This popular webinar offers a succinct overview of the vital information that real estate and planning professionals need “to get the job done”. Start the year off right with the economic, demographic, housing and industrial/commercial market information that will help you formulate a strategic planning perspective for 2023.

Join Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Market Insights Division Economists Braden T. Bach & Michael Mak, Pooni Group’s Chief Operating Officer Blaire Chisholm and rennie’s Senior Economist and Director of Intelligence Ryan Berlin for the information that you need to know to make sense of the challenging economic climate of 2023. How is the province’s demographic makeup expected to change over the short and long term and what are the implications on household formation and housing demand, both in British Columbia and Yukon? What are the key economic indicators that directly and indirectly influence our planning decisions? What can we expect this year in the residential, commercial, and industrial markets?
 

Featured Presentations:
- Economic/Demographic Insight for 2023
- CMHC’s Northern Housing Report
- Commercial & Industrial Trends for 2023

Our Speakers:

Braden T. Batch, Senior Analyst, Economics, Market Insights
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Braden Batch is a Senior Analyst in CMHC’s Western Canada Housing Market Insights team. He is an economist, holding a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Calgary, and his current focus centres on analysis of the Vancouver housing market as well as topics in demographics.  
 

Michael Mak, Senior Analyst, Economics, Market Insights
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Michael Mak is currently an economist for CMHC’s Market Insights division. He first joined CMHC’s Market Analysis Centre in 2017 supporting analysis covering British Columbia. Michael returned to CMHC in early 2020 to his current position where he mainly covers the housing market in Calgary, but also researches housing trends in Vancouver and the Prairies. He was a previous author for the Northern Housing Report and managed the development of the 2022 edition.
 

Blaire Chisholm RPP, Chief Operating officer
Pooni Group

Blaire leads the planning team as a mentor Registered Profession Planner (RPP) and manages the firm as Chief Operating Officer. She specializes in planning policy, public engagement strategies and project management, managing several of the firm’s largest land redevelopment projects. She is an appointed member of the Real Estate Council of BC, is active with many UDI liaison committees, and serves on the City of Vancouver’s Employment Lands and Economy Review External Advisory Group.
 

Ryan Berlin, Senior Economist & Director of Intelligence
rennie

As the Senior Economist and Director of Intelligence at rennie, Ryan has spent most of the past 20 years working with many of British Columbia’s most successful organizations in real estate, retail, and finance, as well as many of Canada’s more forward-thinking municipalities, regional governments and crown corporations. A firm believer in the power of data when used properly, Ryan cuts through the noise and provides insightful market research and analysis to business leaders, portfolio clients, and advisors. Ryan is a current member of the Association of Professional Economists of BC, having previously sat on its board, and is the former Communications Committee Chair for NAIOP. His adept marketplace assessments and forecasts make him a trusted and valued resource in the real estate industry.