Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

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 - one builders should be preparing for now. He is candid about why today's construction savings will not last, what developers got wrong during boom times, and why the condo bailout nobody asked for is doing more harm than good. So when does this market actually turn? What happens to rents once the cranes come down? And what will it take for buyers to believe in this market again? Don't miss this one!

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 reading a market that keeps humbling the experts to the subject-removal shakedown now showing up on nearly every deal. Is now the time to list or a moment to wait? Should you buy first or sell first? And is the first offer really the best offer? Don't miss this practical guide to selling in today's market.

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 its merits, and dig into Phil's warning that protecting the status quo only shuts younger Vancouverites out of the market for good. Is the plan smart policy or just more condos that no one asked for? Whose voices are actually being heard here, and who is really footing the bill? And are the battle lines over the city's future actually in fact drawn by generation and wealth? The future of the city is being shaped today & the conversation starts here.

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 framework that flips how buyers should think about real estate as a long term investment. Why do a handful of neighbourhoods still feel like 2021? What hard-won lessons from this downturn could save you thousands? And is now the best window to trade up before prices move again? A must listen before you make your next move!

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-ranging conversation gets to the heart of why the gloom won't lift & what finally turns it around. So what word does a chief economist reach for? Why are first time buyers disappearing just as affordability improves? And when does the malaise finally lift?