Undivided Co-ownership: Mortgage and Financing

If you are looking to buying into a Co-propriété with a 15% down payment, start looking else where. The minimum down payment is 20%, and depending on the bank financing it, could be even higher than that: 30 - 35%. These types of properties are NOT covered by the CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation). While talking about financing, it's important to mention that many major lending … [Read more...]

What Undivided Co-ownership means

In your search for condos, you might have come across the term Co-propriété Indivise, or Undivided Co-ownership. In other provinces are referred to Co-op, but not here in Quebec. In this province, co-op means Housing Cooperatives; used for regulating housing fees and expenses, mostly rental properties. Since we are talking about purchasing real estate here, let's stick with the two … [Read more...]

Canadians consider buying a condo purely for investment purposes

Slightly more than one-third of Torontonians (34%) would consider owning a condo solely for investment purposes rather than as their primary residence. 8% have already made this kind of investment. By comparison, more than half (52%) of Vancouverites say they would buy a condo strictly as an investment, yet only 5% have actually done so. Among Montrealers, only 3% say they already own an … [Read more...]

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