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, Gus Papaioannou 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! 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:  John’s homebuying webinar link: https://www.movesmartly.com/top-10-home-buying-strategies John's latest market report for October with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports Dave Larock's latest 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!

It’s November Roundtable time! Note: This show was recorded before the results of the US election were reported - more on that next time This week, John and Steve discuss whether their respective real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver are picking up as sales increase and inventory comes down and how immigration cuts and calls to cut GST and development charges would impact sales and home 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!

In this week’s episode, John and Urmi talk to Matt Young, Founder, President and CEO of Republic a Greater Toronto Area home building company and founder of the CantWin, the Coalition Against New Home Taxes, a campaign to urge governments to reduce the fees and taxes charged to builders.  Matt explains why he feels that of all costs facing buildings reducing taxes is the easiest way to make homes more affordable at a time when demand has really fallen for new housing. Link’s for Today’s Show: CantWin: https://www.cantwin.ca/ Republic: https://republicdevelopments.com/our-team/ Connect with Us:  John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: as [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: https://www.youtube.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!

Our episode today is our monthly ‘The Situation’ consumer Q/A!  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 hear from an upsizer wondering if they should hang onto their first home as an investment, a soon-to-be retiree who has a new freehold townhome in Southeast Ontario worth a lot less then they bought it for, and a would-be home buyer wondering how much the completion of the new Ontario transit line in Toronto will boost home prices. 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!

This week our episode is another session of “Move Smartly Ideas” - our deeper dive into housing economic and policy issues.  Today, we are going to talk to John about how his own research into how investors impact the housing market as he completes his own doctoral degree on the same. Today's show links:  A Sticky Ending: Lessons Learned from Toronto’s 2017 Real Estate Bubble: https://www.movesmartly.com/lessons-learned-from-toronto-2017-real-estate-bubble 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 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!

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, Gus Papaioannou 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! 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:  John's latest market report for October with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports Dave Larock's latest 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!

It’s October Roundtable Rumble time! In a preview of their big bull vs bear real estate debate in Toronto this week, John and Steve explain how the prospect of lower interest rates, big mortgage moves by the federal government and other campaigning politicians will impact a sluggish real estate market. And as usual, we go through the latest stats and explain flat market conditions in Toronto & Vancouver  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!

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 hear from a would-be upsizer wondering if they should buy before they sell, a condo rental owner who wonders if they will have to pay tax if they move in themselves and a frustrated young buyer wonders how this generation will ever caught up to previous generations when it comes to home ownership and retirement.   Links for today’s show:   Canada Government - Change in Use of Property: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/personal-income/line-12700-capital-gains/principal-residence-other-real-estate/changes-use.html How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax When Moving To A Rental Property: https://realestatetaxtips.ca/avoid-capital-gains-tax-when-moving-to-a-rental-property/ Generation Squeeze: https://www.gensqueeze.ca/ 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!

As the federal Liberal government makes some major mortgage rule changes this week to help first-time buyers and and others being left behind in Canada’s housing affordability crisis, my colleague and co-host, John Pasalis and I discuss the impact of these moves in an occasional series we call “Move Smartly Ideas” - our chance to take a deeper dive into housing economic and policy issues.  Today's show links:  Finance Canada - Official Announcement - The Boldest Mortgage Reforms in Decades: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/09/the-boldest-mortgage-reforms-in-decades 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 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!

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, Gus Papaioannou 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! 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:  John's latest market report for September with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports Dave Larock's latest 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!

School’s back in session and so are we - it’s time for our September Roundtable with Urmi, John and Steve!  John and Steve take us through the latest stats and explain flat market conditions in Toronto & Vancouver and how falling interest rates and a softening economy will impact markets. We also discuss softening rental markets across Canada as the drop in foreign students is felt and revisit why demand has been the overlooked factor in our housing crisis. Also: What is the underlying factor driving the global housing affordability crisis? 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 today’s ‘Move Smartly Ideas’ episode, my colleague and co-host John Pasalis have our longer-form chat about big ideas in real estate history, policy and economics.  Today, John takes us on a tour of sunny Athens and tells us about the history of its housing and what we can learn from it as many make the case for more lower-rise high-density buildings in Toronto and other Canadian cities.    Today's show links:  John Instagram Video - “Athens: A City of 6-Storey Polikatoikies”: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9PHkutuhBc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Bloomberg, City Lab, “Behind the Accidentally Resilient Design of Athens Apartments”: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-15/the-design-history-of-athens-iconic-apartments Dezeen on Le Corbusier Dom-Ino House: https://www.dezeen.com/2014/03/20/opinon-justin-mcguirk-le-corbusier-symbol-for-era-obsessed-with-customisation/   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 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!

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, Gus Papaioannou 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! 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:  John's latest market report for June with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports Dave Larock's latest 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!

It’s time for our August Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, John back in Toronto, and Steve in Vancouver!  John and Steve take us through the latest stats and explain how prices are staying flat when listing levels climb. How will more interest rate cuts amidst global economic worries impact Canada’s main real estate markets. Also: Should the federal government be doing more about curbing Airbnb businesses?  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!

Hi, I’m Urmi Desai, editor of MoveSmartly.com, and this is the Move Smartly podcast. My co-host and colleague John Pasalis at Realosophy Realty and I would like to thank you for listening to us throughout the year as we explore all topics related to residential real estate in Toronto, Canada and beyond. During this summer season, we will be taking occasional breaks and not present any new episodes in some weeks. We look forward to returning to our regular weekly schedule in the fall. As always, 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 wherever you are listening to us, whether it’s on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Amazon music or Audible — so that other listeners can find our show. Thank you and have a great summer! 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 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!

Each month, John Pasalis (Realosophy Realty) presents his latest data and top stories on Toronto area real estate in conversation with his Realosophy agents, Gus Papaioannou 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! Participate live: Watch on this YouTube channel and us the chat feature during live broadcast to ask your own questions 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 session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar Today's show links: John's latest market report for June with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports John’s Video - Are Condo Investors Being Propped Up in Canada? https://youtu.be/itUMEdVKiZ0?si=p-yvtVlO73H8v3j8 Dave Larock's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/author/david-larock Ben Rabidoux on Twitter: https://x.com/BenRabidoux Edge Analytics: https://edgeanalytics.ca/about/ 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 ShowThe 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!

It’s a world-spanning July episode of the Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with John in Greece, Steve in Vancouver and Urmi in Toronto!   The weather is warm, but the biggest Canadian real estate markets remain anything but — John and Steve take us through the latest stats for Toronto and Vancouver and explain whether yet another new record high in condo listings and investors existing will finally result in more options and better prices for end-users. Also: as average gifts to home buyers from family now averages over $100,000 in Canada, is it finally time to talk about taxing gains on principal residences?   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!          

It’s time for our June ‘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, John responds to the following situations:   0:00 Intro 1:04 My Investment is Not Appreciating, Can I Do Better with Another Property? 18:32 When Do I Bail Out on an Aging Condo That Needs Repairs? 29:56 Will a Co-Ownership Company Finally Get Me Onto the Property Ladder? Links for today’s show: John Video - Toronto Condo Investors Are Bleeding Cash - How Long Can This Last?: https://youtu.be/xbZqR-maRI4 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!

In 2020 Move Smartly host John Pasalis raised an important concern about Toronto’s pre-construction condominium market – that investors were paying a very high price when compared to what existing units were selling for. What would happen if those units were not worth what the investors paid for them when they were done? Many of those units are now completed, and in many cases, they are not worth what investors paid. But why are we not hearing about distressed investors who can’t get a mortgage because they overpaid for their condos? In today’s episode, John asks if our government and big banks are propping up these condo investors to prevent condo prices from falling. Contact Us Follow John on X-Twitter @JohnPasalis; Email at: [email protected] Follow Urmi on X-Twitter @MoveSmartly; 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. 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, John Pasalis (Realosophy Realty) presents his latest data and top stories on Toronto area real estate in conversation with his Realosophy agents, Gus P and our Move Smartly mortgage expert, David Larock - and you, our viewers, who join the conversation in our live chat and make this is one of our liveliest segments!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 session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar Today's show links: John's latest market report for June with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/reports Dave Larock's latest 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 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!

It’s the first summer episode for the Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable time with Urmi, Steve and John!  The weather may be jumping up, but the real estate markets remain sluggish - John and Steve take us through the latest stats and explain what is happening in the condo sector as listings hit a record high. Also: the first interest rate cut has finally dropped - how will it affect the market? Plus, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau admits that no one really wants home prices to fall — so how exactly is the government going to restore housing affordability for current and next generations?  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 week’s episode, John Pasalis talks with Ben Rabidoux, founder of Edge Realty Analytics, which provides data and insights on Canadian housing and economic trends and more in-depth reporting on major metro-level trends in Vancouver and Toronto. Many real estate professionals consider Ben’s monthly research reports a can’t-miss read for good reason. Ben shared his thoughts on why Canada’s economy is in worse shape than what the markets think. He also unpacks the massive shortage of family-sized homes, where he notes that Canada is starting only one new home for every 20 new people moving to Canada. Finally, Ben also discussed how a decline in Canada’s population growth rate and housing starts will impact the housing market in the months and years ahead. Contact Us Follow John on X-Twitter @JohnPasalis; Email at: [email protected] Follow Urmi on X-Twitter @MoveSmartly; 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. 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, John Pasalis (Realosophy Realty) presents his latest data and top stories on Toronto area real estate in conversation with Urmi Desai (Move Smartly Editor) and guests, including Realosophy agents and our Move Smartly mortgage expert, David Larock - and you, our viewers, who join the conversation live and make this is one of our liveliest segments! 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 session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar Today's show links:  John's latest market report for May with latest data on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2024-may John Vlog - Pricing Right While Selling Right Now: https://youtu.be/qUdoWnwwC1M?si=EFqsxym-iPv-hDMw   Dave Larock's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/was-our-latest-employment-data-just-sound-and-fury   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 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!

It’s really springtime and we’re here with our May Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, Steve and John!  In what should normally be the busiest real estate market of the year, John and Steve explain slow conditions in Toronto and Vancouver - with some nuanced trends. Demand for low-rise homes is low but listings are only rising from a historic low, so it’s a bit of a stalemate still peppered with some bidding wars. On the condo side, listings are climbing - and new condo sales are way down, is this the start of a longer condo market dip? Also: how much have delayed interest rate cuts and revised forecasts calling for rates to stay higher longer impacting the market?  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!

It’s time for our May ‘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 hear from a frustrated owner of a pre-construction condo being appraised for less than what he paid for it, a second home owner who wonders if she reduce her taxes if her son lives in it and or sell it and a condo investor who worries about the impact of the capital gains tax increase. Links for today’s show: John’s Video - Buying or Selling a Tenanted Property - What You Need to Know: https://youtu.be/EjyfnjFNoF8?si=0TF44eiJ-d_vsqEq 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. 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! Watch all podcast episodes on our Move Smartly YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

In today’s episode, John talks to Murtaza Haider about rent controls in Canada and their potential impact on rental supply. Murtaza is a professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.   In the lively chat, we discuss why Ontario has seen very little growth in rental housing even though the new rental supply is not rent controlled. We also discuss the differences in approach to rental housing between North American and European economists and governments. North Americans lean more towards a free market approach to rental housing, while Europeans have coupled adequate rental supply while maintaining policies that protect tenants.    Today's show links:  Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly Ricardo Tranjan in the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/rent-controls-work-they-don-t-reduce-housing-supply-but-they-do-limit-profit/article_77ca720a-dfd5-11ee-982b-3ba3433ea220.html Murtaza Haider in the Financial Post: https://financialpost.com/real-estate/rent-controls-hurt-rental-supply Rent Controls, Rental Prices and Rental Supply - CMHC Summary https://tinyurl.com/2efscwuw Study of the Impacts of Rent Control Policies - CMHC Report https://tinyurl.com/458svhzj Follow Murtaza Haider on Twitter: @regionomics   Contact Us John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @JohnPasalis Urmi Desai, Editor/Host, 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!

As they head off low polling numbers ahead of next year’s election, Canada’s governing Liberals have released a federal budget largely focussed on Canada’s housing availability and affordability crisis. Urmi and John discuss the background and efficacy of the many measures proposed including: subsuming immigration policy and targets to housing realities, an increased capital gains tax that will hit some housing investors, an extended ban on foreign buyers, and a pile of supply-side policies that is aimed at yielding a net 2 million new homes by 2031. What - if anything - will actually work? Today’s Show Links:  The Liberal Government Federal Budget 2024: https://budget.canada.ca/2024/home-accueil-en.html The Liberal Government’s 2024 Housing Policy “Solving the Housing Crisis: Canada’s Housing Plan”: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/housing-logement/housing-plan-logement-eng.html 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 John discusses the Federal Liberal Government ‘Renter Bill of Rights’: https://youtu.be/nZSipNZ6iZc?si=0hXsNGDxugrQEe6p John discusses the Federal Government’s Extension of Mortgage Terms to 30Y for First-Time Buyers of New Builds: https://youtu.be/OersDqVRNWg?si=71Y_mZ2IUWFHKUQ0   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: https://www.youtube.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!

Each month, John Pasalis (Realosophy Realty) presents his latest data and top stories on Toronto area real estate in conversation with Urmi Desai (Move Smartly Editor) and guests, including Realosophy agents and our Move Smartly mortgage expert, David Larock - and you, our viewers, who join the conversation live and make this is one of our liveliest segments! 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 session live chat and ask your own Qs: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar Today's show links:  John's latest market report for April with latest data on MoveSmartly.com:https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2024-april Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/why-the-bank-of-canada-probably-wont-talk-about-rate-cuts-this-week Canada announcement for 30Y mortgages for first-time buyers of new homes: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-to-allow-30-year-amortization-for-first-time-buyers-mortgages-on-new-homes-1.2057988 Bob Farrell's 10 rules for investing: https://school.stockcharts.com/doku.php?id=overview%3Abob_farrell_10_rules 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 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!

It’s Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable time with Urmi, Steve and John!  After the egg hunts, we’re left in that weird grey area, both weather-wise and in our real estate markets - John and Steve take us through the latest stats and on the ground realities. Also: when will interest rates start to fall and how will this impact the market and investors? Plus, the Liberal federal government, in full election mode, are now throwing around out policy announcements every day - which ones, from reductions in non-permanent resident numbers to a new renter bill of rights will actually make a difference? 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. Today, we hear from a family who wonders if they should take advantage of the opportunity to buy the home they are renting from their landlord, a reluctant investor who wonders whether he should rent out his newly built condo or sell it and a home owner who wonders whether garden suites/laneway homes add value to a property?   Links for today’s show: Kyle Lamothe, Tax Lawyer: https://www.thor.ca/lawyers/kyle-lamothe/   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, Urmi talks to Gregor Craigie, journalist, Host of ‘This Island’ on CBC Radio One in Victoria, and author of the new book, “Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis.” Gregor’s new book looks at the very human stories of those living out Canada’s housing crisis across the country and hopeful examples of policies from around the world that may help address it.  In our chat, we talk about the diversified faces of the crisis from young families priced out of Vancouver, newcomer home buyers getting into financial trouble in the Toronto area, renters being priced out of Montreal, and those living permanently in RVs in Nova Scotia. We also discuss how successful stories of infill supply expansion found in other global cities might be problematic to realize in Canada, the role immigration has played in the crisis and how we might better hold our politicians to account about our housing crisis.   Today's show links:  Gregor Craigie’s new book, “Our Crumbling Foundation”: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/736870 Contact Us Gregor Craigie, Author, Our Crumbling Foundation | X-Twitter: @GregorCraigie Urmi Desai, Editor/Host, 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 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!

t’s time for our regular live monthly market update! John presents the data and story highlights from his latest market report December and is joined by David Larock, Move Smartly blogger, mortgage broker and analyst who discusses his latest weekly post on mortgages as both Canada and US central banks hold interest rates - what does it mean for the market in the new year? Urmi follows our YouTube live chat to ask John and Dave your great audience questions as usual! To book a Home Buyer/Seller Consultation with John Pasalis and Realosophy Realty about your more detailed questions: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn Watch this show on our YouTube channel on demand: https://www.youtube.com/live/xOfodGl3xr4?si=FA_ehrSKdCA4Z6dj Sign up for our email list to be alerted to the latest monthly report/live market update to watch online and ask your own questions here: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar Today's show links:  John's latest market report for December with latest data on MoveSmartly.com:https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2023-december John’s interview with Robert Kavcic Move Smartly YouTube: https://youtu.be/qu9C46fJ618?si=n88po1RZ70dtTX2N Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/five-key-take-aways-from-the-bank-of-canadas-latest-policy-rate-decision   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 like, comment, share, and subscribe 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 December — and time for our monthly Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable with Urmi, Steve and John!  Will the Bank of Canada’s second rate hold and murmurs of a peak at 5% impact re-spark markets in Toronto and Vancouver? And deep dive into what campaigning Conservative candidate for PM, Pierre Poilievre gets right and wrong about Canada’s housing affordability crisis. You can also watch this episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly Links for this Show: Pierre Poilievre Video - Housing hell: How we got here and how we get out: https://youtu.be/RxKI9zKhDNE?si=k4UQsbGHsGApfZ4H 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. 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, comment, share, and subscribe on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from - we’re on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and more.

Today is one of our favourite features, the in-depth consumer question segment, which we call ‘The Situation’.  As we do each month, Urmi Desai, Move Smartly Editor, asks co-host John Pasalis, Broker and President at Realosophy Realty here in Toronto, to respond to the detailed questions you send in about the real estate decisions you are making as you navigate through in the Toronto area market.  This month, we hear from first-time buyers trying to buy a home fit for a family while keeping up their retirement goals, those trying to rent out their properties in a slowing rental market. And a condo seller wonders if they should wait until the spring market. If you would like to send in your questions to be potentially be featured on a future episode, please email [email protected] If you want to set-up a meeting with John to discuss your situation privately, please visit movesmartly.com/meetjohn  Today’s Show Links: John November Move Smartly Market Report: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2023-november Join John’s Live Monthly Market Update: https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar 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. 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]  If you find the Move Smartly show useful, please follow us and leave a 5-star rating on whatever platform you are watching or listening to us from!

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 asks John about some the ‘big numbers’ in housing policy and economics - and wonders whether we know how accurate they are in terms of setting the goals for housing that Canada, Ontario and Toronto need to meet and why we don’t hear more about them from our politicians and the media when it comes to tracking and staying accountable for progress?  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 the podcast platform you are listening to us on.  Today’s Show Links:  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: https://www.ontario.ca/page/housing-affordability-task-force-report Smarter Prosperity Institute - Ontario Housing Supply Needs: https://institute.smartprosperity.ca/1.5MillionMoreHomes *** Feedback or Questions? Connect with Us:  Urmi Desai, Editor, Move Smartly: movesmartly.com | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @MoveSmartly   John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty, Toronto: realosophy.com | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @JohnPasalis About This Show The Move Smartly show is hosted by Urmi Desai, Founding Editor of Move Smartly, and John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

It’s time for our regular live monthly market update! As usual John is armed with facts and figures and is once again joined by David Larock, our crack mortgage broker and analyst who blogs with us at Move Smartly. Along the way, Urmi is following our live chat to ask John and Dave viewer questions in this live session! Today's show links:  John's latest market report for November with latest data on MoveSmartly.com:https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-report-2023-november John’s interview with Robert Kavcic Move Smartly YouTube: https://youtu.be/qu9C46fJ618?si=n88po1RZ70dtTX2N Dave's latest blog post on mortgage rates on MoveSmartly.com: https://www.movesmartly.com/articles/canadian-fixed-mortgage-rates-fell-but-by-less-than-expected *** You can participate in our live sessions to ask your own questions and rewatch previous sessions on our Move Smartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/live/3xAg07_SHdA?si=AoD9GAC98vQe1eTF Join email list to get notified each month about John’s monthly report/live market update https://www.movesmartly.com/monthly-public-webinar To book a Home Buyer/Seller Consultation with John Pasalis and Realosophy Realty about your more detailed questions: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn *** 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 Podcast The Move Smartly podcast is hosted by Urmi Desai, editor of MoveSmartly.com editor, John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.

It’s darker out there in more ways than one — and time for our monthly Toronto-Vancouver real estate roundtable for November with Urmi, Steve and John!  This month, John and Steve explain what  markets are like in Toronto & Vancouver and how interest rates will dictate what will happen next. We also discuss major signs of trouble in the pre-construction market, including several fires that have damaged hundreds of homes nearing completion in the Toronto area, the latest from the Trudeau federal government on immigration targets amidst a housing crisis and what a landmark ruling against U.S. real estate agents might mean for commissions in Canada as well. You can also watch this episode on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly Links for this Show: Loonie Hour Live in Toronto tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-loonie-hour-live-in-toronto-tickets-742892650917 Feedback or Questions? Connect with us on Twitter:  @MoveSmartly @JohnPasalis @SteveSaretsky Reach out to the show over email at [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.

In today’s episode, we take a look at Canada’s economy to get some insight into how the broader macroeconomic trends might impact Canada’s housing market in the months ahead. We’ll discuss how Canada’s booming population is masking what is really happening in Canada’s economy, why the Bank of Canada may not cut rates even if we are in a recession and how high interest rates might impact Canada’s housing market in the months and years ahead. My guest today is going to help us unpack all of these latest economic trends. Robert Kavcic is Senior Economist and Director Economics at Bank of Montreal and specializes in analyzing real estate trends. 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.