The AJ Hazzi Podcast

You're weeks from listing, and someone suggests hiring your own inspector before a buyer sends theirs. It's a good instinct, and sometimes it's the right call, but here in BC it comes with a catch most sellers never see coming. In this video, I walk through three things you should understand before you hire anyone. Watch my video before you spend a dollar on an inspector.

Here in the Okanagan, that beautiful stretch of warm afternoons and calm lake makes it easy to forget what's coming. The homes that come through winter untouched aren't lucky, though. They're prepared deliberately, while the weather still makes it easy. In this video, I walk through the three areas I'd focus on before the cold moves in, the ones that separate a quiet winter from a costly one. Watch the video to see where to start on your own home.

Vernon just voted down the largest housing development in its history: more than 3,500 homes. If you own property in the Okanagan, this matters far more than the headlines let on. A council vote makes the news for a day, then disappears. What it means for your equity, your timing, and your next move is the part nobody explains. In my latest video, I break down what actually happened with the 580 Commonage decision, and the one thing about constrained supply that most owners get backwards. Watch my video for the full picture.

Okanagan sellers keep asking me the same question: did I miss my window? It's an understandable worry after two years of a buyer's market, when homes sat longer and buyers held all the leverage. But the May numbers tell the opposite story, and there's one number I watch above all others that shows the central Okanagan market has already turned. Watch my video to see where your home and price point sit in this shift.

Everyone pricing Okanagan real estate watches the same things: rates, inventory, days on market. But there's a factor that may matter more over the long haul than any of them, and it's hiding behind a view so beautiful it fools nearly everyone who sees it. In this video, I break down the quiet force that could reshape what Okanagan property is worth, and the one question every long-term buyer should be asking before anyone else does. Watch my video to think a decade ahead of the market.