Ottawa and B.C. just unveiled a plan touching 2,200+ vacant condos, and the headline says taxpayers are now the buyer of last resort. Nick and Dan break down what was actually announced, billions in infrastructure, development-charge cuts, and a condo-conversion plan whose financing details won't drop until fall, and ask the question that matters: is public money buying real value, or rescuing a condo sector that overbuilt for investors? Smart housing policy or a bailout in disguise? It comes down to who takes the loss.

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Ottawa and B.C. just unveiled a plan touching 2,200+ vacant condos, and the headline says taxpayers are now the buyer of last resort. Nick and Dan break down what was actually announced, billions in infrastructure, development-charge cuts, and a condo-conversion plan whose financing details won't drop until fall, and ask the question that matters: is public money buying real value, or rescuing a condo sector that overbuilt for investors? Smart housing policy or a bailout in disguise? It comes down to who takes the loss.
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The podcast features in depth discussion around investing in real estate, ongoing news in the Canadian real estate market, how to structure deals and grow your portfolio.
Show hosts Daniel Foch and Nick Hill bring experience, fresh takes, well-researched information and entertainment to a real estate investing podcast for Canadians.

The Podcast For Canadian Real Estate Investors.
The podcast features in depth discussion around investing in real estate, ongoing news in the Canadian real estate market, how to structure deals and grow your portfolio. Show hosts Daniel Foch and Nick Hill bring experience, fresh takes, well-researched information and entertainment to a real estate investing podcast for Canadians.

The Canadian Real Estate Investor

The Podcast For Canadian Real Estate Investors.

The podcast features in depth discussion around investing in real estate, ongoing news in the Canadian real estate market, how to structure deals and grow your portfolio.

Show hosts Daniel Foche and Nick Hill bring experience, fresh takes, well-researched information and entertainment to a real estate investing podcast for Canadians.

The Podcast For Canadian Real Estate Investors.
The podcast features in depth discussion around investing in real estate, ongoing news in the Canadian real estate market, how to structure deals and grow your portfolio.
Show hosts Daniel Foche and Nick Hill bring experience, fresh takes, well-researched information and entertainment to a real estate investing podcast for Canadians.

The $3.2B Condo Market Rescue Everyone is Talking About Pt. 1

In this episode, we get real about why we take our events across the country  it's not about selling courses from the back of the room, it's about the room itself. We break down how the right connections turn into partners, lenders, and closed deals, then hand you 8 networking tips worth stealing so you can actually work a room. 

From there we go off the beaten path into weird and wonderful real estate  car washes, marinas, self-storage, mobile home parks, and billboards the alternative assets most investors never consider. And since we recorded this one inside a working theater, we bring on the venue's owner to talk about running a building most investors would never touch. 

Check out the Terminal Theatre 

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In this episode, we get real about why we take our events across the country&nbsp; it's not about selling courses from the back of the room, it's about the room itself. We break down how the right connections turn into partners, lenders, and closed deals, then hand you 8 networking tips worth stealing so you can actually work a room.&nbsp;
From there we go off the beaten path into weird and wonderful real estate&nbsp; car washes, marinas, self-storage, mobile home parks, and billboards the alternative assets most investors never consider. And since we recorded this one inside a working theater, we bring on the venue's owner to talk about running a building most investors would never touch.&nbsp;
Check out the <a href="https://terminaltheatre.ca/">Terminal Theatre&nbsp;</a>
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Weird Real Estate, The Right Rooms & Relationships 

Thousands of completed condos sit empty in a housing crisis, and now governments in Ontario and B.C. are using public money to fix it. Nick and Dan break down the Ontario "template", a government-backed buyer for unsold units, GST/HST relief up to $130K per home, and development-charge cuts, and ask whether it's smart housing policy or a bailout for developers who bet wrong.

They tackle the hard questions: Why does all this inventory exist? When does policy cross into rescuing private balance sheets? And why should a taxpayer in Halifax fund the cleanup of markets that leaned hardest into speculation?

The verdict is in the terms, not the headline: a real discount with long-term affordability is defensible; near-peak prices with a short affordability window is a bailout. Because in housing, somebody always pays, the only question is who.

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Thousands of completed condos sit empty in a housing crisis, and now governments in Ontario and B.C. are using public money to fix it. Nick and Dan break down the Ontario "template", a government-backed buyer for unsold units, GST/HST relief up to $130K per home, and development-charge cuts, and ask whether it's smart housing policy or a bailout for developers who bet wrong.
They tackle the hard questions: Why does all this inventory exist? When does policy cross into rescuing private balance sheets? And why should a taxpayer in Halifax fund the cleanup of markets that leaned hardest into speculation?
The verdict is in the terms, not the headline: a real discount with long-term affordability is defensible; near-peak prices with a short affordability window is a bailout. Because in housing, somebody always pays, the only question is who.
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The $3.2B Condo Market Rescue Everyone is Talking About Pt. 2

CREA says home sales jumped 5.5% in May, but that "comeback" deserves a closer look. The seasonally adjusted bounce was real, yet actual sales were still 5.1% below last May, itself one of the weakest years in two decades. We break down why a strong monthly percentage can hide a market sitting near a 20-year low.

The real story underneath: Canada has split into two housing markets. Ontario and B.C. remain below their January 2022 peaks (down 16.1% and 9.1%), while New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan and much of the country sit near record highs. One national press release, two completely different realities.

We dig into why supply is tightening faster than prices are recovering, the gap between more buyers and more qualified buyers, and what would confirm a durable turn, plus a practical playbook for buyers, sellers, and agents.

The question we leave you with: Are Ontario and B.C. showing the rest of Canada where prices are headed, or is the rest of Canada showing them what recovery looks like?

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CREA says home sales jumped 5.5% in May, but that "comeback" deserves a closer look. The seasonally adjusted bounce was real, yet actual sales were still 5.1% below last May, itself one of the weakest years in two decades. We break down why a strong monthly percentage can hide a market sitting near a 20-year low.
The real story underneath: Canada has split into two housing markets. Ontario and B.C. remain below their January 2022 peaks (down 16.1% and 9.1%), while New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan and much of the country sit near record highs. One national press release, two completely different realities.
We dig into why supply is tightening faster than prices are recovering, the gap between more buyers and more qualified buyers, and what would confirm a durable turn, plus a practical playbook for buyers, sellers, and agents.
The question we leave you with: Are Ontario and B.C. showing the rest of Canada where prices are headed, or is the rest of Canada showing them what recovery looks like?
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