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Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

Hello and welcome to my blog, where I share monthly articles covering a wide range of real estate topics, along with practical tips to help you make informed decisions with confidence.

Trusted Realtor® since 2014 with international experience, I'm also fluent in French and English.

NB : Mon blog est principalement en anglais pour l'instant. Toutefois, si vous avez des questions ou souhaitez obtenir de l'information supplémentaire, n'hésitez pas à me contacter en français si vous préférez !

Marie Paule Lancup Real Estate Inc - via capitale du mont-royal

1152 Mont-Royal Av. East
Montréal , QC H2J 1X8
Canada
+1 514 243-1646

Recent Articles

2026-09-01 mplRealEstateInc How AI Is Changing Home Search - Making it work for you-Blog
01 Sep 2026

How AI Is Changing the Home Search — and How to Make It Work for You

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

For most of the internet era, searching for a home meant the same ritual: set your price cap, pick a number of bedrooms, check a few boxes, and scroll. Then the real work started...

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2026-08-01 mplRealEstateInc 2026 Mid-Year Market Check-in -Blog image
01 Aug 2026

2026 Mid-Year Market Check-In: What the First Half of the Year Tells Us About Your Next Move

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

For two years, most Canadians watching the housing market have been braced for one of two dramatic endings: a deeper slide, or a rate-cut-fuelled boom. Buyers waited for prices to fall further. Sellers waited...

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2026-07-01 mplRealEstateInc What You Can Negotiate in a Home Purchase That Most Buyers Don't Realize-Blog
01 Jul 2026

What You Can Negotiate in a Home Purchase (That Most Buyers Don’t Realize)

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

When most people picture negotiating on a home, they picture one number: the list price. You offer somewhere under the asking price, the seller counters, you settle in the middle, and whoever gives up...

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2026-06-02 mplRealEstateInc House Hacking -What the Hype Got Wrong & What Actually Works-LI
01 Jun 2026

House Hacking in 2026: What the Hype Got Wrong — and What Actually Works

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

If you’ve spent any time on real estate TikTok in the last few years, you’ve probably seen the house hacking pitch.  Buy a property, rent part of it out, let your tenants cover the...

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2026-05-01 mplRealEstateInc What's In What's Out & what Buyers are responding to -Blog
01 May 2026

2026 Home Design Trends: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Buyers Are Responding To

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

After a decade of cool grays, crisp whites, and spaces that looked more like showrooms than homes, buyers have changed what they’re looking for. Call it quiet luxury — the idea that richness comes...

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2026-04-02 mplRealEstateInc Is Buying a Home Together Right for Your Family - blog
01 Apr 2026

Is Buying a Home Together Right for Your Family? Here’s How to Think It Through

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

For a long time, multigenerational living had a reputation problem. It was the option families turned to when something had gone wrong — a job loss, a divorce, a health crisis. Moving back in...

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2026-03-01 mplRealEstateInc What Actually Makes a Listing Stand Out in 2026
28 Feb 2026

What Actually Makes a Listing Stand Out in 2026

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

The playbook for selling a home has changed fast. Buyers have more options, more leverage, and they are using it.  According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), active listings on Canadian MLS® Systems...

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2026-01-02 mplReal EstateInc The True Cost of Home Ownership
01 Feb 2026

The True Cost of Homeownership: What You Pay Beyond the Mortgage

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

When many new Canadian homebuyers calculate whether they can afford a new home, they focus almost exclusively on one number: the monthly mortgage payment. It’s the figure lenders use for the mortgage stress test,...

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2026-01 2026 Housing Market Forecast-Will the Market Find Its Footing-Blog
31 Dec 2025

2026 Housing Market Forecast: Will the Market Find Its Footing?

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

Will 2026 be the year Canadian buyers stop waiting? Most major housing forecasters believe activity will finally pick up after two muted years, but expectations vary on how strong that rebound will be and...

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2025-12-01 mplRealEstateInc Planning your 2026 Real Estate Moves -Blog Image
30 Nov 2025

Planning Your 2026 Real Estate Moves: A Guide to the Best Buying and Selling Seasons

by Marie Paule Lancup, B.Sc., Realtor®

Timing isn’t everything in real estate, but it can still be the difference between saving real money or paying a premium, selling in 30 days or sitting for three months, and negotiating from a...

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