I hope you’re all doing well, and you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy. We in the Nouwens Gurberg household are doing reasonably well. My husband and I are still speaking to each other, and our young adult sons still emerge from their rooms or the basement from time to time to […]
Home Buyers on the West Island Have More Choice Now
Last year, the story of the West Island real estate market was the slim pickings available for home buyers. Virtually all over the West Island, there was so little for sale in 2018 compared to 2017 that it drove home prices up fairly substantially. After all, when supply goes down and demand goes up, the […]
Real Estate Negotiations: It’s Just Business…Or Is It?
Selling homes in Montreal’s West Island, I deal with all sorts of people — from varying backgrounds, with different priorities, and embracing a multitude of approaches to the process of buying or selling property. Sometimes the people that I deal with believe that a hard-nosed approach is going to get them farthest in a negotiation. […]
Moving and Life-Preservers: When Downsizing is Right-Sizing
This post is ninth in the series on my family’s decision to downsize. Links to previous posts can be found at the end of this article. I want to say that once we had made the decision to downsize, chosen where we wanted to go, found the right home for us, figured out how to […]
Pick Your Poison and Buckle Up: When Downsizing is Right-Sizing
This post is seventh in the series on my family’s decision to downsize: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Links to previous posts can be found at the end of this article. What sounds worse to you: owning and paying for two homes at the same time, not knowing how long that will go […]
The Next Reality Check: When Downsizing is Right-Sizing
This post is the sixth in a series on my family’s decision to downsize. Links to previous posts can be found at the end of this article. By now, my family and I had decided that it was time to downsize. We had even planned where we wanted to move AND — talk about putting […]
A word on our blistering hot real estate market
If you know me, you know that I’m pretty temperate in the tone of my blogs and emails, that I don’t get off on ramping people up unnecessarily, and that I would never scream “Now is the time to sell!” just to artificially ramp up business. So it is somewhat surprising that I find myself […]
Mortgage Approvals: Without One, This Girl Don’t Play
You know what sucks? Going through the entire process of house shopping, making an offer, negotiating back and forth, paying for an inspection, analyzing the inspection results, planning what needs to be done when you become owners, picturing where you’re going to put your furniture and what colour you will paint the baby’s room…and THEN […]
Backyard Beauties Among Montreal West Island Homes for Sale
Among Montreal West Island homes for sale, we find many, many backyard beauties. Here’s a sampling of some I have sold. I could spend all day in these oases. Couldn’t you?
Did you consider location before your property flip flopped?
Did you consider location before your flip flopped? I didn’t think so. So here comes some tough love. When you first saw the house on Centris, it was probably too good to be true. Or, rather, it was so bad it was good. But here’s the thing: Even when you flip houses, the 3 most important things […]
