Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

The dust is beginning to settle on the NDP’s 30-Point Housing Plan and the potential implications loom large over the Vancouver real estate market. Simon Fraser University Finance Professor Andrey Pavlov has thought long and hard about the possible consequences of these measures and he sits down with Adam and Matt to hash out the details while providing keen insights into where our market is headed.  Check out Andrey's work HERE

The BC NDP's budget for 2018 was just announced and, as predicted, there are lots of policy changes targeting housing. The party's stated goal is to bring stability to housing prices and return the market to one that serves local residents, but will these changes truly have an impact or is this a case of politicians steady politickin'? Sandy MacKay and Rob Break, from the popular podcast "Breakthrough Real Estate Investing" join Matt and Adam to discuss investing tips and lessons learned in the real Estate trenches. Check out Sandy and Rob's show BREAKTHROUGH REAL ESTATE INVESTING PODCAST

Our first guest with a condo tower named after him! Larry Beasley was Co-Chair Planner at the City of Vancouver for 15 years and led Vancouver’s modern transformation into a world model for sustainable and liveable cities. Now Larry holds the “Distinguished Practice Professor of Planning” at the University of British Columbia, sits on various boards including Translink, and teaches and advises urbanism all over the world. Larry joins Adam & Matt to discuss the carefully-planned origins of Vancouverism, its wild success, and why we must continue to develop creative solutions to our current problems moving forward, without opting for exclusionary policies. Few people understand our city the way Larry does – this episode is not to be missed! Check out Larry's book Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs on Amazon

Sign Up for VIP Access to Presale Construction Projects! We have all seen claims like this but how exactly does Vancouver’s red-hot presale market work? Adam & Matt are joined this week by Project Marketer Trevor Street, founder and CEO of The Partners Marketing Group, to break down this often-misunderstood segment of our market. Trevor lets us all behind the presale curtain, detailing how VIP access works, what you can do to land the unit of your dreams, market predictions for the coming year, and a whole lot more.

Have you ever wanted to pick the brain of one of the largest and most celebrated developers in Vancouver? Jon Stovell, president of Reliance Properties, sits down with Matt and Adam for a conversation about everything from how he got his start in real estate to the best investment opportunities to the future of the city.  Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear from a key player in Vancouver's current and future transformation!

Huge changes coming to the Vancouver Real Estate market in 2018 and the devil is in the details. Professor Tom Davidoff joins Matt & Adam to hash over the details and makes predictions from policy changes to potential price surges. Check out Tom's latest work ON HIS BLOG Or follow him on Twitter: @tomdavidoff  

Dustan Woodhouse makes bold predictions. In the face of the Foreign Buyer's Tax, he called for home prices to increase dramatically. Now, he's back to offer predictions for 2018 as well as his thoughts on variable versus fixed in today's economic climate, new pitfalls in qualifying, and the best 22 minutes you can have with your clothes on.

A key component to Vancouver home prices is immigration, specifically the growing numbers of immigrants arriving to land-locked Vancouver over the next few years.  This week UBC Professor of Geography, Daniel Hiebert joins Matt and Adam to discuss his recent paper published in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research and picked up by several local media outlets. Our riveting conversation focuses on immigrant home buying patterns in Vancouver and across Canada, the difference between foreign buyers and immigrants, and Canadian-born perceptions of immigration and housing. 

New year, new market! Will 2018 be as hot of a year for Canadian real estate as 2017 was? For our 100th Episode, we invited Clayton Jarvis from Canadian Real Estate Wealth magazine to come share his predictions for this year's top investment markets across the country. Don't miss out on this valuable investor insight!

We had planned on launching our 100th Episode Spectacular this week, but Adam and this whole Christmas business got in the way. We will save it for 2018... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From the Vancouver Real Estate Podcast!