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Move Smartly: The Podcast

The Move Smartly podcast invites you into data-driven conversations about issues impacting residential real estate in Toronto, across Canada and beyond. Join broker John Pasalis and other experts as we unpack real estate through a variety of timely market updates, lively discussions and insightful interviews. Here to help you make more informed decisions, whether you are a home buyer, seller, owner or renter, and as a resident and voter — because real estate impacts all of us. New episodes on

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56:49

Sellers Remain Hopeful But Buyers are Cautious + What...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/04/16

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:

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01:05:39

How Investors Took Over the Market + Why Liberal...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/04/09

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

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33:04

Should I Buy My Home From My Landlord? + Do Garden...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/04/02

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

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56:10

Our Crumbling Foundation - How We Solve Canada’s...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/03/26

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

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58:00

Will Upcoming Mortgage Renewals Hurt Canada’s Housing...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/03/19

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

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41:36

Are Rates Really Coming Down? + Construction Slump...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/03/12

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

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38:42

Won’t Toronto’s Wildly Unaffordable House Prices...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/03/05

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

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01:03:25

The Impact of Canada’s Changing Immigration Policy:...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/02/27

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

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53:02

The Market Heats Up - Will It Last? — February...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/02/20

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

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44:37

Markets Heat Up As Consumer Confidence Rises But For...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/02/13

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

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37:21

Should I Rush to Buy Before Prices Rise + When Should...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/02/06

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

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01:07:53

Why Demand is More Important Than Supply in Canada’s...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/01/30

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

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01:05:50

Pent Up Buyer Demand? + Inflation to Delay Interest...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/01/23

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

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01:07:26

Looking Back at 2023 and What’s Next in 2024? +...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2024/01/16

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

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54:12

Bank of Canada Holds Rate + What’s Next for the...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2023/12/19

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

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47:26

Interest Rate Peak Tonic for a Sluggish Market? +...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2023/12/12

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

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28:52

Should I Airbnb Instead of Finding a Long-Term...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2023/12/05

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

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01:00:51

How Should We Be Measuring Our Housing Needs & Results?

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2023/11/28

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

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55:31

Sales Fall Unevenly Across GTA + What’s Next for...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2023/11/21

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

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46:23

Sluggish Market + PreCon Fires + Landmark Decision...

Move Smartly: The Podcast ·

2023/11/14

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

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