Move Smartly: The Podcast

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!