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New Skyscrapers In Downtown Montreal Have The Highest Sky Bridge Ever Built In Quebec (PHOTOS)

Now, they're unmissable. Two monolithic black towers joined by a spindly metal lattice now occupy what used to be empty sky in the Montreal cityscape. This is Maestria, a new condo development rising out of the Quartier des Spectacles like conjoined grim reapers.

Their design is certainly bold. Developers say that metal structure between them will be the highest sky bridge in Quebec, but access will mostly be limited to an elite few.

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$400,000 Homes For Sale In 11 Different Cities In Quebec (PHOTOS)

Remote work means Montrealers can look beyond their increasingly expensive island for real estate opportunities — and they'll quickly see how much more space their money can buy. The farther you look from Quebec's largest urban centres, the bigger homes for sale get.

Below are 32 examples of homes on the market for around $400,000 in 11 different cities in the province. This list is meant to provide examples for prospective homebuyers and not to offer a representative sample of properties at this price point (crafty homeowners may, for example, list their homes lower than the expected sale price in hopes of spurring a bidding war).

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A Chic Industrial Montreal Condo For Sale Is Hiding Inside This 100-Year-Old Building

With Montreal luxury home sales on the rise, it comes as no surprise that more and more people are trying to get their hands on some prime real estate. Well, this lavish Montreal condo is now up for grabs, and it's quite an impressive property.

Located at the crossroads of Quartier des Spectacles and Old Montreal, this loft-style home is veiled in a building that is over 100 years old. However, the interior is as modern as it gets.

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This Montreal Metro Map Shows The Median Condo Price Around Every Station In 2021

Prochaine station: a huge mortgage payment. A series of Montreal metro maps by Via Capitale real estate broker Charlyse Amoussou shows median condo prices around every station in 2021.

Amoussou used Centris data from January to December 2021 to compile the figures shown in the maps, which represent the selling prices of properties within a one-kilometre radius of STM metro stops.

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Montreal Allowed Apartments Next To La Tulipe & Now Its New Neighbours Want It To Be Quiet

A new skirmish in the war for the cultural soul of Montreal has pitted the historic La Tulipe music venue on one side and a real estate company on the other. Stuck in the middle is the city's administration, which promised that the storied La Tulipe is "here to stay."

In a widely-shared social media post, the owners of La Tulipe claimed that the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough mistakenly allowed residential development across the road from the venue and that now the tenants in that building keep making noise complaints about living next to a music venue.

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Here's The Median Price Of Homes & Condos In Different Parts Of Greater Montreal Right Now

Real estate company Royal LePage released its latest House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast, revealing the median price of houses and condos in Greater Montreal over the past three months.

It splits the data into six regions: Montreal Centre, Montreal East, Montreal West, Laval, Montreal North Shore and Montreal South Shore.

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Mayor Plante Is Proposing A 'Responsible Landlord' Certification & Montreal Rent Registry

Mayor Valérie Plante's Project Montréal party has proposed a "responsible landlord" certification and a rent registry "to protect Montreal tenants and affordable housing" in the city.

"This is the responsible thing to do to keep our social, cultural and economic [mix] within our neighbourhoods in Montreal," Plante said at a press conference on Monday.

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16% (?!?!) Of Young Montreal Homeowners Own More Than One Property, According To A Survey

According to a survey by Royal LePage, some young Montreal homeowners own more than one property. In fact, 16% of homeowning poll respondents between the ages of 18 and 35 said this was the case.

Even though the rental market is stressed these days, a number of "secondary property owners" don't actually use their second property for rental income, Royal LePage reports.

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