to buy or not to buy (now)?
Sep 23, 2024
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The rennie podcast is about the real estate market and the people connected by it. Tune in for monthly discussions making sense of the latest market data.
EPISODE #67: TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY (NOW)?
In this episode, Ryan Berlin, VP Intelligence and Head Economist, and Ryan Wyse, Market Intelligence Manager and Lead Analyst, are joined by rennie advisor Kim Taylor as they weigh on the pros and cons of taking the plunge into home ownership today versus next year.
Featured guests:
Ryan Berlin, Head Economist and Vice President of Intelligence
Ryan Wyse, Lead Analyst and Market Intelligence Manager
Kim Taylor, rennie advisor
Additional reading:
the rennie advance - September 2024
the rennie review - September 2024
We’d love to answer your real estate questions. Email us at intel@rennie.com or leave a voicemail, and we’ll try to respond in future episodes.
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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