BLD Financial Podcast
The BLD Financial Podcast brings you inside the conversations shaping Canada’s housing and development landscape.
Hosted by Josh Findlay and Ehren Laycock, two of Canada’s top commercial mortgage brokers, the show features long-form interviews with investors, developers, policymakers, and industry leaders operating at the highest level.
Each episode breaks down how deals are structured, how financing actually gets done, and how major projects move from concept to completion.
From capital and lending to housing policy, urban economics, and entrepreneurship, this is where real estate meets the real world.
Whether you’re an investor, builder, or simply trying to understand where the market is heading, this podcast gives you direct insight from the people making decisions at scale.
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BLD Financial Podcast
Latest Episodes
CMHC Just Changed Everything for Multifamily Investors... | Finance Friday Ep. 01
Rental housing financing is changing... and CMHC just made another round of updates that multifamily investors and developers need to understand.Welcome to Finance Friday, a special series within the BLD Financial Podcast. In the...
The Urban Planner Behind Toronto's Missing Middle Movement ft. Blair Scorgie Ep. 31
"I watched most of my generation get priced out of Toronto and I took it personally."What happens when an urban planner decides the housing system needs to change?In this episode of the BLD Financial Podcast, Josh Findlay and Eh...
What a Private Lender Learned From Funding Hundreds of Deals ft. Matt Gonsalves Ep. 30
What can a private lender who's funded hundreds of real estate deals tell us about the future of housing in Canada? In this episode of the BLD Financial Podcast, we're joined by Matt Gonsalves, Vice President & Broker at Foremos...
Why Canada Makes Housing So Hard To Build ft. Chris Spoke Ep. 29
“The harder it is to build housing, the less housing gets built… and then we have an affordability crisis.”Canada says it wants more housing…So why does the system make it so difficult to actually build it?In this episod...
Is the BRRRR Strategy Dead in Canada… Or Is There Still Opportunity? ft. Jack Bernstein Ep. 28
"Does the BRRRR strategy still work in Canada… or is it over?”In this episode of the BLD Financial Podcast, we’re joined by Jack Bernstein of Bernstone Capital to break down what’s actually happening in today’s Canadian real estate mark...