Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

'Remember when' may be the lowest form of conversation, but Vancouver sellers still can't resist quoting what their neighbour sold for in 2021. Back then, buyers were terrified of missing out. Now the anxiety belongs to anyone looking to sell. Zonda VP of Product Jon Bennest & VP of Advisory Stefan Greiner sit down with Matt this week to explain how the pendulum swung so hard, and why a region with ZERO new tower launches this ...

Four years ago, he helped put Ken Sim in the mayor's chair. Now he wants him out of it. Vancouver Liberals mayoral candidate Kareem Allam sits down with Adam & Matt to explain why he walked away from ABC and why he's staking his entire campaign on one goal: bringing back the young people fleeing Vancouver. He pulls no punches on a building code he calls a barrier to new housing, density that has outrun the parks & pools nei...

Vancouver's presale market hasn't just slowed, it has nearly vanished, & that will shape what gets built here for years to come. Recorded live at REIBC's Real Estate 360, Wesgroup Properties President & CEO Beau Jarvis sits down with Adam & Matt to explain why government, not weak demand, remains his industry's biggest obstacle. With civic & provincial elections a week apart, Beau pulls no punches on David Eby's pro...

The fall market is already crawling, and now a snap provincial election and a surprise tax on unsold condos have dragged BC housing into the political crossfire. In front of a live audience, BCREA Senior VP of Government Relations Trevor Hargreaves sits down with Adam & Matt to unpack Premier David Eby's timing, why developers keep getting cast as villains while many struggle to stay afloat, and how rapid densification without ...

For many Vancouverites, this upcoming civic election is about one thing: street disorder. Councillor & Green Party mayoral candidate Pete Fry sits down with Adam & Matt this week to lay out his approach, from supportive housing & overdose prevention sites to the tiny shelters he's seen succeed down the coast. The longtime Strathcona resident also shares what a well-run SRO on his own block reveals about making these bui...

Picture this: you move into your new home & find yourself across the table from a government bureaucrat at your first strata meeting. And they control 30% of the strata votes! The proposed condo bailout could make this a reality. Senior Economist Marc Lee of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives sits down with Adam & Matt this week to unpack why the cycle that made Vancouver real estate a one-way bet has somehow ended...

The Fraser Valley benchmark price has fallen from nearly $1.2 million at the 2022 peak to $869,000 & Surrey Realtor Steve Karrasch says the declines are speeding up - not slowing down. Steve sits down with Adam & Matt this week to walk through a market that is bucking the stabilizing national trend: where court-ordered sales are setting the price, landlords are selling rather than re-renting, and a detached house can now be...

Most of the market is sitting on its hands, but Townline President Daryl Simpson says that developers paying attention are getting ready to build. Daryl sits down with Adam & Matt this week to explain a paradox: how the slowest condo market of his three decade career, the first real drop in rents this city has ever seen, and 20,000 rental units still under construction actually set up a genuine supply squeeze in the early 2030s...

Selling in Vancouver this fall will not be easy & the questions homeowners are asking right now reflect that reality. Fresh off a stronger June but softer July, Adam & Matt sit down to discuss listing your property in the fall of 2026, answering the questions they hear most from sellers. They move through each stage of a sale: before you list, when you set your price, and once an offer comes in, tackling everything from rea...

The debate over Vancouver's Villages Plan has become something bigger than a simple zoning discussion. It has become a charged battle over the future of our city. As the city holds public consultation on the plan to upzone 17 neighbourhoods across Vancouver, housing advocate Phil Webb sits down with Adam & Matt to report from these contentious meetings at City Hall. They unpack the fears of the opposition, assess the plan on it...

The same strange market split is playing out in Toronto and Vancouver & which side you're on depends entirely on what you own. Tom Storey, leader of Toronto's Storey Team and host of the Tom Storey Show, sits down with Adam & Matt this week to compare Canada's largest cities point for point. The conversation runs from Leslieville versus Kitsilano, to a five-point test that decides whether a condo sells today, to a new frame...

The numbers say the market is merely slow. Everyone living in it says something worse. BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson sits down this week with Adam & Matt to break down a first half that somehow undercut an already historic low. From the string of supply shocks driving rates up, to move up buyers single-handedly propping up the market, to the province's $1.5 billion bid to scoop up thousands of unsold condos, this wide...

2021 prices are gone and sellers are finally coming to terms with reality. But what's next? Cory Wright, owner and managing broker at William Wright Commercial, sits down with Adam & Matt for an unvarnished health check across every asset class in the world of commercial real estate. They dig into why office is drawing serious buyers, how some industrial now sells for less than it costs to build, and the case for the buildings ...

Your home may be your biggest investment, but is it also your biggest risk? This week, James Milne and Brent Anderson, Business Development Directors at FirstService Residential, sit down with Adam & Matt to pull back the curtain on strata life in BC. From dysfunctional councils and deferred maintenance to the document red flags most buyers walk right past, this conversation is essential listening for anyone who owns or is shop...

What if the very thing that makes your home a winning investment is also the thing that puts our city beyond reach for the people who live & work here? Chuck Marohn, the Strong Towns founder and co-author of Escaping the Housing Trap, sits down with Adam & Matt this week to explain where we have gone wrong in North American housing: how shelter has become a financial asset, why prices are never allowed to fall, and why this...

Forget 2008. Real estate research analyst Wendy Waters sits down with Adam & Matt to argue that today's Vancouver real estate market has far more in common with the late 1990s, a long, quiet stretch where prices barely moved, governments rebalanced their books, and global uncertainty hung over every decision. From flight-to-quality buyers to the wave of young Canadians still living at home, the conversation reframes what listen...

After five straight credit downgrades and a record deficit, BC is at a turning point. David Williams, VP of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia, sits down with Adam & Matt to unpack how the province went from fiscal powerhouse to cautionary tale in just half a decade. From the end of four mega projects to a ballooning public sector and outmigration not seen since the 1990s, the conversation cuts to the heart of w...

Three province-purchased SROs, a 39-day FIFA pedestrian takeover, and a long-promised revival have put Granville Street at the centre of the fight for downtown Vancouver's future. Jane Talbot, President and CEO of Downtown Van, sits down with Adam & Matt to unpack where the Granville Plan stands, why this summer could be a turning point for the entire 90-block core, and how the entertainment district's struggles ripple through ...

Some Vancouver neighbourhoods are filling up with the next generation, while others are aging in place. Markus Moos, professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Planning, sits down with Adam & Matt to unpack what's driving the divergence, from the rise of 'forever young' districts to the knowledge economy concentrating at the centre and families getting priced out to the edges. Why do certain pockets surge with younger ...