Daniel Foch, Author at STOREYS

Real Insights by Daniel Foch

Daniel Foch

Daniel Foch is the Chief Real Estate Officer at Valery.ca, Host of Canada’s #1 real estate podcast, and Head Coach at realist.ca. In his past as co-founder of The Habistat, the onboard data science platform for TRREB & Proptx, he helped the real estate industry to become more transparent, using real-time housing market data to inform decision making for key stakeholders. With over 15 years of experience in the real estate industry, Daniel has advised a broad spectrum of real estate market participants, from homeowners to 3 levels of government, and some of Canada’s largest developers.

Daniel Foch

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Real Insights by Daniel Foch

Daniel Foch

Daniel Foch

Market Analyst

Areas of Expertise

Canadian Home Prices Stopped Falling In June (And Buyers Were Already Moving)

Sales rose for a third straight month, new listings declined, and the national HPI held flat for the first time since January 2025. CREA's July 15 revised forecast still expects 2026 sales to finish below last year.

Youth Unemployment And The Future Of Canada's Housing Market

Housing markets are populated not by abstractions but by workers, and when young workers cannot find their place in the economy, they cannot find their place in housing.

How Toronto’s Return-To-Office Mandates Could Reshape The Housing Market

Pandemic distortions pushed suburban prices beyond their historical relationship with the city and that spread is now narrowing. The great return-to-office recall will continue to reinforce that pattern, pulling value back toward the core.

The Real Canadian Housing Crisis Is In How We Build

The C.D. Howe Institute's latest report offers a blueprint for breaking free... if we are willing to build differently.

Canada’s Housing Market Is Trapped In A Dangerous Triangle

This is more than an economic challenge — it is a test of Canada’s ability to build a housing system that serves the aspirations of its people, writes real estate thought leader Daniel Foch.

CMHC Is Quietly Becoming A Rental Housing Powerhouse

There’s no doubt we need more rental housing and that CMHC’s tools have become better at delivering it — but in solving one crisis, are we sleepwalking into another?

The GTHA Is Pricing Out Its Workforce (And Risking Its Future)

From Mississauga to Scarborough, Hamilton to downtown Toronto, the very people who keep our cities functioning are being priced out of them.

It Might Look Like Canada’s Housing Crisis Is Turning A Corner — It Isn’t

Scan recent headlines and you might believe Canada’s housing crisis is finally turning a corner. Well, it isn’t.

Insider: CMHC And Equifax Sound The Alarm On Canada’s Mortgage Market

Canada’s debt divide is deepening and real estate is caught in the middle.

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Real Insights by Daniel Foch

Daniel Foch

Daniel Foch

Market Analyst

Areas of Expertise

​Sales rose for a third straight month, new listings declined, and the national HPI held flat for the first time since January 2025. CREA's July 15 revised forecast still expects 2026 sales to finish below last year.

Housing markets are populated not by abstractions but by workers, and when young workers cannot find their place in the economy, they cannot find their place in housing.

​Pandemic distortions pushed suburban prices beyond their historical relationship with the city and that spread is now narrowing. The great return-to-office recall will continue to reinforce that pattern, pulling value back toward the core.

​The C.D. Howe Institute's latest report offers a blueprint for breaking free... if we are willing to build differently.

​This is more than an economic challenge — it is a test of Canada’s ability to build a housing system that serves the aspirations of its people, writes real estate thought leader Daniel Foch.

​There’s no doubt we need more rental housing and that CMHC’s tools have become better at delivering it — but in solving one crisis, are we sleepwalking into another?

From Mississauga to Scarborough, Hamilton to downtown Toronto, the very people who keep our cities functioning are being priced out of them.

Scan recent headlines and you might believe Canada’s housing crisis is finally turning a corner. Well, it isn’t.

Canada’s debt divide is deepening and real estate is caught in the middle.

All rights reserved SiteMedia © 2026.

Sales rose for a third straight month, new listings declined, and the national HPI held flat for the first time since January 2025. CREA's July 15 revised forecast still expects 2026 sales to finish below last year.

Pandemic distortions pushed suburban prices beyond their historical relationship with the city and that spread is now narrowing. The great return-to-office recall will continue to reinforce that pattern, pulling value back toward the core.

The C.D. Howe Institute's latest report offers a blueprint for breaking free... if we are willing to build differently.

This is more than an economic challenge — it is a test of Canada’s ability to build a housing system that serves the aspirations of its people, writes real estate thought leader Daniel Foch.

There’s no doubt we need more rental housing and that CMHC’s tools have become better at delivering it — but in solving one crisis, are we sleepwalking into another?