We’re back with our October monthly Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, Steve and John! 

This month, John and Steve report on slowing real estate markets in Toronto & Vancouver.

We also discuss how high interest rates are impacting the market and consumer sentiment, why government measures from all levels to increase our supply to match our growing population needs don’t add up to much and how the Canada-India dispute over an alleged killing of a Canada citizen by Indian agents may impact foreign students - and our rental market.

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

Feedback or Questions? Connect with us on Twitter: 

Urmi Desai, Move Smartly Editor

• Twitter: @MoveSmartly 

• Email: [email protected]

John Pasalis, Real Estate Analyst and President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto

• Twitter: @JohnPasalis

• Email: [email protected]

Steve Saretsky, Real Estate Analyst and Realtor, Saretsky Group at Oakwyn Realty, Vancouver

• Twitter: @SteveSaretsky

• Email: [email protected]

This week, John and Urmi return with Move Smartly Ideas, a semi-regular sit down about the biggest ideas that John’s thinking, writing and talking to the media about this month. 

Today, John is going to look at the policy and academic arguments that blame cities for housing shortages to assess how valid they are.

If you enjoy listening to our show and find it informative, I’d like to ask you to take a moment to leave a five-star review on Apple podcasts. We know a lot of you are listening and we’d love to see this better reflected in our ratings - doing this helps to ensure that other listeners can find our show and that together, we can hopefully better the level of discourse we need to have in Toronto and Canada if we are to become better educated about housing as both consumers and citizens, and hopefully, start to see better housing outcomes for all.

Follow John on Twitter @johnpasalis and email him at [email protected]

You can watch this show on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel, follow us on Twitter @MoveSmartly for news or reach out to the show over email at [email protected]

Additional links for today’s show: 

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/16/realestate/home-sales-north-carolina-wall-street.html

About This Show

The Move Smartly podcast is hosted by Urmi Desai, Move Smartly editor, and John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada. MoveSmartly.com is powered by Realosophy Realty.

In our September episode of the consumer Q&A, ‘‘The Situation’, Urmi asks John to respond to the detailed questions that real estate consumers across the GTA are asking right now. 

This month, a cooling market results in uncertainty amongst consumers — John responds to an investor who is having trouble selling off their money-losing condo, while would be-investors wonder if it’s a good time to get into the market as prices fall and a home buyer wonders if it’s safe to buy first and sell after.

Email us about your own real estate situation to be addressed in a future episode at: [email protected] 

To book a consultation with John and Realosophy: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Sign up for John’s Home Buyer Strategies webinar: https://www.movesmartly.com/top-10-home-buying-strategies

You can watch this show on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel, follow us and send us your questions and feedback about the show via Twitter @MoveSmartly, Instagram @move.smartly, or email: [email protected] 

About This Show

The Move Smartly podcast is hosted by Urmi Desai, Move Smartly editor, and John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada. MoveSmartly.com is powered by Realosophy Realty.

It’s time for our regular live monthly market update from John for September; John is once again joined by David Larock, a mortgage broker and analyst who blogs with us at Move Smartly. Along the way, Urmi moderates our live chat and asks your audience questions.

You can participate in our live sessions or rewatch previous sessions on our Move Smartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

Today's show links: 

John's latest market report for Sept with latest data: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2023-september

Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/has-the-bank-of-canadas-policy-rate-peaked

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Sign up for John’s monthly report/live market update email list: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Sign up for John’s Home Buyer Strategies webinar: https://www.movesmartly.com/top-10-home-buying-strategies

To book a Home Buyer/Seller Consultation with John Pasalis and Realosophy Realty about your more detailed questions: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Follow John on Twitter @JohnPasalis and email him at: [email protected] 

Follow us and send us your questions and feedback about the show via Twitter @MoveSmartly, Instagram @move.smartly, or email: [email protected] 

About This Show

The Move Smartly podcast is hosted by Urmi Desai, Move Smartly editor, and John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada. MoveSmartly.com is powered by Realosophy Realty.

School’s back and it’s time for our monthly Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable for September with Urmi, Steve and John! 

This month, John and Steve explain what the fall real estate market might look like in Toronto & Vancouver based on what’s happening now and next.

Plus, we dig into how politicians at every level - federal, provincial and municipal - have led to markets in which $3 million dollars won’t get you a mansion in Toronto - or even a nice home in West Vancouver. Along the way, we assess the Bank of Canada’s latest mortgage rate moves, the latest political proposals from all federal parties, as the Progressive Conservatives, lead by Pierre Pollievre, are overtaking the current Liberal Government, lead by Justin Trudeau in popularity amongst Millenials, in large part due to housing concerns, Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal, Toronto’s potential ‘mansion’ tax — and more.

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

Feedback or Questions? Connect with us on Twitter:  @MoveSmartly @JohnPasalis @SteveSaretsky Reach out to the show over email at [email protected]

John and Urmi are going to be taking a short summer break and will return with a new episode on September 12th. We are planning to speak to even more experts on all things Toronto and Canadian real estate including related issues such as how to build homes faster, immigration, employment and more. We’re also planning to do more national and international looks at how other markets have approached similar real estate policies and concerns.

We’ve really appreciated hearing from all of you about how much you enjoy the show and your own excellent real estate insights and feedback - please keep it coming!

Enjoy our show? Please leave us a five-star rating (and even better, a written review) so more listeners can find us. Thank you!

Prefer to watch? You can watch this and all other episodes on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel

Contact Us

To contact John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty: 

• Book a free consult: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn 

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter: @JohnPasalis 

To contact Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly: 

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

Move Smartly is powered by Realosophy Realty Inc. Brokerage in Toronto, Ontario.

We’re back with our regular live monthly market update from John, who is joined by David Larock, a mortgage broker and analyst who blogs with us at Move Smartly. Along the way, Urmi moderates our live chat and asks your audience questions.

You can participate in our live sessions or rewatch previous sessions on our Move Smartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

Today's show links: 

John's latest market report for Aug with latest data: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-august-2023

Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/why-todays-job-losses-wont-change-the-bank-of-canadas-mind

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Sign up for John’s monthly report/live market update email list: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Sign up for John’s Home Buyer Strategies webinar: https://www.movesmartly.com/top-10-home-buying-strategies

To book a Home Buyer/Seller Consultation with John Pasalis and Realosophy Realty about your more detailed questions: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Follow John on Twitter @JohnPasalis and email him at: [email protected] 

Follow us and send us your questions and feedback about the show via Twitter @MoveSmartly, Instagram @move.smartly, or email: [email protected]    About This Show The Move Smartly podcast is hosted by Urmi Desai, Move Smartly editor, and John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada. MoveSmartly.com is powered by Realosophy Realty.

It’s that time again - our August roundtable with Steve in Vancouver and John in Toronto This month we discuss the latest trends in both housing markets and some early signs of investors beginning to sell investments to deleverage. Justin Trudeau announced this month that housing is not a primary responsibility of the federal government; what does that mean for Canadians facing higher housing costs? We wrapped up this month’s roundtable with a Bull vs Bear debate on the outlook for Canadian Real Estate. 

Enjoy our show? Please leave us a five-star rating (and even better, a written review) so more listeners can find us. Thank you!

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

Feedback or Questions? Connect with us on Twitter: 

@MoveSmartly

@JohnPasalis

@SteveSaretsky

Reach out to the show over email at [email protected]

About This Show

Move Smartly is powered by Realosophy Realty Inc. Brokerage in Toronto, Ontario.

The second of our semi-regular sit downs about the big ideas John’s writing about now. 

Another key component of Canada’s housing crisis is how unaffordable it is to buy a home, particularly in its larger markets like Toronto. John explains how the once reliable understanding of how our incomes relate to home prices has fallen apart, what is actually fuelling home prices well out of the reach of many and what it means.

• To see the charts John refers to, see this report in his Move Smartly report for July: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-july-2023#4

• See also John’s stats on when housing crisis started in a previous monthly report: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-april-2023#3

Enjoy our show? Please leave us a five-star rating (and even better, a written review) so more listeners can find us. Thank you!

Prefer to watch? You can watch this and all other episodes on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel

Contact Us

To contact John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty: 

• Book a free consult: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn 

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter: @JohnPasalis 

To contact Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly: 

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

Move Smartly is powered by Realosophy Realty Inc. Brokerage in Toronto, Ontario.

For our episode this week, John and Urmi are going to be doing something a bit new. 

This will be the first of semi-regular sit downs where we will chat about the biggest ideas that John’s thinking, writing and talking to the media about this month. 

Today, John is going to talk about how he has seen renters become ‘ground zero’ of our current housing unaffordability and unavailability crisis in the Toronto area.

If you enjoy listening to our show and find it informative, I’d like to ask you to take a moment to leave a five-star review on Apple podcasts. We know a lot of you are listening and we’d love to see this better reflected in our ratings - doing this helps to ensure that other listeners can find our show and that together, we can hopefully better the level of discourse we need to have in Toronto and Canada if we are to become better educated about housing as both consumers and citizens, and hopefully, start to see better housing outcomes for all.

Follow John on Twitter @johnpasalis and email him at [email protected]

You can watch this show on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel, follow us on Twitter @MoveSmartly for news or reach out to the show over email at [email protected]