The Canadian Real Estate Investor
The Canadian Real Estate Investor
Playlist by The Canadian Real Estate InvestorThe 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 g…406 clip(s) in playlist
The Mortgage Renewal Shock Is Here, But Canadians Still Believe
CMHC's 2026 Mortgage Consumer Survey is out, and Dan and I dig into what the numbers actually say about Canadian homeownership right now. The headlines: 35% of renewers felt financial pressure with payments up $375/month, but default concern dropped from 53% to 39%. 28% of first-time buyers needed…
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The Budget Just Quietly Changed the Math On Canadian Housing
Nick and Dan break down the one line in the Spring Economic Update that actually matters: Ottawa wants private insurers to cover 5–8 unit buildings, with more flexibility for triplexes and fourplexes. Plus $7B accelerated for the Apartment Construction Loan Program. The backdrop has flipped — popul…
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Top 10 Canadian Cities to Invest in for 2026
A deep dive into 10 Canadian secondary markets worth serious investor attention in 2026. With Toronto condo sales at a 35-year low and Vancouver projects struggling to hit presale thresholds, capital is flowing into cities where the fundamentals actually pencil. The episode covers Moncton (2.9% po…
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How Long Do Recessions Last In Canada ?
Nick and Dan break down Canada's four major modern recessions and what each did to real estate. Key insight: economic recovery and housing recovery are different timelines, Toronto took 13 years to recover from the 1989 peak, while Vancouver bounced back from 2008 in just 20 months. Bubble-driven c…
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This May Upset Some Realtors
Nick and Dan unpack Real Brokerage's acquisition of RE/MAX and argue the market reaction tells the real story, RMAX trading ~30% below the headline $13.80 deal value and REAX selling off signals investors aren't convinced the combination creates shareholder value. They frame it as two stressed mode…
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How Ai Is Changing Real Estate
Nick and Dan break down how AI is rewiring Canadian real estate layer by layer, search, valuation, mortgages, construction, and operations. They cover where it's genuinely transforming the industry (40% faster underwriting, 30% faster builds, QuadReal and Cadillac Fairview already at scale) and whe…
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The Tenant Screening Rule That Saves Landlords From Disaster
Sits down with Keaton Bessey, broker-owner of Greater Vancouver Tenant and Property Management, to break down what it actually takes to own and manage rental properties and especially multiplexes in one of Canada's most tenant-friendly markets. Keaton walks through property management fee structu…
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The Price You See Is No Longer the Real Price
Prices aren't crashing, but almost everything just got cheaper. About 22% of new construction units have visible price cuts, but factor in the expanded HST rebate and roughly 90% of inventory is effectively discounted right now. Dan and Nick break down the data, the game theory keeping builders fro…
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Why Are Canada's Top Earners Leaving the Country?
40% of Canadians who'd rank in the top 1% of earners are already living in the U.S. and they're taking the productivity, the tax base, and the move-up housing demand with them. Dan and Nick unpack the brain drain, the February jobs collapse, the AI wildcard, and RBC's $1.8 trillion counter-narrativ…
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How The Silver Tsunami Will Reshape Canada
Everyone's been waiting for the silver tsunami to crash the Canadian housing market — a flood of boomer homes hitting the market, prices correcting, and millennials finally getting their shot. It hasn't happened, and it's not going to happen the way anyone expects. In this episode, Nick and Dan br…
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