Blog entries will be posted in the language in which they were written.

Archive for November, 2010


November 25th, 2010

See what our affiliate – Luxury Real Estate has to offer you…

Posted by Joan McGuigan

THE MOST VIEWED LUXURY REAL ESTATE WEBSITE IN THE WORLD

  • Access to the world’s largest database of for-sale luxury properties from around the world
  • “Best of the Web” and “Forbes Favorite” by Forbes magazine for several years.
  • Ranked #1 luxury real estate site by The Luxury Institute LLC
  • Webby Award Honoree
  • #1 organic Google search results for key phrases: “luxury real estate”, “million dollar homes”, luxury developments”, and many more

 

LUXURYREALESTATE.COM USER DEMOGRAPHICS:

ANNUAL HOUSE HOLD INCOME
$500,000 or More 22.6%
Average HHI $368,571

AGE
18-24 6.9%
25-34 27.8%
35-44 35.9%
45-54 18.8%
55-64 6.8%

EDUCATION
College Grad 66.3%
Masters 19.1%
PhD 13.9%

PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Executive Businessman, CEO’s, Professionals,
Luxury Real Estate Brokers and Agents

AVG. VALUE OF PRIMARY HOME
$1,202,428

AVG. PERCENTAGE OF USERS OWNING 2ND, 3RD, 4TH HOME
57%

AVG. VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD
ASSETS
$1,771,428

PLAN TO PURCHASE THE FOLLOWING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
Yachts 33%
Luxury Automobile 73%
Home Furnishings or Interior
Design Services 71%
Private Club Residence or
Fractional Ownership 46%
Luxury Travel or Cruise Services 26%
Aircraft/Fractional Jet Ownership 31%

Back to top of page
November 19th, 2010

Montreal’s booming condo market expected to slow moving into 2011…

Posted by Joan McGuigan

This article is taken from the recent Canadian Real Estate magazine.

Montreal’s booming condominium market is expected to slow moving into
2011, but affordable condo units should still make up the greatest number
of new housing starts in the city, according to the Canada Housing and
Mortgage Corporation (CMHC).

Condominium starts in the Montreal should fall by 11% on a year-over-year
basis in 2011, according to a forecast released by the crown corporation
on Nov. 15. That decline is expected to come after another record year in
which condo starts should nearly match 10,000, the record set in 2004.

CMHC expects the vacancy rate in Montreal to remain stable at about 2.5%
as immigration and employment increase in the city.

In fact, Montreal is expecting 40,000 new international immigrants during
2011, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

New immigrants bolster business for cash-flow investors because they
typically rent

Back to top of page
November 12th, 2010

McGuigan Pepin and GentleMove – a winning combination!

Posted by Joan McGuigan

This Senneville listing sold in 42 days – with a little help from home stager Jane Guest of GentleMove. Jane has shared these “before” and “after” photos with us, and we would like to pass them on to you!

GentleMove at 37 Muir Park Circle

Back to top of page