In this month’s live market update, John presents the latest data and reviews top stories for the month. David Larock, Move Smartly’s expert mortgage broker, talks about upcoming 5-year mortgage renewals rates will impact the housing marketing and economy at large as borrowers encounter higher rates than they locked in 5 years ago. As usual, Urmi asks the audience questions coming into our online chat along the way!

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 live market update to join this session online: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Today's show links: 

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/yA6IOBOpgLw?si=iywfL0boI9wVcjS0

John's latest market report for March with latest data on MoveSmartly.com:https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2024-march

Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/the-longer-the-first-rate-cut-takes-the-lower-our-variable-mortgage-rates-will-go

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.

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 time for our March Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, Steve and John! 

As both the market heats up, John and Steve assess whether anticipated interest rate declines later this year will actually happen and how it will impact the real estate market. Also, an audience question asks whether a slump in the construction sector on which the Canadian economy is so dependent may lead to a recession. Plus Urmi asks John and Steve to assess whether some of the many new housing measures suddenly being thrown at the housing affordability crisis are helping or hurting.

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

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

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

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.

To set-up a personal meeting with John Pasalis to discuss your own real estate questions privately, visit: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

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

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 the March ‘The Situation’, our in-depth consumer Q/A!

As usual, Urmi 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.

This month, we hear from a family who are considering hiring their neighbour to sell their mom's home. And given that home prices in the Toronto area are out of reach for most families, isn't it only natural to expect prices to fall so that homes become affordable again?

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 

Watch this episode on our Move Smartly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

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.

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!

In today’s episode, John and Urmi talk to Mikal Skuterud about Canada’s changing migration policies and larger impacts on society and housing. Mikal is a Professor at the University of Waterloo who specializes in labour economics and immigration policy.  

In the lively chat, we talk about how Canada’s historic levels of migrants have recently spiked and how the flows of different arrivals such as students, temporary workers and permanent workers have been changing. We compare Canada vs US approaches, how immigration links to economic productivity and take on some myths.

Today's show links: 

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

Mikal Skuterud and Parisa Mahboubi Globe and Mail Op-ed: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-must-stem-the-surge-in-temporary-foreign-workers-and/

Mikal Skuterud on The Hub: https://thehub.ca/2023-11-13/canadians-are-turning-against-immigration-labour-economist-mikal-skuterud-on-how-to-reform-the-system-and-reverse-this-trend/

Follow Mikal Skuterud on Twitter: @mikalskuterud

Nicholas Hune-Brown in the Walrus: https://thewalrus.ca/the-shadowy-business-of-international-education/

Contact 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.

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!

In this month’s live market update, John presents the latest data and is once again joined by his fellow Realosophy Realty agents Gus and Davin to talk about how buyers and sellers have changing — and often opposing views — on the market as sales pick-up in the Toronto area. David Larock, Move Smartly’s expert mortgage broker, talks about why hopes for a soft landing for the economy may be too optimistic and what’s likely next for mortgage rates. And Urmi asks the audience questions coming into our online chat along the way!

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 live market update to join this session online: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Today's show links: 

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/6P9HXvF5gCk?si=NAvBjvwiQSWv0sXJ

John's latest market report for January with latest data on MoveSmartly.com:https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/torontos-roller-coaster-2023-housing-market-sales-hit-a-20-year-low

Contact Us

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

Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/the-bank-of-canadas-inflation-pickle

David Larock, Mortgage Broker and Analyst and Realtor | Email: [email protected] | 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.

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!

The market is heating up as we’re back with our Feb Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, Steve and John! 

As sales rebound, we discuss what is behind the boost and whether it’s part of a larger trend? How will the BoC next rate moves impact consumer sentiment? And we take a closer look at the condo market as rents decline and units are not selling.

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

Links referenced in this episode:

• Urbanation Q4-2023 Condominium Market Survey results: https://www.urbanation.ca/news/gta-new-condo-sales-fell-15-year-low-2023

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

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

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.

To set-up a personal meeting with John Pasalis to discuss your own real estate questions privately, visit: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

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

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’re on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and more!

It’s the February ‘The Situation’, our in-depth consumer Q/A!

As usual, Urmi 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.

This month, we hear from a buyer who was going to wait to jump back into the market amidst high prices and high interest rates but is now worried about falling behind another market surge and a seller who wonders if they should sell now, in the spring or in the fall - when interest rates might fall. And when it comes to long-term home price appreciation, which is a better bet: Toronto or its suburbs?

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 

Watch this episode on our Move Smartly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

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.

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!

Today’s episode is a return to our semi-regular feature called Move Smartly ideas, where Urmi and John unpack and discuss some of the bigger issues impacting the housing market in Toronto and Canada.

This week, Urmi and John return to talking about some of the ‘big numbers’ in housing policy and economics. This time, we talk about how Canada’s population growth impacts our housing market and affordability issues and why we can’t ‘build our way’ out of the problem. Also, why investor demand is hard to measure and why it is of particular importance.

Today’s Show Links: 

Our previous discussion about the big numbers that matter “How Should We Really Be Measuring Our Housing Needs & Results”: https://youtu.be/tu-H1sdPKGw?si=1dvuZivruZMiz-lt

CMHC Housing Affordability Report: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/accelerate-supply/housing-shortages-canada-solving-affordability-crisis

Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force: https://www.ontario.ca/page/housing-affordability-task-force-report

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

Watch this show on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

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.

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!

In this month’s live market update, John presents the latest data and is joined by Realosophy agents Gus and Davin to talk about how buyers and sellers are experiencing the market on the ground in the Toronto area. Plus David Larock, Move Smartly mortgage broker, talks about why slightly elevated inflation - due to high housing costs - may impact the Bank of Canada’s next interest rate moves. Plus audience Qs on how different regions of Toronto area are performing, what’s going on in the condo market and more. 

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

Watch this show on our YouTube channel on demand: https://www.youtube.com/live/4l4oSVtBhZs?si=poBVOvPZHrQUiXDA

Sign up for our email list to be alerted to the next live market update to join this session online: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar

Today's show links: 

John's latest market report for January with latest data on MoveSmartly.com:https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/torontos-roller-coaster-2023-housing-market-sales-hit-a-20-year-low

Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/the-bank-of-canadas-inflation-pickle

Feedback or Questions? Connect with Us: 

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

David Larock, Mortgage Broker and Analyst and Realtor | Email: [email protected] | 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.

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

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 a New Year — and we’re back with our first roundtable for 2024 on Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, Steve and John! 

What did year-end stats suggest about the year that was in Toronto and Vancouver real estate — and what’s in store for 2024? And how do we make sense of a slew of recent eye-brow raising stats from Canada’s top politicians and venerable international publications on everything from Canada’s debt levels to its housing affordability?

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

Links referenced in this episode:

• Robert J. Shiller:

• Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2013/shiller/facts/

• Books: http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/books.htm

• Pierre Poilievre:

• Debtonation Video: https://youtu.be/p20v8vBwJ8A?si=3YnJ5eKmDi7qoGIg

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

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

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.

To set-up a personal meeting with John Pasalis to discuss your own real estate questions privately, visit: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn

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

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’re on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and more!