trade tiffs & housing riffs: wonking out with Brendon Ogmundson
Mar 24, 2025
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EPISODE #73: TRADE TIFFS & HOUSING RIFFS: WONKING OUT WITH BRENDON OGMUNDSON
In this episode, Ryan Berlin, Head Economist and Vice President of Intelligence, and Ryan Wyse, Market Intelligence Manager and Lead Analyst, are joined by special guest Brendon Ogmundson, Chief Economist at the BC Real Estate Association, for a wide-ranging—and lively—conversation covering everything from tariffs and the recent performance of BC’s housing markets to the upcoming federal election in Canada.
Featured guests:
Ryan Berlin, Head Economist and Vice President of Intelligence
Ryan Wyse, Lead Analyst and Market Intelligence Manager
Brendon Ogmundson, Chief Economist at the BC Real Estate Association
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The rennie podcast was created as another way of sharing our passion for homes, housing, community, and cities. We hope that this will spark the same curiosity in you that we have for everything real estate.
Our rennie intelligence team comprises our senior economist, market analysts, and business intelligence analysts. Together, they empower individuals, organizations, and institutions with data-driven market insight and analysis. Experts in real estate dynamics, urban land economics, the macroeconomy, shifting demographics, and data science, their industry-leading data acquisition, analytical systems, and strategic research supports a comprehensive advisory service and forms the basis of frequent reports and public presentations, covering the Vancouver, Kelowna, Victoria, and Seattle marketplaces. Their thoughtful and objective approach embodies the core values of rennie.
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