Move Smartly: The Podcast

Jan 31 2025 100 ep. 50 mins 26
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The Move Smartly podcast invites you into data-driven conversations about issues impacting residential real estate in Toronto, across Canada and beyond. Join editor and host Urmi Desai, analyst and 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 Fridays. Look for our monthly Real Estate Roundtable with Steve Saretsky (The Loonie Hour Podcast).

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The Politics of Housing

Jan 31 2025 39 mins  
Our episode today is one of our “Move Smartly Ideas” segment, in which my colleague and co-host, John Pasalis and I take a deeper dive into housing economic and policy issues. In our conversation today, we cover what John thinks experts get wrong about the very nature of housing as a good — which leads to poor outcomes for everyday consumers — and why housing is not just ab

How Can We Move if Our Condo Isn’t Selling? + Are Multiplexes the Next Big Bet for Investors? — ‘The Situation’ Consumer Q&A

Jan 24 2025 27 mins  
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 growing family needing more room - do they keep trying to sell the small investment condo they own or sel

Why Are Interest Rates Staying High? + The Market Outlook for 2025 — January Toronto Area Real Estate Market Live Update & Q/A

Jan 17 2025 56 mins  
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

Review of 2024, What’s Next for 2025 + Impact of Trudeau Going, Trump Coming — Toronto & Vancouver Real Estate Roundtable January 2025

Jan 10 2025 50 mins  
It’s our first roundtable of the year with my co-host John Pasalis in Toronto and Steve Saretsky in Vancouver. This month, John and Steve discuss how the market performed last year and what we can expect in 2025. Plus, when will the preconstruction market slowdown result in price drops and how will the incoming U.S. President Trump’s threats against the Canadian economy and new

Mixed Market, Mixed Signals - What’s Ahead for 2025? — November Toronto Area Real Estate Market Live Update & Q/A

Dec 13 2024 75 mins  
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 liveli

Mixed Market Conditions + Should Large Companies Buy Up Homes? — Toronto & Vancouver Real Estate Roundtable December 2024

Dec 06 2024 45 mins  
It’s December and time for our last monthly Toronto and Vancouver real estate roundtable of the calendar year with my co-host John Pasalis in Toronto and Steve Saretsky in Vancouver. This week, John and Steve explain why a jump up in YOY sales numbers obscures the reality of a sluggish market with some segments performing better than other and just how Vancouver and Toronto ha

How Today's Working Generations are Propping Up Older Ones on Housing and More

Dec 03 2024 61 mins  
In this week’s episode, John and Urmi talk to Paul Kershaw, policy professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Population and Public Health, and Founder of Generation Squeeze, a think tank that researches and advocates for today’s working age generations. Today, we’ll dig into what Generation Squeeze thinks Canada needs to change about its housi

Reviving an Old Idea to Solve Modern Housing Challenges – Land Value Tax

Nov 26 2024 55 mins  
In this episode, we’re diving into a timeless economic solution that’s gaining new attention in today’s housing debates: the Land Value Tax (LVT). Unlike traditional property taxes, which tax both land and the structures on it, a Land Value Tax focuses solely on the land. This means property owners aren’t penalized for making improvements, like building more housing—a cr

Why Are Toronto Home Sales Picking-Up? + Why Interest Rates May Not Fall More — November Toronto Area Real Estate Market Live Update & Q/A

Nov 19 2024 59 mins  
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

Home Sales Up, New Construction Stays Down — Toronto & Vancouver Real Estate Roundtable November 2024

Nov 12 2024 53 mins  
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