Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with my friend and colleague, the founder of Edge Realty Analytics, Ben Rabidoux.
Ben and I took a deep dive into everything from the Canadian housing market to the broader economic forces shaping it, and I’m going to present this to you in a two-part series, today and Thursday.
In Part One, we cover serious ground:
- The economic fallout of U.S. tariffs and why the Bank of Canada is shrugging its shoulders
- How consumer confidence—not just interest rates—is driving today’s historic sales slowdown
- The true state of Toronto’s housing supply (hint: permits are at 40-year lows)
- Why the “pre-construction condo apocalypse” might just be getting started
- And yes, what a Carney-led federal government might mean for housing, interest rates, and growth
Ben brings receipts: data-backed, no-nonsense, and never dull.
Watch Part One now and come back Thursday for the second half, where we get even deeper into investor psychology, resale vs. pre-construction dynamics, and what buyers should really be thinking right now.
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Great news!
Ben has graciously offered the Toronto Realty Blog readers a deal on a subscription to his site:
Use the discount code “OG-30” for a 40% discount on a membership.
Derek
at 7:21 pm
David, you had Ben’s dreamy brown eyes glazing over in the “c’mon, just buy now” pitch at the end of part 1 🙂
Derek
at 6:55 pm
Tough crowd
Milk Man
at 9:06 pm
I’m just spitballing here but maybe TRB fan fiction?
Derek
at 12:03 pm
Well, we got a month over month avg. price increase, so that should be check mate for all the haters out there, yes?