Welcome to a data-driven channel focused on Canadian real estate, housing economics, and artificial intelligence.

I’m Daniel Foch, a real estate broker at Valery.ca, an AI-powered real estate brokerage, and the co-founder of Realist.ca. I also host The Canadian Real Estate Investor Podcast.

This channel breaks down what is actually happening in Canada’s housing market using real data, economic analysis, and firsthand industry experience.

Topics include Canadian housing market updates, real estate prices, mortgage rates, interest rates, inflation, unemployment, housing supply, affordability, and public policy. I cover real estate investing strategies for buyers, investors, and operators with a strong focus on macroeconomic trends.

I also review AI tools for real estate, testing CRMs, automation software, content tools, valuation models, and agent workflows. Each review answers one question. Can this AI tool replace or improve a real task a realtor or investor does today?


Daniel Foch

Data centers are projected to consume 20% of U.S. electricity by 2035.

Forget asking who will build the best AI model.

Start asking:

Who owns the land?

Who has the grid connection?

Who has the transmission capacity?

Who can actually get power permits?


AI is becoming one of the biggest real estate stories of the decade:

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

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US companies are routing a record 58% of AI tokens through Chinese Models.

This is the actual big headwind for US AI.

How long can China afford to wait out US labs?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

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In 2022, I called that multiplexes would become the primary supply type in urban areas as the condo product collapsed.

So we created MULTIPLEX TORONTO events, and sold it out for 2 years in a row. In 2025 the prediction landed.

Join us September 15:

realist.ca/community/events/unpacking-multiplexes-…

1 month ago | [YT] | 3

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Real house prices (inflation adjusted) are back to 2016 levels.

Source: betterdwelling.com/canadas-real-estate-correction-…

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

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The average age of a first-time homebuyer in Ontario is now 40 years old - Teranet

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

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Thanks for having us on BMO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZypgH...

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

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OSFI lowers Domestic Stability Buffer to 3.0% so Canada's largest banks can deploy more capital

www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/news/osfi-lowers-domestic-s…

1 month ago | [YT] | 9

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Canada's population fell 0.1% in from January 1 to April 1

The 3rd consecutive quarter of population decline.

Estimate of the number of non-permanent residents -4.4%

Estimated quarterly flow of immigrants -20.2%

1 month ago | [YT] | 26

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CREA headlines tell us sales are up (from April to May... which they always are)

They're still below last year which was one of the worst years ever for Canadian home sales, and the lowest May sales since 2004 outside of lockdowns:

1 month ago | [YT] | 17

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Only Ontario and BC house prices are actually down since the rate hiking cycle started in 2022. Many other markets are hitting all-time highs

1 month ago | [YT] | 12