Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

The future of real estate is finally here... well, maybe not the future but an incredible new resource with futuristic capabilities and realtor-level information. And best of all, it's free! This week, Adam and Matt sit down with HomeSpotter creator, Aaron Kardell, to discuss his new game-changing mobile app and his thoughts on the future of real estate technology. This is one you won't want to miss - so grab your flux capacitor and let's go back to the future of real estate! Click here to sign up for Homespotter. Check out the latest episode of Jon, Seth and the Hoi Polloi on Youtube.

This episode will save you money! You pay thousands of dollars over the lifespan of your mortgage to insure your loan to protect family and loved ones in case of death. But are your good intentions causing you to throw money away? Matt & Adam sit down with Tom Gaymer and Lance Risbey this week to talk about just how much money you are wasting by making this single mistake. You can get in touch with Lance and Tom by heading to THEIR WEBSITE 

Calls for density are answered! The City of Vancouver has announced a new and radical housing plan and the implications for home-owners and investors in real estate are huge. Adam and Matt sit down with UBC Associate Professor Nathan Lauster to hash out the details and sort out the winners and losers. The ground is shifting beneath your feet and your buying and selling strategies need to respond! Also, check out VanMag's 2017 Power 50 List

It can be painful looking backwards to think "what if" or "if only" when it comes to investing in Vancouver real estate. Matt and Adam sit down with top-producing Realtor Jon Lumer to break down the 6 most common reasons stopping would-be investors from pulling the trigger. 

What do geography and real estate have in common? Find out by listening to this week's episode, featuring UBC Geography professor and longtime student of Vancouver real estate, David Ley.  David has done extensive research on gentrification and its effects on real estate in Vancouver and he makes some pointed observations and surprising predictions about our market. Surely an episode you won't want to miss!  Check out David's highly-acclaimed book, "The New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City"

What better source for an in-depth analysis of our market than CMHC Chief Economist Bob Dugan?  Adam and Matt dig deep into the tools used by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation in an effort to make sense of the wild swings we have seen in the market in the past few years.  Bob also offers some insight into what the market has in store for us in the near future.  Check out the latest CMHC Housing Market Assessment for Vancouver HERE.

Was the Foreign Buyer Tax a fail? UBC Assistant Professor Jack Favilukis weighs in on this issue with some opinions and solutions. Check out his Global News article HERE. Also, check out Adam's insightful moment in the national news spotlight HERE.

We see statistics every day in our social media feeds, in news articles, at the dinner table, etc. They can be extremely helpful when used to understand certain aspects of the world around us, but they can also be manipulated and sensationalized to fit the storyline of the person or organization quoting them.  So why don't we just look the stats up and do our own fact-checking? The problem is that raw statistical data is not easy for the average person to understand. That's why Jens von Bergmann has developed his open-source statistical mapping interface, CensusMapper.  This week, Matt and Adam chat with Jens about how to use his software to understand our market better, as well as some observations he has made regarding general population trends taking place in Vancouver.

What happens when a strata property becomes a burden to repair? How about when a developer wants to purchase an entire condo building? This process is called a strata dissolution, or more commonly, a strata windup. Phil Dougan from Access Law Group joins Matt and Adam to discuss the many complications and implications involved in a strata windup and gives some tips on how savvy real estate investors can target these types of properties.

Tom Davidoff returns for another one of his famous market analyses! Matt and Adam catch up with Tom for a chat about everything from what makes a healthy market to housing politics. Have a listen and stay in the know!