Why your neighbour’s kid is getting a better mortgage rate than you
I used to think paying down debt and having a good credit rating would reward me. Then I went to renegotiate my mortgage and was told that my five-year fixed […]
Author Archives: Peter Rawski RE
Top 2018 Montreal Neighbourhoods to Invest In…
Top 2018 Montreal Neighbourhoods to Invest In… Thinking of buying a real estate investment in 2018? Here’s a break-down of the Montreal neighbourhoods and boroughs that performed the best this […]
Montreal Real Estate Forecast: Should I Buy A Duplex or Multiplex in 2019?
According to the latest Centris statistics (Q3, 2018), the ‘plexes showed the highest appreciation rate across all property types (+9%) in the central Montreal area. With rising prices and sales […]
Interest rates were just hiked — here’s what it means for the 2019 Canadian housing market
As was widely expected, the Bank of Canada (BoC) hiked the overnight rate to 1.75 percent today. Higher interest rates inevitably lead to higher mortgage rates, which means industry players […]
Can you own your dream house with student debt?
Did you know you can buy your dream home while paying off student loan debt? It’s true and even quite common. While student loans are factored into your debt-to-income ratio, […]
Residential Sales Statistics – Sept. 2018
Statistiques de ventes résidentielles Centris – septembre 2018
New Changes to Capital Gains Tax Rules
A series of new tax rules implemented across Canada in the last quarter of 2017 will have implications on homeowners and their approach to capital gains strategies. Families with more than one […]
Montreal VS Toronto: A Comparison for Investors
Montreal VS Toronto: A Comparison for Real Estate Investors Although Montreal and Toronto both have thriving real estate markets, they appeal to different types of investors, and the question of which city is […]
Pace of housing price increases slows slightly in Montreal: survey
But some types of housing – in certain parts of the Montreal region – saw increases over 14 per cent, year-over-year. Housing prices in Montreal continued to rise during the […]
These are the 3 Canadian housing markets to watch heading into 2019
Most economists are predicting more of the same for the Canadian housing market in 2019 — a slow warming of activity, reined in by rising interest rates and stricter mortgage […]
