With a new year comes a new wave of home design trends. From furniture to colour schemes, the arrival of a new year is the perfect time to think about updating your home interiors to incorporate current styles. Refreshing your living spaces doesn’t require a major overhaul — swapping out your cabinetry hardware or revamping your linens
For the third straight month, Canadian home sales have declined as the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) reports a 1.9% drop in real estate activity from August to September. And because of the recent slump in sales, for the second time this year, CREA is downgrading its forecast of how many homes will trade
If you’re one of the nearly 680,400 Quebecers who will be renewing their mortgage over the next 18 months,1 you may be concerned about your ability to afford an increase in your monthly payments. Although the Bank of Canada left its key lending rate unchanged at 5.0% on October 25th for the second time in
Many first time buyers question whether the ‘FHSA’ is advantageous for them so I have taken this opportunity to highlight certain points that will help clarify the benefits. In a nutshell it allows each spouse to create his / her own FHSA and to contribute individually up to $8,000 a year, for a total limit
Good to know You may be entitled to this tax credit if you meet all of the following conditions: You were resident in Québec on December 31 of the year covered by the claim (or on the day you ceased to reside in Canada). You or your spouse had work done to upgrade the
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QUESTION «Nous sommes un couple de retraités, propriétaires d’une maison dont la valeur se situe à 900 000$. Lors de la construction, l’institution financière autorisa une hypothèque de 400 000$ assortie d’une marge de crédit hypothécaire. Aujourd’hui, le solde de notre hypothèque s’élève à 280 000$. Nous disposons donc d’une valeur nette de 620
Every now and then, you may look at your kitchen and feel that it needs a facelift to bring it up to speed with current design trends. Thankfully, upgrading your home doesn’t have to break the bank, or require a major construction overhaul. Even small updates like switching out cabinet hardware or applying a new
Notifying governments, financial institutions, service providers and other organizations of your change of address is essential when preparing to move. In this article, you will discover how to do it quickly and efficiently thanks to a detailed checklist of whom to contact. 1. Government of Quebec The provincial government provides a change of address service which allows you to
