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 […]
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 […]
If real estate was easy, I’d be out of a job!
I had an “aha” moment recently. I had been whining to myself (nobody else will listen!) about some of my real estate transactions that seemed to be coming off the rails. Buyers who didn’t know what they wanted…or changed their mind midstream. Properties that had issues. Construction topics that needed extensive – and immediate! – researching. Clients who […]
Legislating Common Sense: More Tidbits from the New Quebec Real Estate Brokerage Act
The new Real Estate Brokerage Act came into effect here in Quebec on May 1, 2010. I’ve written about this previously, but in July, I attended my mandatory training on the new laws and learned a few more tidbits. 1. What’s the name of that dude who showed up at our Christmas party the year […]
1986 Called: They Want Their Shoulder Pads Back
There’s a home in my Montreal West Island neighbourhood that’s been for sale for a long time, and I think I know why. It’s the same problem that kept another home in the area from selling for more than a year. And the problem relates to the unfortunate decision that some homeowners make to not update their home as […]
