Move Smartly: The Podcast

Today's episode is our monthly 'The Situation' consumer Q/A segment - 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 two concerned sets of parents - one worried that their kids are waiting too long for home prices to fall before buying — the other worried about the value of their kid's condo falling. And, is now the time to ask your buyer agent for a commission discount?

Show links:

• "Rookie Mistake!" - David Fleming - TheTorontoRealtyBlog.com: https://torontorealtyblog.com/blog/rookie-mistake-2/

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!

Today, MoveSmartly.com Editor Urmi hosts a special debate/conversation between our guest, Daniel Foch (pro), and co-host John Pasalis of Realosophy Realty in Toronto (against).

Daniel Foch is the Chief Real Estate Officer at Valery.ca and host of Canada's #1 real estate podcast. As co-founder of The Habistat, the onboard data science platform for TRREB and Proptx, he has helped make the real estate industry more transparent by using real-time housing market data to inform decision-making for key stakeholders. With over 15 years of experience in the real estate industry, Daniel has advised a broad spectrum of market participants, from all three levels of government to some of Canada's largest developers.

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Show Notes: John's kickoff tweet: https://x.com/JohnPasalis/status/177737761480759308 Follow John on X (Twitter): https://x.com/JohnPasalis

Dan's response tweet: https://x.com/daniel_foch/status/1922640957490553328 Follow Dan on X (Twitter): https://x.com/daniel_foch

About This Show

The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by Urmi Desai, Editor of MoveSmartly.com, 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 Move Smartly YouTube channel

If you enjoy our show and find it useful, please like, subscribe, share, review, and comment on whatever platform you're watching or listening on—we appreciate your support!

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, Anastasia Spozito 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!

This week, John and his team discuss conditions in a stalled market - how sellers are reacting to changed market conditions, whether there are any safe buyer opportunities and how will US-trade threats impact the market going forward. As usual our engaged viewers and listeners have plenty of consumer questions about what's next for their real estate moves, mortgage rates and more.

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:

To learn about John's new homebuying/selling right now session - email [email protected] with the subject line "Smart"

John's latest monthly Toronto area real estate market report on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports

Dave Larock's latest weekly 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!

Move Smartly Editor and Host, Urmi, once again speaks to John and Steve on what is going on in the data and on the ground in Toronto and Vancouver. Overall home sales and new home sales plunge to lows not seen since the 1990s. John and Steve what the federal government should - and shouldn't do - for the struggling new home building sector. Plus - how our real estate brokers, agents and brokerage reacting to changing market consideration as sellers remain fixed on yesterday's 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!

We are back with our popular consumer Q/A segment, 'The Situation'!

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.

In this week's episode:

• Is it time to sell our home, rent and invest in stocks now?
• Should we upsize our home or stay and invest in stocks instead?
• My parents bought we a condo but I don't like living in the area - what next?

If you would like to send in your questions to be featured on a future episode, please email [email protected]

If you have a more specific or particular real estate situation to discuss with John and his team at Realosophy Realty, connect with John at movesmartly.com/meetjohn

Listen to this episode when available on Move Smartly Podcast (New episodes drop Tues mornings): https://link.chtbl.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!

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.

British Columbia is doing what other provinces have only talked about—taking bold, concrete steps to tackle the housing crisis. From legalizing fourplexes and sixplexes near transit, to cracking down on speculation and short-term rentals, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon is helping lead one of the most ambitious housing reform agendas in the country. In this episode, we talk about BC's approach to increasing supply, supporting non-market housing, and what other provinces—especially Ontario—can learn from it.

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 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!

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, Davin McMahon and Gus Papaioannou, 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!

This week, John and his team discuss conditions in the slower market - why buyers are sitting back, what sellers are doing to stand out right now and will interest rate cuts help the market this time around given growing economic uncertainty in Canada. As usual our engaged viewers and listeners have plenty of consumer questions about what's next for their real estate moves, mortgage rates and more.

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:

To learn about John's new homebuying/selling right now session - email [email protected] with the subject line "Smart"

John's latest monthly Toronto area real estate market report on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports

Dave Larock's latest weekly 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!

Move Smartly Editor and Host, Urmi, once again speaks to John and Steve on what is going on in the data and on the ground in Toronto and Vancouver. For the first time, homes in all categories drop - though pre-con and condos remain the most sluggish. And John and Steve discuss a minority federal government led by Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney, together with Alberta discontent and Trump's continued tough tariff talk all means for the Canadian economy and housing.

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 episode, John Pasalis unpacks his new report, The Great Sell Off, which explores how Canada's housing market has undergone a fundamental shift. He explains how homes have evolved from places to live into powerful financial assets, how this shift has driven a wedge between prices and incomes, and why today's housing crisis can't be solved with yesterday's assumptions.

Read John's full report and watch video: www.movesmartly.com/thegreatselloff

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 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!

Today, Urmi interviews co-host John about his new report and video, The Great Sell Off: How Our Homes Became Someone Else's Business, which explains just how we have arrived at our current Canadian housing affordability crisis and what we can do to emerge from it.

Read John's full report and watch video: www.movesmartly.com/thegreatselloff

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 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!