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Condo fees, taxes, insurance, vacancy, and maintenance — the full line-item cost of ownership, stacked against the rent number everyone fixates on.
Pricing, disclosure, staging and negotiation — what genuinely affects how fast a property sells, and what's just noise.
A step-by-step guide to buying a condo in Montréal: mortgage pre-approval, offer strategy, condo docs, inspection, welcome tax, and closing.
How to sell a house in Montréal in 2026: pricing strategy, preparation, marketing, offers, closing timeline, and what a broker actually does for you.
The documents a syndicate must now hand over, what Bill 16 changed, and the three numbers that decide whether a building is safe to buy into.
What Québec landlords can request, what the Charter and Civil Code prohibit, and how to build a defensible tenant file.
Real 2026 rents by city, days-to-lease, the tenant-quality shift, and the upgrades quietly adding $75–$175/month.
Cap-rate pricing, CCA recapture, tenant rights at sale, and the spring window that moves offers 5–10%.
Updated welcome tax (droit de mutation) brackets, a worked example, and the exemptions most buyers don't know exist.
Cap rates, long-term appreciation, rental demand, financing, risks — and how to decide if it fits your strategy.
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