Montreal is home to a number of weird, wacky and wonderful homes, but the "roller coaster house" (known to others as the "molar house") is truly iconic. Since the property backs out onto rue Fleet, chances are you've driven past it and pointed it out, marvelling at its exterior design. But what does it look like on the inside? If you've always wondered about the interior, you finally have an opportunity to peek inside. Located on place Fallbrook in Hampstead, the roller coaster house is currently for sale. Thanks to a real estate listing from Ann Malka and Lucy Shapiro of Profusion Immobilie ..read more

The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media. When it comes to renting in Montreal, expect the unexpected. The local rental market plays by its own rules and is unlike any other city in Canada. As a seasoned Toronto renter, it took me a little while to get used to the way Quebec rental units are posted and how to prepare for a move. From the unofficial July 1 moving day to deciphering how many bedrooms a unit has when it's described as a "four-and-a-half," here are some things you should know when you start your hunt fo ..read more

The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media. When it comes to renting in Montreal, expect the unexpected. The local rental market plays by its own rules and is unlike any other city in Canada. As a seasoned Toronto renter, it took me a little while to get used to the way Quebec rental units are posted and how to prepare for a move. From the unofficial July 1 moving day to deciphering how many bedrooms a unit has when it's described as a "four-and-a-half," here are some things you should know when you start your hunt fo ..read more

A unique piece of real estate history has hit the market in Quebec. For the first time in four decades, the Topping Retreat, with ties to the New York Yankees, is available for purchase. Once owned by Dan Topping, who also co-owned the baseball team during its most successful run, the estate is a living piece of sports and entertainment history. Part of it even featured on a Canadian $10 bill. A Topping Retreat log cabin overlooking Lake Témiscaming.Courtesy of M Real Estate. Movie stars, millionaires, and sports stars have stayed at the property, drawn to its remote natural setting, which o ..read more

In the pricey realm of luxury real estate, sometimes a house comes on the market that has everyone doing backflips. And who better to inspire somersaults of surprise than the founder of Cirque du Soleil? Guy Laliberté's jaw-dropping 50-room mansion in Montreal is now up for grabs for a cool $13.8M. Situated at 70, ave Maplewood, the grand residence occupies a privileged position on the slope of Mount Royal. The not-so-humble abode impresses with over 10,134 sq. ft. of living space, spread over five levels and more than 50 rooms. The Laliberté mansion among the trees of Mount Royal during the ..read more

Living in the city is great and the suburbs can be lovely, but sometimes what you really need is a little bit of the great outdoors in your own backyard. Luckily for you, there are plenty of fixer-uppers and recently renovated chalets sprinkled across the Quebec countryside within an hour and a half's drive from Montreal that you could invest in today with less than $200,000. With costs of living rising in the city and wages stagnating across the country, investing in a cheap starter home is more difficult but also more enticing than ever before. Rather than pay your salary towards high-cost ..read more

Westmount is full of unbelievably pricey, stunningly beautiful properties, and the one we'll be looking at today is no poor competition. Valued at $15.5 million, this gem of a property contains every lavish accessory and more. It sprawls over nearly 12,000 square feet, despite being snugly positioned against other expensive, fancy Westmount homes. But this eight-bedroom fantasy on one of Westmount’s most prestigious streets is more than just another house: it offers anything and everything the wealthy person about town could want, plus a massive covered swimming pool we’ll get to later. An o ..read more

Ask a Montrealer about the housing market and you'll get one of two answers: "It's better than Toronto/Vancouver/New York," or "It's really, really bad." They're both right, in some ways, but some believe that "really, really bad" answer will soon become the only one without further protections for Montreal tenants. Various measures show that it's already looking dire for the city: despite occasional drops from one month to the next, average rents have been rising steadily year over year. A Key Cheap Rent Tool Under Threat But more urgent even than rent hikes is the looming threat of Bill 31 ..read more

When I entered the building at 3417 Avenue du Parc, I couldn't stifle my anxiety. I wasn't even sure I was in the right place — unbeknownst to me, the former home of notorious student watering hole Bar des Pins had switched hands. I was still prepared to enter a tacky student bar, but instead, I walked into something more. Bar Milton-Parc, as it's now known, is a solidarity cooperative run by the Citizens' Committee of Milton-Parc, a storied organization whose history I was about to hear from of one of its most long-running members: Dimitri Roussopoulos, an older gentleman with an arresting ..read more

Now that moving day has come and gone, folks may be settling into their new homes and beginning to grumble about the cost of rent, which feels like it's been increasing for years. And it has! But on the month-to-month scale, that trend seems fuzzier. A decline, but only short-term According to housing data analysis performed by liv.rent, the average rent in Montreal has been decreasing slightly for the past two months. Between July 2023 and August 2023, the average rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom apartment fell by $86 to $1,587 monthly. That may sound promising, but the average rent is s ..read more