May 29, 2026 · 1 hr · 10 segments
Forget 2008. Real estate research analyst Wendy Waters sits down with Adam & Matt to argue that today's Vancouver real estate market has far more in common with the late 1990s, a long, quiet stretch…
Wendy WatersGuest
Matt ScalenaHostAdam ScalinaHostWendy Waters is, of course, a housing analyst, very popular in the region for commenting on the market here in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Uh, she formerly was with, uh, GWL Realty Advisors, AKA Great West Life, uh, for a number of years.
One of the smartest people digging into the data every day in the region, that's for sure, if not the smartest.
I feel like this is, this is one of those conversations that kind of reframes the way you're thinking about real estate in, in some ways, or at least where we are in, in the cycle.
One is talking about today, not in relation to, say, 2008, but more like the, the late '90s as the-
... framing and what that means for w- what to expect moving forward in this market.
Um, the other thing was kind of the reframe that I've been thinking about a lot is real estate not as a wealth generator, but a, a w- wealth preservation, um-
Wendy Waters is, of course, a housing analyst, very popular in the region for commenting on the market here in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Uh, she formerly was with, uh, GWL Realty Advisors, AKA Great West Life, uh, for a number of years.
One of the smartest people digging into the data every day in the region, that's for sure, if not the smartest.
I feel like this is, this is one of those conversations that kind of reframes the way you're thinking about real estate in, in some ways, or at least where we are in, in the cycle.
One is talking about today, not in relation to, say, 2008, but more like the, the late '90s as the-
... framing and what that means for w- what to expect moving forward in this market.
Um, the other thing was kind of the reframe that I've been thinking about a lot is real estate not as a wealth generator, but a, a w- wealth preservation, um-
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