DING, DING, DING!

The battle is ON between former tax lawyer Chris Thompson and current Realtor and corporation owner Keith Roy. Chris supports the proposed federal corporate tax changes while Keith is vehemently opposed.

Whatever side of the fence you’re on, you’re sure to learn a thing or two about a thing or two on this week’s episode of The Vancouver UnReal Estate Show.

Stuff we talk about in this episode:

* Chris’ Speed Kills Your Pocket Book video

* Tax Wars - The Phantom Penance

* 93% Corporate Tax Rate?

* Unpacking the "alleged" 73%/93% corporate tax rate

Stuff we didn’t talk about but you should watch because it’s hilarious…

* Chris eating a granola bar underwater…for some reason.

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

Will I still have a job in the future?

With all of the big tech disruptors in the industry right now, what will the role of an agent look like in the future?

That’s what I wanted to talk to Allen Moon, VP and General Manager of REW.ca - Canada's premier real estate search website, often referred to as "the Zillow of Canada".

Allen has a lot of experience in the real estate tech world, in Vancouver in particular, so I wanted to unpack this with him a little bit more and also talk about the future of real estate for the consumer, in general.

Some stuff we talk about in this episode:

* Open Door

* Redfin

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

 

Got real estate woes? Vancouver’s real estate therapist, Joannah Connolly is here to help. In our conversation this week, she tells us some of the best advice she’s heard from guests on her Roundhouse radio show, The Real Estate Therapist, including advice for those hoping to buy in this crazy market

In addition to hosting the Real Estate Therapist show on Roundhouse radio (98.3FM) Saturdays from 9 – 10 AM, Joannah is also the editor and content manager for REW.ca, Vancouver’s premier real estate search and news website.

I’m really excited to share this one with you all. I’ve been a guest on Joannah’s show many times, and it was fun to turn the tables around and interview her for once. She has some amazing insight into the market here in Vancouver.

Some stuff we talk about in this episode:

* REW’s “How to Interview a Real Estate Agent”

* Real Estate Therapist’s Twitter account: @estatetherapist

* Roundhouse radio’s Real Estate Therapist Show

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

How is Seattle tackling the growing demand for real estate on the West Coast and what lessons could we learn from them?

On the show this week to talk about that is Margaret Morales, a senior research associate at the Sightline Institute in Seattle.

I first caught wind of Margaret when I read an article she wrote titled Why Seattle Builds Apartments But Vancouver BC Builds Condos. It’s all about how Seattle managed to incentivize the building of rental apartments, while Vancouver has continued to incentivize the building of condos to purchase.

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

It’s the last weekend of summer and this week I want to go through a quick recap of the summer real estate market in Vancouver and give a few predictions for the fall market.

NOTE: These are real market stats, not just stories, not press releases, not news headlines, but what is actually happening in the market.

As I mention in this episode, if you’d like to receive any of the stats packages I reference, just drop us a line at [email protected].

We’ve got a lot of amazing interviews coming up for you this fall, so be sure to subscribe on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Enjoy.

This episode is all about home building and the role builders and developers play in Vancouver housing affordability.

My guest is the CEO of The Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association, Bob De Wit.

Among other things, in this episode we discuss:

* The role municipal government plays in the housing crisis

* Resources for those looking to build a home, including how to hire a contractor

* What the GVHBA is doing to lobby the government to make building easier

* Lessons Vancouver can learn from how Tokyo maintains its housing supply

Links we refer to in this episode:

* VURES episode #14 with Anne McMullin

* VURES episode #2 with Sam Sullivan

* Housing Approval Study which ranks the building approval process among municipalities

* BC Housing Registry of Residential Builders

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

 

Whistler, BC is one of my favourite places in the world. A number of years ago I purchased a condo up there, and it remains one of the best investments I’ve ever made.

Here this week to talk a little more about the Whistler real estate market is my friend Jeff Hume of The Whistler Real Estate Company.

Links to some of the things we talk about in this episode:

* Phase 1 vs. Phase 2 zoning

* An intro to Jeff Hume

* A taste of Whistler real estate listings

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

 

 

Our show is on the road again this week and I’m talking with my good friend Andrew Russell in Red Deer, Alberta.

Andrew has been the #1 overall RE/MAX agent in Central Alberta for the past 3 years. He holds a multitude of real estate awards that he’s too modest to talk about, so instead we talk about the real estate market in Alberta, how the price of oil affects the price of homes and where he sees the market heading in the coming years.

Some things we mention in this episode:

* Andrew Russell

* Actually affordable homes

* Laebon Homes – Custom Home Builder in Central Alberta

Enjoy the show!

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

This week my guest is the Regional Executive Vice President for RE/MAX of Western Canada – Elton Ash.

RE/MAX is the industry leader in the world, and certainly in Western Canada.

RE/MAX of Western Canada oversees:

* 6914 agents

* 276 offices

* Nearly 73 billion dollars in inventory sold in 2016

* Nearly 140,000 transactions in 2016

With RE/MAX overseeing such a large percentage of transactions in our marketplace, Elton has a great perspective on the history of the real estate markets in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as some insights into what he sees happening in the future of these four provinces.

Be sure to listen in next week, as we head out to Albert to hear from an agent out there about what’s been going on in there market, and what lessons we can learn from them here in Vancouver.

Enjoy.

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.

Is the proposed Vancouver housing strategy going to work or is this just a ploy by the mayor to get reelected?

This updated “housing reset” proposal, which will be brought to council in the coming months, is featured in a 71 page document available on the city website.

This week, friend of the show Chris Thompson and I review this document. Feel free to follow along at home!

NOTE: This is a long episode, because there’s a heck of a lot to talk about.

To summarize:

The city of Vancouver is going to use magic to build 72,000 homes, residents are angry because they don’t have enough “contemplative space” and somehow our houses are expensive because taxes are TOO low…

Oh boy.

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If you have any questions or any guests you would like us to interview, email us at [email protected].

Keith Roy – Personal Real Estate Corporation, RE/MAX Select Realty.