Living in Laval - La vie à Laval

Oh, the non-irony of this headline. It made us LOL.
Time is right for first-time homebuyers, experts say
You can access the article here.
Who are the experts? The heads of major real estate agencies, and bank economists. Not to say they aren’t right. It is definitely a great time to get your feet wet. Now that consumer […]

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All this during Catholic Easter week.
There is something you can do to help out, whether you’re Italian or not. A group of Italian Montrealers are meeting to come up with plans to send aid to the earthquake victims. You may want to join them!
7:30 p.m. tonight at the Leonardo Da Vinci Centre, […]

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Bonne lecture!
Urban highways revisited:
Montreal’s neighbourhoods are slated for change with plans of revamping the transportation system and envisioning a healthier lifestyle. Sounds like the Big Dig, Montreal style.
Le marché immobilier reprend de la vigueur à Montréal
As reported yesterday, sales figures for the start of the 2009 spring season weren’t too shabby. 

Les saisies […]

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Source: CIGM
Sur le plan géographique, l’île de Montréal a enregistré une baisse des ventes de 11 % en mars 2009 par rapport au même mois en 2008. Sur la Rive-Sud, le nombre de transactions a diminué de 14 %, alors qu’il a reculé de 4 % à Laval, de 11 % sur la Rive-Nord et de 27 % dans le […]

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