Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

Your strata insurance probably just went up 50 to 300% and now a simple toilet leak could potentially bankrupt you. What happened? Reliance Insurance Specialist Douglas Chan sits down with Adam & Matt to detail the rapidly changing strata insurance market and the prognosis is not good. This will cost you money: in strata fees, in potential special levies, and in your personal insurance policy. What does this mean for the condo market? Are condos still a good investment or has Vancouver just become risky business? This episode will definitely shake your nerves and rattle your brains!  

Cut out the noise and listen up 'cause Andrew Ramlo and Ryan Berlin from Rennie Intelligence are finally here! And there's a lot riding on the data compiled and interpreted by two of the industry's guiding voices. In fact, this data drives the decisions of some of our region's biggest players including home-builders, realtors, project marketers, and the housing sector at large. So what better time than the beginning of 2020 to recap the turbulence of 2019 and forecast Vancouver's real estate market for the year ahead. Was the rebound in Q4 (2019) predictable? Have we hit bottom? Which areas are set to pop? And should you buy or sell in 2020? This episode is the straight dope. 

This repurposed way of building will leaf you speechless! Do we have you stumped? Deputy Director and Chief Conservation Officer of the New England Forestry Foundation, Frank Lowenstein, takes Adam and Matt out on a limb this week to discuss the benefits of wood construction – and this isn’t your grandma’s 70’s walk-up wood construction but a reimagined way forward that is set to transform the way we all live. Turns out concrete construction has been the wrong root! This new wood frame technology means we can build higher and cheaper while saving the planet at the same time. Trust us, it’s time to log in to this sappy episode. Indeed, this might be one of our most poplar hits! 

Join us Wednesday, January 15th at 7pm (PST) at Vancouver Real Estate Podcast on Youtube for Vancouver Real Estate Live! Our guest will be Andrey Pavlov, Professor of Finance at the SFU Beedie School of Business. See you there!

The next housing bubble may not burst, but rather the air might slowly seep out as 21,000,000+ homes hit the market over the next two decades. Looking for someone to blame? Look no further than the guy who - in his day - walked uphill to school and uphill back home in three feet of snow. And no, we are not talking about the greatest generation; we are talking about boomers. Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Laura Kusisto, joins Adam & Matt to discuss how baby boomers are gearing up to sell one quarter of America's homes over the next twenty years. And, many of these homes don't align with the newer generations' wants and needs. What does this mean for the market? How will real estate in Vancouver, and Canada more generally, fair? And how should changing buying patterns inform urban planning and real estate investing? This episode will have you reminiscing about sock-hops, milkshakes, and hula-hoops. Stay groovy, Daddy-O!

Original episode posted: January 3, 2019 New Year, New You? Well, we’ve got your motivation covered! Meet Janet LePage, Co-Founder & CEO of Western Wealth Capital (WWC), who started out at 25 years old with a real estate coach and now oversees a soon-to-be billion dollar company with 10,000 rental units and counting. Among her many achievements, Janet was recently highlighted as one of BIV’s Forty Under 40, was awarded the Veuve Clicquot Canadian New Generation Award, and secured a finalist spot for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2017. Janet joins Adam & Matt to discuss real estate investing strategies, the metrics she considers before investing, and how you, too, can grow an empire. Do not miss this episode!

Original episode posted: June 14, 2018 Brad J. Lamb is one to watch: he made his first million in real estate before moving out of his parent’s basement and has not slowed down since. Brad subsequently opened his own real estate brokerage, amassed an enormous personal real estate portfolio, starred in HGTV’s “Big City Broker,” founded a development company with holdings across Canada, and, oh, you know, sold 24,000 condos in the GTA! Brad sits down with Matt & Adam for a wide-ranging conversation on how to be successful in the world of real estate. Among many other things, find out where in Canada Brad would buy right now; his best advice for aspiring real estate moguls; and why the residential condo is still the best investment vehicle out there. Not to be missed!

Should you buy that assignment? Are Foreclosures really a good deal? And what happens when one party of a real estate transaction decides not to complete? Real Estate Lawyer Ken Pazder joins Adam and Matt in this riveting season finale to answer these questions and so much more. Big risk always exists where there are big rewards and the best way to protect yourself is through knowledge upfront. Listen Up! We are back over the next two weeks with two of our favourites from the vault. Happy holidays! Thanks for joining us in 2019 and we look forward to a prosperous 2020 with the VREP Community! – With love, your SECRET admirer. 

2020 is HERE! So, who better than SFU's Professor of Finance at Beedie School of Business, Andrey Pavlov, to join Adam & Matt to not only dissect the year that's passed but also inform the year ahead! Where's the market going? What mistakes have we made along the way? And what's posing the biggest threat to our market and affordability? Trust us, this is a no-holds barred account of government, policy, money, and everything in between. We sift out all the gold nuggets this market has to offer and you’re going to love it. You spoke, we heard, and this is the content the VREP community wants! Download and share this gem today! 

How do the best and brightest pivot and maintain a competitive edge in Vancouver’s ever-changing market? Sunny Hahm, Director of Marketing & Strategy at Beedie, joins Adam & Matt to discuss some of Beedie’s biggest successes in the down market and the secret to maintaining a competitive edge through careful analysis and bold choices. Sunny also looks forward to 2020 and - spoiler alert! - much of the the doom and gloom that clouded last year’s holiday season is gone. He shares his predictions for 2020, whether prices go up or down, and which areas are sure bets for buyers. Ladies and gentleman, it’s Hahmer time!