Set-up a meeting with John Pasalis and his agents at Realosophy to discuss your own real estate questions privately: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Sign up for our email list to be alerted to the next online market update to join our YouTube session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Today's show links: 

John’s homebuying webinar link: https://www.movesmartly.com/top-10-home-buying-strategies

John's latest market report for October with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports

Dave Larock's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/author/david-larock

About This Show

This week, John and Steve explain why a jump up in YOY sales numbers obscures the reality of a sluggish market with some segments performing better than other and just how Vancouver and Toronto have come to top the list of the most expensive 25 cities in the US & Canada, topping LA, San Francisco and New York. We ended with a lively debate about whether large corporations should be allowed to buy homes to rent out as Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland calls for public submissions on this issue. 

Today's Links:

Link to Wowa list of housing expenses in largest 25 cities in US & Canada: https://x.com/SteveSaretsky/status/1862941518144983313

Link to John and Steve twitter exchange re large corporations buying homes: https://x.com/JohnPasalis/status/1859682242366406986

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In this week’s episode, John and Urmi talk to Paul Kershaw, policy professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Population and Public Health, and Founder of Generation Squeeze, a think tank that researches and advocates for today’s working age generations.

Today, we’ll dig into what Generation Squeeze thinks Canada needs to change about its housing policy and other programs to ensure more fairness across generations.

Link’s for Today’s Show:

Email Paul at [email protected] and follow @GenSqueeze on X-Twitter

Generation Squeeze: https://www.gensqueeze.ca/

Connect with The Show: 

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this and every podcast episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

In this episode, we’re diving into a timeless economic solution that’s gaining new attention in today’s housing debates: the Land Value Tax (LVT). Unlike traditional property taxes, which tax both land and the structures on it, a Land Value Tax focuses solely on the land. This means property owners aren’t penalized for making improvements, like building more housing—a crucial distinction in the context of today’s housing crisis. We’ll explore the origins of this idea, tracing back to economists like Adam Smith and David Ricardo in the 1700s, and its popularization by Henry George in his influential 1879 book Progress and Poverty. Advocates of LVT, often called Georgists, have emerged from across the political spectrum, including notable figures like Milton Friedman and Joseph Stiglitz. Joining us is Floyd Marinesco from Common Wealth Canada, a think tank advocating for a Land Value Tax to address housing challenges in Canada. Floyd shares insights into how this idea could reshape housing markets and what lessons might apply to other regions facing similar issues. Have questions or feedback? Email me at [email protected]—we’d love to hear from you!

Each month, show co-host John Pasalis presents his latest data and top stories on Toronto area real estate in conversation with fellow Realosophy agents, Gus Papaioannou and Davin McMahon, and our Move Smartly mortgage expert, David Larock - and you, our viewers, who join the conversation in our live chat hosted by Move Smartly Editor Urmi Desai to make this is one of our liveliest segments!

Set-up a meeting with John Pasalis and his agents at Realosophy to discuss your own real estate questions privately: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Sign up for our email list to be alerted to the next online market update to join our YouTube session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Today's show links: 

John’s homebuying webinar link: https://www.movesmartly.com/top-10-home-buying-strategies

John's latest market report for October with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports

Dave Larock's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/author/david-larock

Contact Us

John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @JohnPasalis

David Larock, Mortgage Broker and Analyst and Realtor | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @Dave_at_IMP

Urmi Desai, Editor, Move Smartly | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this and every episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please subscribe and leave us a positive rating on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from — thank you!

It’s November Roundtable time!

Note: This show was recorded before the results of the US election were reported - more on that next time

This week, John and Steve discuss whether their respective real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver are picking up as sales increase and inventory comes down and how immigration cuts and calls to cut GST and development charges would impact sales and home prices. 

Contact Us

Follow Steve on X-Twitter @SteveSaretsky; Email at: [email protected]

Follow John on X-Twitter @JohnPasalis; Email at: [email protected]

Follow Urmi on X-Twitter @MoveSmartly; Email at: [email protected]

About This Roundtable Series

Each month, Move Smartly.com editor, Urmi Desai, talks to John Pasalis, Housing Analyst, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty in Toronto,  and Steve Saretsky, Housing Analyst and Realtor at the Oakwin Realty Group at Oakwin Realty in Vancouver about the latest data and on-the-ground insights in Canada's biggest residential RE markets. (Thanks to Jesse Bains, now at Linked In News, for kicking off this series at Yahoo Finance originally!)

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please like, subscribe, share, review and comment on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from - we appreciate your support!

In this week’s episode, John and Urmi talk to Matt Young, Founder, President and CEO of Republic a Greater Toronto Area home building company and founder of the CantWin, the Coalition Against New Home Taxes, a campaign to urge governments to reduce the fees and taxes charged to builders. 

Matt explains why he feels that of all costs facing buildings reducing taxes is the easiest way to make homes more affordable at a time when demand has really fallen for new housing.

Link’s for Today’s Show:

CantWin: https://www.cantwin.ca/

Republic: https://republicdevelopments.com/our-team/

Connect with Us: 

John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: as

[email protected] | Twitter: @JohnPasalis

Urmi Desai, Editor, Move Smartly | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this and every podcast episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please share, subscribe and leave us a positive rating on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from - thank you!

Our episode today is our monthly ‘The Situation’ consumer Q/A!  Urmi once again asks John to respond to the detailed questions you send in about the real estate decisions you are making as you navigate through the Toronto area housing market.

Today, we hear from an upsizer wondering if they should hang onto their first home as an investment, a soon-to-be retiree who has a new freehold townhome in Southeast Ontario worth a lot less then they bought it for, and a would-be home buyer wondering how much the completion of the new Ontario transit line in Toronto will boost home prices.

If you would like to send in your question to be considered for a future episode, please email [email protected]

If you have a real estate situation you would like to discuss with John in private, please connect with John at movesmartly.com/meetjohn 

Connect with Us

John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @JohnPasalis

Urmi Desai, Editor, Move Smartly | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this and every podcast episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please subscribe and leave us a positive rating on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from - thank you!

This week our episode is another session of “Move Smartly Ideas” - our deeper dive into housing economic and policy issues. 

Today, we are going to talk to John about how his own research into how investors impact the housing market as he completes his own doctoral degree on the same.

Today's show links: 

A Sticky Ending: Lessons Learned from Toronto’s 2017 Real Estate Bubble: https://www.movesmartly.com/lessons-learned-from-toronto-2017-real-estate-bubble

Contact Us

John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @JohnPasalis

Urmi Desai, Editor, Move Smartly | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this and every episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please subscribe and leave us a positive rating on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from — thank you!

Each month, show co-host John Pasalis presents his latest data and top stories on Toronto area real estate in conversation with fellow Realosophy agents, Gus Papaioannou and Davin McMahon, and our Move Smartly mortgage expert, David Larock - and you, our viewers, who join the conversation in our live chat hosted by Move Smartly Editor Urmi Desai to make this is one of our liveliest segments!

Set-up a meeting with John Pasalis and his agents at Realosophy to discuss your own real estate questions privately: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Sign up for our email list to be alerted to the next online market update to join our YouTube session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Today's show links: 

John's latest market report for October with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports

Dave Larock's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/author/david-larock

Contact Us

John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @JohnPasalis

David Larock, Mortgage Broker and Analyst and Realtor | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @Dave_at_IMP

Urmi Desai, Editor, Move Smartly | Email: [email protected] | X-Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

You can also watch this and every episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please subscribe and leave us a positive rating on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from — thank you!