The Vancouver Life Real Estate Podcast
Episodes
329 episodes
Canadian Home Prices Have Dropped 25% Since The Peak - But Still Not Enough To Entice Buyers
This week’s Canadian real estate story is no longer just about home prices — it’s about financial pressure, shifting behaviour, and whether sophisticated investors are quietly positioning for the next cycle. National home prices are now down mo...
MAY 2026 Vancouver Real Estate Update - Prices Hit 56 Month LOW
Canada’s housing market is undergoing a profound shift — one that increasingly reflects the broader vulnerabilities developing within the Canadian economy itself. What was once viewed as a seemingly unstoppable engine of national growth is now ...
Inside Canada’s New Housing Plan - What You Need to Know
In a market defined by uncertainty, this episode captures a pivotal moment for Canadian real estate—where economic pressure, policy intervention, and shifting demand are colliding in real time.At the center of the conversation is a clea...
WARNING: The 2026 Housing Threat No One is Talking About
veryone is asking the same question right now: how long will this last? Because the housing market doesn’t just feel slow—it feels stuck. Prices in many Canadian markets are still down meaningfully from their peak, sales activity is hovering ne...
They’re Quietly Bailing Out Real Estate… Here’s Why It Matters
In a market defined by hesitation, policy is beginning to take center stage—and in this episode, the conversation cuts straight to the core of what may become one of the most consequential turning points in Canadian real estate: the era of hous...
2 Years Down, 2 To Go - The State Of Vancouver's Rental Market
Canada’s rental market—often the earliest signal of stress or recovery in real estate—is undergoing a meaningful and potentially structural shift. In this episode, insights from frontline operator Keaton Bessey reveal a market that is not simpl...
APRIL 2026 Vancouver Real Estate Update - Home Prices Rise For First Time In A Year
Canada’s housing market is once again at a critical inflection point—where early signs of stabilization are colliding head-on with mounting economic pressure and unprecedented government intervention. In this episode, the spotlight turns to a p...
The Market Is Weak… And Governments Are Stepping In
Canada’s housing market is entering a phase defined not by a single trend, but by a collision of forces—policy intervention, economic pressure, and shifting investor behavior—all unfolding at once. In this episode, the focus turns to a pivotal ...
Canada's Population Goes Negative for the First Time - Here's The Effect On Housing
Canada’s housing market is entering a phase defined not by a single trend, but by a collision of powerful and often opposing forces. In this episode, a rapidly shifting landscape is unpacked—one where governments are beginning to intervene with...
War, Oil, and Your Mortgage: What's Really Happening, with BMO Economist Doug Porter
In an environment where uncertainty increasingly shapes economic behavior, the forces influencing Canada’s housing market have rarely been more complex—or more consequential. In this episode, attention turns to the global and domestic economic ...
MARCH 2026 Vancouver Real Estate Update - Prices DROP For 11th Straight Month
The Vancouver housing market has always been shaped by powerful forces — interest rates, government policy, global economics, and human psychology. But in early 2026, those forces appear to be colliding all at once, creating one of the most unc...
BREAKING: Musqueam Secures Aboriginal Title Over Lower Mainland with Dallas Brodie
Recent developments around Indigenous land rights have quickly become one of the most consequential—and least understood—policy discussions unfolding in British Columbia today. At the center of the debate is a newly announced “Rights Recognitio...
From Condo Crash to Budget Shock: The 2026 Real Estate Market Breakdown
Canada’s housing market is no longer simply cooling — it’s restructuring in real time.This episode opens with a staggering statistic: Toronto new home sales have collapsed to just 269 units in January 2026 — the lowest level ever recorde...
Cowichan LAND CLAIM Shocks BC: What It Means for Your Home
Few legal decisions in British Columbia have unsettled homeowners, investors, and policymakers quite like the recent Cowichan land claim ruling. What began as a courtroom examination of Aboriginal title in Richmond has quickly evolved into a pr...
Housing Is 37% More Affordable in Vancouver - But the Real Story Is What Comes Next
Affordability in Vancouver has improved by roughly 37% from its 2023 peak. Monthly mortgage payments on an average home have fallen by about $1,500, dropping from roughly $5,600 to $4,100. That’s a material shift, bringing affordability back to...
FEBRUARY 2026 Vancouver Real Estate Update - Prices Drop For 10th Straight Month
January delivered a sobering wake-up call for Greater Vancouver real estate. Sales volumes collapsed 29% year over year—on top of 2025 already being the weakest sales year in a quarter century. That makes this not just a slow start to the year,...
Developer Pull Back Will Result In Home Prices Increasing Long Term
The Canadian real estate market is currently trapped in a fascinating, if not harrowing, contradiction. On one hand, we are witnessing a 35-year high in completed but unsold inventory, with 19,000 units sitting vacant as of last month—a stagger...
Mass Cancellations, Record Rental Construction and Lowering Sales
The Canadian real estate landscape in early 2026 has officially entered a period of historic structural decoupling. As we analyze the data from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to Vancouver, the "demise of the pre-sale condo" is no longer a hyper...
More Listings & Lower Prices : 2026 Vancouver Real Estate Predictions
The real estate landscape heading into 2026 may be the most uncertain we’ve seen in decades. Rising unemployment, declining population growth, global trade tensions, expanding land claims, the risk of renewed rate hikes, falling prices, and rec...
JANUARY 2026 Vancouver Real Estate Update - Prices Hit 3 Year LOW
Vancouver enters 2026 at a rare crossroads. Home prices have slipped to a three-year low, annual sales volumes have fallen to levels not seen in a quarter century, and yet Canadians brought a record number of homes to market in 2025. The discon...
2025 Real Estate Predictions - What we got right and what we got horribly WRONG
Every year, we make real estate predictions knowing full well they’re as much a reflection of the moment as they are a guess about the future—and 2025 proved just how quickly the ground can move beneath your feet. In this episode, we hold ourse...
The Population Collapse That's Breaking Canada's Housing Market
As we head into 2026, population is no longer just another economic talking point — it has become one of the single most powerful forces reshaping Canadian real estate & the economy. For the first time in modern history, Canada’s population...
Vacancy Rate Hits 37 Year High As Record Number Of Rentals Are Coming To Market
As we close out 2025, the data coming across the wire is some of the most consequential Canada has seen in decades—and it is quietly rewriting the playbook for real estate in 2026. For the first time in modern history, Canada’s population is sh...
Multiplex at 18 Months: Progress, Pushback, and the Battle for the Missing Middle
It has been just 18 months since British Columbia launched Bill 44—the Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) initiative—and already the landscape of urban development in the province has shifted in ways few could have predicted. Hundreds of mu...
DECEMBER Vancouver Real Estate Update - Prices Hit 33 Month LOW
Vancouver home prices have fallen for the 8th consecutive month, hitting their lowest level in 33 months. The December data confirms what many have felt for weeks: the market is cooling faster than most anticipated. Sales are slowing, inventory...
