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10/17/2026

Small autumn fixes can prevent major home damage down the line. Discover which seasonal tasks protect your home’s value before winter arrives in this blog post via the link in the comments.

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10/16/2026

Montreal’s housing market is slowing, but prices are holding steady. And the broader multifamily market offers another perspective for investors.

Comparing September 2026 with September 2025, home sales declined 7.7% across Canada and 12% in Greater Montreal.

Locally, median prices remained resilient:

• Single-family homes: $635,000, approximately unchanged.
• Condominiums: $430,000, unchanged.
• Plexes with 2–5 units: $861,000, up 3%.

With 20% more active listings in Greater Montreal, buyers have more choice and time to make considered decisions. Sellers continue to benefit from broadly stable prices, with accurate pricing and strong presentation increasingly important.

Beyond smaller plexes, investment activity has also been substantial. CBRE reports $2.78 billion in Greater Montreal multifamily transactions during the first half of 2026, up 30.5% compared with the first half of 2025. The number of transactions increased 16.1%, to 763.

Those figures cover multifamily sales of $1 million or more, rather than a category restricted to buildings above five units. They also cover six months, separately from September’s residential results.

Together, these reports show why the national headline tells only part of the local story. A calmer residential market can coexist with resilient prices and active investment.

For investors considering their next acquisition, more time to assess rents, expenses and financing is welcome. If an income property has caught your attention, I’m always happy to talk through the numbers.

Sources: Reuters/CREA and APCIQ/Centris, September 2026; CBRE, Montreal Multifamily Figures, first half of 2026.

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canadian home sales extended their decline in September, after a drop in August, as higher mortgage rates and expectations of a Bank of Canada rate hike

10/15/2026

Dinner, but make it theater. Think tequila-flamed tomahawk, hand-pressed duck, ch*****ne carts, and mozzarella stretched tableside. Across the country, luxury restaurants are turning the art of dining into an experience you can watch unfold at your seat. Explore the trend in the Fall 2026 issue of Prestige Magazine via the link in the comments.

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10/14/2026

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10/13/2026

Honestly, we’d love to take the tour from the pooch perspective every time.

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10/09/2026

Before signing on the dotted line, make sure you aren't surprised at the closing table. Uncover the essential fees every buyer and seller must prepare for in this blog post via the link in the comments.

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10/08/2026

Finance Minister François-Philippe Ch*****ne has indicated that Ottawa is reviewing Canadas foreign homebuyer ban, set to expire at the end of 2026.Its a discussion worth having, but one that deserves more nuance than simply opening or closing the door to foreign buyers.

Consider Montréal. According to CMHC, non-residents owned just 1.8% of condominium units across Greater Montréal in 2020, compared with 2.6% in Toronto and 1.3% in Vancouver.

Yet in downtown Montréal and Nuns Island, that figure reached 7.8%.Clearly, the impact varies considerably by market.

Australia offers an interesting approach. Rather than discouraging foreign investment altogether, it generally restricts foreign purchases of existing homes while allowing investment in newly constructed properties. The objective is to attract capital that helps increase housing supply without unnecessarily adding competition for existing homes.

There are legitimate arguments on both sides.

Foreign capital can help finance residential development, but allowing additional investment into existing housing stock can increase competition without creating a single new home.

Perhaps the better question isnt whether foreign investment should be permitted, but where that investment should be directed and what tangible benefit it delivers to Canadas housing supply. After all, the goal should be to attract investment that helps build more homes, not simply attract more buyers for the homes we already have.

10/08/2026

A good article that raises some very valid points about today's housing market, and I agree with almost all of them. My only reservation is the underlying tone, which almost makes the compromises buyers are making sound like a uniquely modern, generational hardship.

As a Gen Xer, I can certainly relate. Most of us weren't buying our dream homes at 23, fresh out of school, complete with the proverbial white picket fence. We worked, saved, adjusted our expectations, considered fixer-uppers, accepted longer commutes and often started with something quite different from what we ultimately hoped to own.

Of course, housing today is considerably more expensive relative to income in many markets, and that challenge is very real. But today's buyers also have access to savings vehicles, tax advantages and government incentives that previous generations didn't necessarily enjoy.

The common thread, then and now, is **planning**. Understanding your finances, setting realistic expectations, using the tools available and recognizing that your first home is rarely your forever home.

**The affordability challenges have changed, but the importance of patience, planning and compromise hasn't.**

And that's what I find encouraging about this article. Canadians aren't giving up on homeownership. They're adapting and finding ways to make it happen.

Nearly two-thirds of Canadians say they are willing to make a compromise to be able to afford a larger home or one more suitable for their family, a REMAX survey has found.

10/07/2026

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