It’s that time again - our June roundtable with Steve in Vancouver and John in Toronto is live!
This June, top stories include:
- Home prices continue to rise in spite of high existing prices and high interest rates as frustrated home buyers continue to compete over a historically low level of listings
- The impact the Bank of Canada's latest, rather unexpected, rate hike will have on housing markets
- How the Bank of Canada is caught in a vicious inflationary cycle when it comes to home prices and costs
- A confusing tug-of-war as the Federal Government is heating the economy through immigration just as the Bank of Canada tries to cool it
- Lessons from BC and Calgary on whether the City of Toronto's recent planning/zoning decision to allow up to 4-housing units to be built single family lots across the city
- Plus great viewer questions and more
How to Watch/Listen:
- Click on play button above to watch on this blog post
- Go to our Move Smartly YouTube channel to watch this session there
- Go to our Move Smartly podcast to listen to this episode there
About This Series
Each month, MoveSmartly.com editor, Urmi Desai, talks to Steve Saretsky, Housing Analyst & Realtor at Oakwin Realty in Vancouver and John Pasalis, Housing Analyst, Broker and President, Realosophy Realty in Toronto about the latest data and on-the-ground insights in Canada's biggest residential real estate markets.
Special thanks to Jessy Bains, who originated this series when he was with Yahoo Canada Finance. We are pleased to continue this important conversation at MoveSmartly.com.
Feedback or Questions? Connect with us on Twitter: @MoveSmartly, @JohnPasalis, @SteveSaretsky
Email the show at editor@movesmartly.com
Urmi Desai is Founding Editor at Move Smartly, a leader in Toronto real estate news & analysis, and is Realosophy Realty's Chief Content Officer with responsibility for Realosophy.com and all consumer education and tools.
Urmi holds a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Toronto and an M.A. from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Trade Economics) at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).
