Familiar with the French expression “Acheter, c’est voter” (buying is voting)? Or perhaps you’ve recently heard about the panier bleu (or Blue Basket) – a new initiative by the Quebec government to encourage people to buy Quebec-made goods online. For a while now, I’ve been thinking about this “buy local” movement and just how far we should take it. Should we ...

2020 – A historic year for real estate in Quebec! Quebec hit new real estate records in 2020, with a total of 121,213, transactions. That’s a growth of over 18% versus 2019. How did Outremont fare? It accounted for 179 of these transactions. That’s on par with the 180 transactions for 2019, which was already a record year for our beautiful borough.   Where are all these ...

Selling a property is always a major moment in anyone’s life. To be successful, it’s important to surround yourself with the right people. Did you know that there are over 14,000 real estate brokers in Quebec and nearly 6,000 in Montreal alone? How can you weed through them all to find one who you can fully trust to sell your home?     Many real estate brokers prefer to ...