Toronto's #1 Real Estate Podcast
330 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to the home of all things Toronto Real Estate. This podcast has GTA market updates and investing tips for new and experienced investors. Bradley is the founder of Watson Estates, investor and real estate broker in Canada’s greatest city.
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Yours in Real Estate, Bradley Watson
Broker at Sutton Group - Summit Realty Inc. , Brokerage.
Phone: 647-206-9554
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Episodes
75: Buyers Can’t Afford the House You Can’t Rent Out
June 09, 2020 13:20 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBWhy Did CMHC Just Make Getting a Mortgage Harder? What Options do AirBNBs now have? What Pace is Ontario on for Reopening?
74: GTA Home Sales Plunge 54% but Prices Continue to Rise
June 04, 2020 12:55 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBIs the Toronto Real Estate Market Coming Back to Life? Are Banks Screwing Consumers with Penalties? Will Ford Play Hardball with Ontario Commercial Landlords?
73: CMHC Head: Question Motives of Those Saying Prices Will Rise
June 03, 2020 12:25 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBDo People Who Say Prices Will Rise Have Bad Motives? How will COVID Impact Transit Projects in Toronto? Is Cottage Country Succeeding or Failing these Days?
72: Toronto Home Sales See Improvement Through May
June 02, 2020 12:17 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBAre Toronto Home Sales Still Moving Upwards? Is the 2.2 Billion Going to Municipalities Enough of a Bailout? Will Rental Rates Continue to Drop?
72: Toronto Home Sales Improve Through May
June 02, 2020 12:17 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBAre Toronto Home Sales Still Moving Upwards? Is the 2.2 Billion Going to Municipalities Enough of a Bailout? Will Rental Rates Continue to Drop?
71: Canadian Banks Set Aside $10 Billion for Bad Loans, Up Over 300%
June 01, 2020 12:56 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBHow Many Mortgage Defaults are Coming to Canada? Are Investors Making Money on Condos Anymore? When is the Time to Put Your House for Sale?
70: Toronto Offers a Rent Assistance Program Up to $4k
May 30, 2020 12:36 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBHow can Tenants Apply for Toronto’s Rent Assistance Program? Are We in a “V” or “W” Shaped Recovery? What is the City of Toronto Doing to Protect Housing?
69: Economists Forecast Prices in Toronto to Fall 12.55%
May 29, 2020 12:26 - 25 minutes - 35.9 MBWhat Do Economists Believe will Happen to Prices? How can We Ease the Pain of Rent Evictions Starting Again? What is Happening with New Homes Sales?
68: Landlords vs. Renters Conflict Gets Heated
May 28, 2020 12:49 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBHow is COVID Impacting Landlords & Renters? Why are Commercial Landlords Refusing the New Rent Relief Program? Will Evicting Tenants Post-COVID Become Easier?
67: REIN: Toronto Real Estate Market Entering a ‘Slump Phase’
May 27, 2020 13:02 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MBIs Toronto Entering a ‘Slump Phase’? What Is Happening in Our Real Estate Market across the City? How are Banks Preparing as Bad Loans Approach?
66: Most Deferred Mortgages Projected to be Underwater Soon
May 26, 2020 12:55 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBWill Toronto Mortgages on Deferrals be Underwater Soon? Which Ontario Cities Took the Biggest Hit Last Month? Will Commercial Landlords Opt In to the Rent Assistance Program?
65: Home for Good? Toronto Real Estate amid Remote Working
May 25, 2020 12:58 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBHow will Working Remotely Reshape Toronto’s Office Culture? What Do the HPIs Suggest is Happening with Toronto Real Estate Prices? Would Leaving the City be a Better Investment?
64: ‘Bloodbath’ Coming: Residential Evictions Pile Up in Ontario
May 23, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBWhat Happens When Residential Landlords are Allowed to Evict? Will Toronto Experience a Price Crash? Will the City of Toronto be Forced to Make Significant Cuts?
63: Toronto Real Estate: Correction or Crash
May 22, 2020 12:59 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBIs Toronto Experiencing a Correction or a Crash? What Happens to our Market if we Experience Deflation in Canada? Are the People’s Concerns “Overblown”?
62: 34% of Torontonians Want to Buy in the Next 12 Months
May 21, 2020 12:59 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBHow has COVID Changed Buyers and Sellers Desire to Move? Why Does CMHC Expect an 18% Drop in Prices? Is Toronto in Line with the GTA in its Reopening?
61: Post-Covid Lessons from China Real Estate for Toronto
May 21, 2020 10:35 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBDid China’s real estate market recover post lockdown? If so, how quickly? In Toronto, we trail China by about 2 months. If we can understand what happened there after reopening it can provide tremendous insight into what is to be expected in the coming months for our local market. Beyond Mainland China, how have immigration and foreign investment in Toronto changed the last few years, and will this change in the coming years with travel restrictions. If we are going to compete on a global s...
60: How Toronto Rentals will Perform in 2020
May 20, 2020 12:42 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBHow will Toronto Rentals Perform in the Short Term and Long Term? Can Municipalities Survive Without Provincial Assistance? Is Ontario Moments Away from Banning Commercial Evictions?
59: Once-In-A-Decade Chance for Toronto’s Housing Market
May 19, 2020 12:54 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBIs this a Chance to Get Into Toronto Real Estate? What Will Happen to Quayside after Sidewalk Labs Departure? How Are Businesses Reacting to Ontario’s Stage 1 Reopening?
58: Toronto Real Estate Showings Steadily Increasing
May 18, 2020 15:16 - 28 minutes - 40 MBIs the Market Rebounding in the Eyes of Real Estate Brokerages? How Many People Paid Rent May 1st? Will Toronto Reverse Its Property Tax Hike?
57: 17 Real Estate Forecasts Predicting the Impact of COVID-19
May 16, 2020 12:19 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBWhat Predictions Have Been Made About Our Market? Will Mortgage Arrears Begin to Spike Soon? Should the Province Ban Commercial Evictions?
56: Canadian Real Estate To Rise 12% or Drop Over 30%
May 15, 2020 12:29 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBWill Real Estate Prices Go Up or Down? Will Banks Pull HELOCs out from Under Canadians? What Does Stage 1 of Ontario Reopening Look Like?
55: Median Condo Prices in Toronto Drop 10%: Study
May 14, 2020 12:33 - 24 minutes - 34 MBWhat Price Discounts Exist in Toronto Right Now? Has Reopening US States Stimulated Real Estate? What Can History Teach Us About a Second Wave?
54: Multi Family Real Estate Investors during COVID with Kasey Wong
May 14, 2020 08:16 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBThis month we interview Kasey Wong from Cacoeli Living. Kasey owns hundreds of units across the GTA, has taught thousands via YouTube, and has a wealth of property management experience. If you are a real estate investor or hope to learn from the best you aren’t going to want to miss this interview. Kasey explains the new dynamic between tenants and landlords and his view of what will happen in the local real estate market in the coming months. The journey through COVID-19 has many lessons ...
53: Property Tax Deferrals, City of Toronto “Just Can’t Afford It”
May 13, 2020 12:46 - 25 minutes - 35.8 MBHow Long Before the City of Toronto Goes Bust? How Quick Are We Racking Up Debt? Will Gen Z Be Able to Buy a Home in Toronto?
52: Housing Sales Down but What About Prices...
May 12, 2020 12:27 - 27 minutes - 38 MBWhy are Housing Sales and Prices Marching to Different Tunes? Will Toronto Real Estate Prices Drop this Summer? Will Canada Scale Back Immigration Due to COVID?
51: Flat Rent Rates in Toronto are a Good Thing
May 11, 2020 12:28 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBAre Flat Rent Prices Good for Landlords and Tenants? Could Interest Rates Go Negative? What Would a Second Wave Mean for Real Estate Prices?
50: Prices in Toronto Could Drop More Than 14% By 2023
May 09, 2020 12:24 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat are the Worst Estimates for Toronto Real Estate? How Bad Were April’s Job Numbers in Canada? Is the Government Spending Enough to Support the Economy?
49: Google City Cancelled, What’s Next for Toronto?
May 08, 2020 12:29 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBWhat Comes After Sidewalk Labs? Will We Find ‘Devastation’ if Economies Reopen Too Early? How Firm is the Government on Avoiding Cottages?
48: Spring 2020 Winners/Losers by Housing Segment in the GTA
May 07, 2020 12:42 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBWhich GTA Housing Segments Dropped the Most? Was the CMHC Overly Pessimistic Suggesting a 2022 Recover? Will Reopening Local Businesses Trigger House Shopping in Toronto?
47: 2nd Quarter 2020 Toronto Real Estate Market amid the Pandemic
May 07, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBWe just witnessed significant monthly declines in Toronto real estate prices. When will we come out the other side? We discuss what we are most closely watching through the second quarter of 2020. We sat on a roller coaster in 2008, then again in 2017. Will this be as bad? Nobody can predict the future, but having more information allows you to make your best guess. We have been putting out daily content to keep our friends updated. Check them out!
46: April 2020 Stats “Home Prices Won’t Recover for Years”
May 06, 2020 12:24 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBWhat Happened in April and How is the Media Selling It? How Long Does CMHC Think It Will Take to Recover? Will Rental Prices Go Down Long Term?
45: CIBC - Home Prices to Drop 5-10% Relative to 2019
May 05, 2020 12:55 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBWill We See Negative Prices Year Over Year? How Far Did Home Sales Drop in April? What Do Realtors Think Will Happen in 12 Months?
44: COVID19 Is Changing What Toronto Buyers Buy
May 04, 2020 12:56 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBWill the Pandemic Change What Buyers Look for in a Home? What Are Comments I’m Getting About the Market on the Podcasts? Why has the Stock Market Not Crashed Yet?
43: Toronto Real Estate Market Update: Early May 2020
May 02, 2020 13:14 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBHow Did Toronto Real Estate Do This Week? What Businesses can Reopen Next Week? Will Commercial Landlords Kick Out Businesses?
42: COVID19 Impacts PreConstructions & No Rent Relief
May 01, 2020 12:44 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBAre PreConstructions Selling During COVID? Are Residential Tenants Going to Pay Rent? Is the Small Business Rent Relief Working?
41: TD Bank - Toronto Home Prices Increasing 7.8% in 2020
April 30, 2020 12:42 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBWill Toronto Experience a Price Surge in 2020? How is Cottage Country Holding up in 2020? What will Happen in the Economy and CERB?
41: TD Bank - Toronto Home Prices Increasing 8.7% in 2020
April 30, 2020 12:42 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBWill Toronto Experience a Price Surge in 2020? How is Cottage Country Holding up in 2020? What will Happen in the Economy and CERB?
40: What My Clients Are Doing During this Lockdown
April 30, 2020 09:34 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MBIt’s too early to know what everyone else is doing, but I can tell you what my clients are doing and this will give you the same insight that I’ve had about how people are reacting to the COVID-19 closures in real estate. In this podcast we talk about why some people have backed out of the market, and why some are still active. We go into detail about what the industry is doing to protect consumers and outline the new clauses we’ve been putting in our offers to protect the deal. Market up...
39: Fixed vs Variable & Keep Your Rent Toronto
April 29, 2020 12:44 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBIs a Fixed or Variable Rate Better During COVID19? Are People Looking at Properties at All? Will Landlords See Rent on May 1st 2020?
38: Welcome to Rock Bottom Real Estate Prices
April 28, 2020 13:48 - 25 minutes - 35 MBDid We Just Reach the Bottom for Toronto Real Estate Prices? When will the Economy Reopen in Ontario? How can I Recession Proof My Offer?
37: 14% Property Tax Increase is Imminent in Toronto
April 27, 2020 12:46 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBDo We Need to Bailout Municipalities in Ontario? What is a Real Estate Showing like During a Pandemic? Will Airbnb and Short Term Rentals come back after COVID19?
36: Yet Another Real Estate Bailout in Canada
April 25, 2020 13:05 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBDid Trudeau Just Save Small Businesses in Canada? Can Employees Refuse to Work because of CERB? How Are Local Investors Doing Amid Tightened Restrictions?
35: Toronto’s Real Estate Market Post-COVID
April 24, 2020 12:53 - 28 minutes - 28.1 MBAre More Emergency Benefits Coming in Ontario? How Will Toronto’s Real Estate Industry Look Post-COVID? What Will Reopening Ontario Look Like?
34: The Recent Health of Rentals in Toronto
April 23, 2020 12:34 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MBAre Rentals Still Renting, or have they Stopped Too? Will Toronto Businesses Survive COVID-19? When does Ontario plan on opening Non-Essential businesses?
33: Keep Your Rent, May 2020 - Renters vs Landlords
April 23, 2020 10:17 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn Toronto, 47 percent of all residents are renters. The province has halted evictions with landlords given only a 6-month deferral on mortgages. With a loud message encouraging tenants to keep their rent, we shouldn’t be shocked by the backlash on the side of landlords. In two weeks from now is month two of rent payments. Who paid last month and how are renters/landlords making it work? We discuss possible solutions to this tension and share the good and bad in recent news.
32: Toronto Real Estate Mid-April Market Update
April 22, 2020 13:32 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBWhat is Happening in the Market since the Coronavirus Shutdown? Are Landlords Most Vulnerable to the Downturn? How is Toronto Responding to No Multiple Offers?
31: The Collapsing Oil Market impact on Toronto Real Estate Prices
April 21, 2020 12:26 - 22 minutes - 22.1 MBWhat does a Collapsing Canadian Dollar mean for My Real Estate? How Will Heavy April Job Losses Impact Toronto Real Estate? What Clauses do Offers Have Regarding COVID-19?
30: If Banks were Treated like Landlords in Canada
April 20, 2020 13:04 - 19 minutes - 19 MBWhat if Banks were Treated like Landlords? Is the Recent First Time Home Buyer Incentive Working? What Happens when Condos can’t Collect Maintenance Fees?
29: Coronavirus & 600k Mortgage Deferrals in Canada
April 18, 2020 12:58 - 27 minutes - 27.2 MBWhat Do Mortgage Deferrals Actually Cost? Is the Coronavirus Worth Destroying Businesses? How are the Markets Responding to Coronavirus?
28: Toronto Rents Decline as Bailouts Continue
April 17, 2020 13:53 - 25 minutes - 24 MBHow are rents being affected by COVID-19? What is the government doing as businesses close around us? Are people embracing Virtual Tours?