On average, 240 properties are sold every day by Québec real estate brokers.
On average, 500 new properties are listed for sale on the Centris® system every day.
You can now withdraw a maximum of $25,000 from your RRSP as part of the Home Buyers' Plan (HBP).
Between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2011, there were 852,370 residential properties sold through the Centris® system.
Economic spin-offs from expenses related to Québec's residential real estate market total approximately $2.8 billion per year.
Among consumers who tried to sell their property by themselves, 52.4% eventually sold with the help of a broker.
When buying a property, you should have at least $5,000 in cash to cover the various first-time expenses (notary, welcome tax, municipal and school taxes, etc.).
A property's annual maintenance, insurance and repair costs total approximately 2 to 3 per cent of its purchase price.
By checking "Yes" in the "Multiple Listing Service®" section of the brokerage contract, you are increasing the number of brokers working for you by 14,000.
Source : http://www.centris.ca/en/did-you-know-that
