Move Smartly: The Podcast

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!

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 Peter Karlos, 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!

This week, detached homes hit a new low, rents fall and when are condo prices finally going to fall? And as interest rates fall amidst Canada’s trade tariff war with the US Trump administration continues, consumers have plenty of questions about what’s next for their real estate moves, mortgage rates and more.

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:

To learn about John’s new homebuying/selling right now session - email [email protected] with the subject line “Smart”

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!

John and Urmi are going to be taking a short summer break and will return with a new episode on September 12th. We are planning to speak to even more experts on all things Toronto and Canadian real estate including related issues such as how to build homes faster, immigration, employment and more. We’re also planning to do more national and international looks at how other markets have approached similar real estate policies and concerns.

We’ve really appreciated hearing from all of you about how much you enjoy the show and your own excellent real estate insights and feedback - please keep it coming!

Enjoy our show? Please leave us a five-star rating (and even better, a written review) so more listeners can find us. Thank you!

Prefer to watch? You can watch this and all other episodes on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel

Contact Us

To contact John Pasalis, Broker and President of Realosophy Realty:

• Book a free consult: https://www.movesmartly.com/meetjohn
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @JohnPasalis

To contact Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly:

• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @MoveSmartly

About This Show

Move Smartly is powered by Realosophy Realty Inc. Brokerage in Toronto, Ontario.

Co-hosts Urmi and John are back with our monthly consumer Q&A, ‘‘The Situation.’ As usual, John responds to the detailed questions that real estate consumers across the GTA have sent in to us.

This month, John responds to a would be home buyer who worries about the unsustainable, bubble-like prices we are seeing in the Toronto area, a happy condo renter who is not as sure if she should buy and invest in a condo as opposed to a house and more.

Email us about your own real estate situation to be addressed in a future episode at: [email protected]

You can watch this show on our MoveSmartly YouTube channel, follow us on Twitter @MoveSmartly for news or reach out to the show over email at [email protected].