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Among the many articles on this site, sellers wondering why their home is not attracting offers or who feel that reducing their asking price is the only way to sell may want to consider improving the appeal of the home while on market. There are situations where a seller may feel compelled to accept a Promise to purchase without knowing that they can refuse the offer. More frequently, sellers are encouraged by their broker, family or friends to reduce their selling price, once, twice, or more until their home sells without going through the exercise to reconsider, why are they selling the home?

When selling, learn how it is profitable to work with the broker before going to market, to improve the sale with fewer problems and obtain a higher sales price. Instead, as often happens, by jumping in to the market armed with a lawn sign, MLS® listing and asking price thinking: let’s see what happens. Sellers don’t always consider that not all homes sell. And so, before going to market, consider, what will you do if your listing expires?

Many Montreal Island buyers today, have an interest in condominiums. Learn more about the rules surrounding an undivided co-owned property and what distinguishes it from a divided co-property. Not many understand the less common concepts of horizontal or vertical co-property.

Stop hesitating entering an offer on an overpriced home, stop worrying about offending the seller and then wonder if you missed out on a hidden opportunity. Most buyers who would not place an offer on an overpriced home will enter an offer on a reduced price home, and later learn it may not be the deal they thought it was.
Homes on Montreal Island, in sectors such as Westmount, NDG, and Montreal West that were built prior to 1960 often contain contaminants that can affect our health. Common contaminants found in older homes are lead, asbestos, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and can affect your indoor air quality as will ground contaminants such as radon or iron ochre. Other contaminants can affect the home’s structure and systems such as pyrite, clay soil, iron ochre or the remaining residue left from a buried oil tank. Your broker should have knowledge to help you understand how it can affect your purchase or sale.

Learn to improve your home with Eco-friendly, Green, Sustainable products, renovations and appliances. Read about the issues, costs and benefits to achieve making the effort and live better, healthier and more comfortably in your home.

Increase the value buying, selling a residential property or even when renovating your own home. How?

     More money when you sell!
Understanding how the home is producing energy savings and being able to quantify it, a seller can justify a higher price over the competition.

     Less money when you buy!
When purchasing a home, a buyer should learn of the energy saving benefits in the home. Then increase it by obtaining reductions in your mortgage costs.

     Lower the costs to operate your home!
Understand how to benefit from bringing ENERGY STAR® products in to the home and / or the financial incentives on eco-renovations to reduce your home operating costs immediately at a smaller rise in payments by eco-financing the renovations.

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