Montreal Real Estate Reviews

Condition of the apartment
You come to look at the apartment. 1 – the previous lodger had not yet moved (maybe you can speak with them and ask some questions about the apartment and the house).
2 – The apartment is being repaired or just repaired.

If the apartment is after repair and ready for your occupancy, pay attention to the fact that all works have been already done.
Often the promises to finish something after you move in can be stretched out for several months. Continue reading…

A lot of immigrants in Montreal at first rent an apartment. When you have got accustomed to the districts of the city, to the canadian life, you have got the canadian university diploma, and you are working for a stable firm, you begin thinking about buying a house.

First of all let’s speak about apartment rent in Montreal. What do you have to draw attention to?
What to do at first and how not be trapped?
After all during the term of apartment rent (it is usually 1 year contract) it is very hard to change something. Continue reading…

So, a credit history has begun. You have found the job or started to study and are working at the same time. At this moment your family budget is very important – knack off spending money.

Here are some advices, which will help you to spend your money in the right way:
1. Your monthly income has to be bigger than your expenses.
2. Have an eye on discounts; look through the advertisements, “Publie-sac”.
3. Do not take the credit which is lasting a long time, for example, credit to buy a car.
4. Buy only necessary things.
5. Do not buy expensive things without family member’s knowledge.
6. You always have to have on hand «cash cushion».
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You are an immigrant, who has recently moved to Canada and plans to buy a house.

First variant. You have a “trunk of money” – cash or balance. Accordingly, you are ready to buy a house. You have to do only two things: choose and buy.
Second variant. You have to earn money. Take a credit. Insensibly pay it out.
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Would you like to live in the island of Montreal and at the same time be in the quiet, beautiful dwelling district? It is possible if you decide to be an inhabitant of Westpark Square, which is situated in the Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

The 20 townhouses of the project Westpark Square satisfy all the highest architectural requirements and are very original. From these houses you can choose the one which you like the best.
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Located a few minutes from Montreal and Laval Les Moulins (L’île des Moulins), Le Vieux-Terrebonne is a historical site becomes a popular tourist destination during the last years.

The project Les Cours du ruisseau Noir has been estimated by $100,000,000. It is located in a fabulous area which is surrounded by tall pine trees and beautiful nature. It is the best deal for the people who would love to avoid city’s noise and pollution but at the same time to live close by. The project is located in a natural habitat, which is situated only 2,5 km north of the highway 640 in Terrebonne (municipality La Plaine). Les Cours du ruisseau Noir offers nice and affordable houses.

The project Les Cours du ruisseau Noir calls your attention to a wide variety of new houses. Any of sixplexes and triplexes which can be described as “condo”, townhomes (three units), single family homes and cottages are ready to move in. The architects were working on this project with the main idea to keep and guard the beautiful nature and at the same time to make the area modern and most comfortable for future owners.

At present time Ministère des Travaux publics is looking into the proposal to develop the roads in the area. The main idea of this project is to provide an easier and faster access to the new houses in Les Cours du ruisseau Noir, what can be done by prolonging the road Rodrigue by 2 km. Planned widening of the road 337 will help to improve traffic as well, what will be an important advantage for all inhabitants of Les Cours du ruisseau Noir.

Municipality of La Plaine is situated near the border of the Lanaudière region and recently was united with the municipality of city Terrebonne. It is situated near Montreal and Laval and can be easily accessed by highways 15, 25, 640. Furthermore right in the area of the project there are situated all the necessary commercial and financial institutions, grocery stores, medical clinics, arenas and schools (elementary и secondary). There are plans to build other large commercial centers in the near future, one of them is the Canadian Tire.

For more details on the houses of this project use the following address: highway 640, exit 38 till 337 Nord (chemin Gascon). Follow the «Les Cours du ruisseau Noir».

Source: “Maisons Neuves”
Maurice Brunelle

According to the results of the research, which was published on july 7, 2009 in the Royal LePage, in 2009 future owners of the real estate in Montreal on average will pay $ 263 500 for a private house. This is the consequence of the increased quantity of buyers by 2,1%.

“We analyzed the sales during the first 6 month of 2009, it shows that the market was really quiet in January and February. Obviosuly the buyers have reacted to the instability of the economy”, notes Dominic St-Pierre, the director of Services immobiliers de Royal LePage. The housing market shot up in spring, when there were buyers who were ready to pay upto $ 200 000. In May and June there was noted an increased demand on all kinds of real estate, and it gives an opportunity to predict good sales for the next 6 month.

The years from 2001 to 2007 were successful for salesmen, as houses were being sold quickly and easily. The end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 is effected by the difficult condition of the economy and the housing market turns around in a favor of the buyer.

At present time the housing market is more stable and should be taken advantage of. Salesmen offer great prices and this is the perfect time for a buyer to choose the best house according to the needs and for a reasonable price.

The dealerships of buying and selling of the real estate will be more intensive first of all in the districts of Montreal like Dorval, Lachine, Beaconsfield and LaSalle/Verdun. But the increased amount of transactions will result the growth of prices for the real estate.

However, in more expensive districts like Saint-Bruno, Côte-Saint-Luc, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce or Westmount, prices will be kept more stable and probably will go down.