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“Flipping houses” is something we’ve all heard about, and although we may not know exactly what it entails, our government sure does! Let’s take a closer look at what flipping homes is all about and how the government is trying to make it less worthwhile for contractors and speculators to take part in home flips […]

As though the process of purchasing a new home wasn’t tedious enough! Yes, there is still more to do . The next few things on this list are things that home buyers tend to completely forget about whether it be due to the excitement of having bought a new home, or the relief of having […]

So the time has come, you’ve listed your home for sale with your favourite brokers at Groupe Baronello, a few visits come and go and you finally get an offer that seems interesting to you! After having negotiated, accepted, passed through inspection and all your broker advises you that the bank will be passing by […]

When speaking to first time home buyers and sometimes even seasoned real estate investors, we often get the impression that our clients feel as though a winter home inspection can miss a lot of important aspects of the home and can leave them buying with certain vulnerabilities. Although some things can go unseen in the […]

Although the holidays can be seen as the best time of the year by many, things definitely do get complicated when you are thinking of selling your home heading into the holidays. One of the questions I’ve been asked at all of my listing evaluations this week is “can we decorate the home if we […]

Have high interest rates been turning you off? Sellers & Buyers, what if we can turn back the clock and gain access to more competitive rates? Let’s reach into the shed and find two tools that allow us to sidestep this global problem. Homeowners who are selling and buying can PORT (aka transfer) their existing […]

With rising home costs, We’ve been getting a lot of questions from clients about buying land to build their future home. This might come with obvious obstacles but some things always remain unknown and very often go forgotten through the process of buying land. Everyone wishes it was as simple as “buy the land, then […]

Title insurance has to be one of the most overlooked aspects of a real estate transaction, and honestly I don’t think that will ever change. Most people don’t even know or understand what title insurance is, and sometimes buyers get so afraid of it that it can almost out a whole transaction at risk . […]

Throughout the last two years, I’ve been hearing a lot of condo owners and buyers complaining about the steep increase in condo fees since 2019. Obviously the quick and easy explanation is that the government of Quebec introduced two new bills [Laws 16 and 141] which is the reason for most condo fee increases in […]

The short answer is no. But we wouldn’t be writing an article about it if there wasn’t some hope A lot of buyers and investors are trying to speculate when the best time to buy would be in a market that is trending downwards. The honest truth is, we will never know what the best […]