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The majority of Montrealers who have left the city for the suburbs have been living on the outskirts of the city, according to a report released Thursday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). In general, families living in areas bordering the island of Montreal, such as near the Honore-Mercier Bridge or in the Riviere-des-Prairies neighbourhood, are more likely to move to the surrounding suburbs. Those who live in the more central neighbourhoods tend to stay in the metropolis.
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES REMAIN POPULAR
The percentage of Montrealers buying single-family homes has increased over the past six years. From 2015 to 2019, between 22 per cent and 24 per cent of them were already leaving the island to buy a bungalow in the suburbs. This proportion rose to 28.8 per cent in 2020. Interestingly, in July 2020, this percentage jumped to 31 per cent, the quarter after the pandemic began. The number of single-family home transactions rose in most municipalities off the Island of Montreal in that period. On the North Shore, the largest increases were observed in Saint-Eustache, Saint-Jerome, Saint-Lin des Laurentides, L’Assomption and Rosemere, and others. As for the South Shore, the municipalities of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Longueuil (Vieux-Longueuil and St-Hubert sectors), Beloeil and Sainte-Julie welcomed several families who had previously lived in the metropolis. This wave of new households has probably created additional pressure on prices in a context of very limited supply.
Source : ctvnews.ca
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