East End Chronicles: The Repo is on!

While browsing through the available inventory of properties in the Island of Montreal, I noticed the alarming amount of foreclosure properties listed.For the most part, they are on the east end.

RDP and Mercier/Hochelaga are heading the repo areas with 12 listings on the market. This is 12 listings on each sector. Montreal Nord follows with 7 properties .

Repo in Mercier-Hochelaga
Source: Abbey & Olivier -Chartered real estate broker

In Mercier/Hochelaga there are 10 listings of plexes (duplex and triplex) , while the other is a condo and a bungalow. Makes you think about the investors who went in to purchase the income property believing they’d make a killing renovating and reselling the premises, or increasing the rent. It takes a large sum of money sitting in the bank “just in case” things don’t go as planned. If not, well…you see it now, the bank takes back what it’s owed to them.

Repo in RDP
Source: Proprio Direct Inc.

RDP matches the amount of repos with an equal amount of 12 listings but in contrast to Hochelaga, most of these are single family homes and condos.

Montreal Nord has 7 listings: a mix of condos, houses and income properties.

While there are also a few repossessions in Le Plateau, Villeray and NDG, the amount of properties isn’t as many as in the east end. [Read more...]

Repossession du Jour: Triplex in Central East Montreal

Funky looking doors, no?

Asking Price: $239,000
Property Type :
Triplex
Bedrooms : 2
Interior Floor Space : 800 sqft
Built in : 1910
Location : Central – East (Montréal)
City Evaluation: $228,200

Although the information sheet describes the location as “Central”, we’ll call it Central-East, since the near intersection are borderline Hochelaga-Maisonneuve area. And we ALL know that’s not really central “downtownish”, is it?

This little triplex with its funky looking doors is now listed under foreclosure properties by RE/MAX 2000.
The MLS sheet does not mention it, but it has a yearly gross revenue of $17,000 more or less. Good? Well, that will depend on the property’s expenses, which there is no mention of it either.

There are also no additional images of this property. But if you are so keen to know more, you can contact us for more Repossession listings in the area.

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Repossession du Jour: Penthouse in St Laurent Street.

The Montreal Real Estate Blog opens a new section: Repossession du Jour or Foreclosure du Jour. We haven’t really decided on the title yet. But for the time being, we’ll call it a Repossession, alright?.

Here is our first contestant: A lovely penthouse located in St Laurent Street.
We won’t give you the exact address BUT we will give you the contact information, so if you are interested, you can do your homework and get back to us with your review.
Fair enough?

Great.

Here are the facts…illustrated.

Asking Price: $ 320,000
Property Type :
Condominium
Bedrooms : 2
Bathrooms : 1
Interior Floor Space : 1100 sqft
Built in : 2005
Location : Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (Montréal)
City Evaluation: $268,100

Now, you might think that for a repossession this isn’t the best deal. And you are probably right, but considering the city evaluation against the asking price, there’s only a difference of 52k – more or less. We’d dare to say that there is ample room for negotiation.

The property is listed with Plateau Immobilier INC.(after all, it’s located in the Plateau) you can contact listing agents through this MLS link

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