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Entries from February 2008

That’s what we’ve been saying…

February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Montreal resale market highest since 1993, survey finds

Alison MacGregor, The Gazette
Published: Tuesday, February 26
Despite more bad news yesterday about the U.S. housing market, the Montreal resale real estate market remains buoyant, says a new study.
The survey was conducted by the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board (GMREB) and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).
Last year, figures […]

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Cat’s photograph is featured in Napa Valley travel guide

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

A photo I took in Napa Valley sometime November 2005 made it to up-and-coming travel guide you can find here.
Gives one pause as to the power of photography. At least in real estate, superior photography is of the utmost importance. Why? Because a picture truly is worth a thousand words. The coup de coeur that […]

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Tags: Not real estate related · mar-vo news

1,098,294 potholes & counting…

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

That’s the running tally taken by the Montreal Gazette this past Thursday, though by my math, it looks to be at least a couple hundred thousand more. Only in Quebec is it considered normal information, as normal as consulting the weather, to check out CAA’s list of where to find all gargantuous potholes, aka nids de poule, so […]

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Tags: Check ça...where to go, what to see & do · Laval Neighbourhoods & Info · Montrealness · Not real estate related

Brossard’s award-winning Village Parisien 3-BDR model SOLD

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: New Home Construction · Properties for Sale

Host a romantic wedding, in style, in Laval

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

So it’s no big secret that mar-vo agent Catherine is getting married. Yes, it’s quite an adventure, going through noisy wedding trade shows, choosing the right DJ (”no, you canNOT play Baby Got Back”), bribing ring boys with promises of Lego if he just walks down the aisle like a little gentleman and doesn’t lose the […]

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Tags: Check ça...where to go, what to see & do · Chomedey · Fabreville & Ste-Rose · Laval Neighbourhoods & Info

Worried about a recession? What recession?

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Oh, that recession- the one currently plaguing our neighbours to the South.
Well, folks, the media are always delighted to report all kinds of dreadfulness in order to make some headlines- bad news sells papers. The real estate news coming in from the US is especially gloomy. But this weekend’s news reports all show a sunnier […]

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Tags: Crunching Numbers · Laval Neighbourhoods & Info · mar-vo news