudière.

One of the hardest conversations in real estate is the one that follows a lost bidding war. The buyer prepared. …

Everyone tells you what the house costs. Nobody tells you what buying it actually costs. The pattern repeats …

Qualifying for a mortgage and being ready to buy are two different things. A lender assesses repayment capacity at …

Montreal’s heritage residential stock is genuinely extraordinary. Victorian row houses in Outremont, …

It is the most predictable unpleasant surprise in Quebec real estate. You signed at the notary, you moved in, …

Getting the keys is a milestone, not an endpoint. The period between offer acceptance and your first night in a new …

In any market where families are a significant portion of buyers, school quality and access are among the most …

Real estate is full of received wisdom that has never been tested against evidence. Here are the seven most …

The question comes up every week: is it a good time to buy or sell in Montreal? And the answer is always the same: …