Why Brilliant Women Still Get Stuck
Send us a Text Just 2% of UK real estate funds are managed by women. 1 year ago (ish) I met Juan at UKREiiF. Our chat quickly moved from Aff...
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The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
The Return: Property & Investment Podcast shares insights, information and ideas on UK real estate and investing to enable investors to spot opportunities, invest more confidently in a compl...
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20 of 154 episodesWhat I’ve Been Secretly Building For the Last 12 Months
Send us a Text There are currently 728,000 people working across real estate in the UK. And yet, just 2% of real estate funds are managed by...
Is Affordable Housing the star of the real estate investment landscape now?
Send us a Text £39 billion is going into UK affordable housing. Sounds like a lot. But in practice, the estimated need is 145,000 affordable...
Is Purpose Built Student Accommodation still worth it?
Send us a Text The share price of the biggest student accommodation provider fell 43% in 12 months - suggesting that confidence in the secto...
Is Build to Rent dead?
Send us a Text Build-to-Rent was meant to fix Britain’s housing crisis. Then everything changed: Interest rates rose.Build costs jumped.New...
Quick Update
Send us a Text The Return - Format Update A quick note from Anna on what is changing and why. After putting a question out to listeners on L...
From £310k Bingo Hall to £2.3M Homes
Send us a Text Most property developments run late, over budget, or both. Not because developers are lazy. Because they’re running projects...
Aviva: Funding Stalled Housing Deals
Send us a Text If you're a developer trying to get homes built right now, you're stuck between two impossible choices: Pay what th...
Former Housing Minister: Policy Insights for Investors
Send us a Text I just interviewed a Former Housing Minister And he didn’t hold back. UK housing policy generates headlines daily. For seriou...
Hyde CEO: How Housing Partnerships Really Work
Send us a Text I had to be on my best behaviour for this - interviewing my boss. Andy Hulme is CEO of The Hyde Group One of the largest UK H...
5 Things Bankable Developers Do
Send us a Text Even if the land was free, many property deals don’t stack. Zombie pricing. Rising costs. More regulations. I asked Nicola Ha...
What Works in Supported Housing - with Lloyds Bank
Send us a Text Solving the housing crisis isn’t just about building more. It’s about the right homes, in the right places, for the people wh...
Zoopla Exec: Where to Buy, Upgrade or Sell in 2026
Send us a Text I loved recording a no-fluff episode of The Return With Richard Donnell at Zoopla (Source of the best insights in the industr...
University of Cambridge Professor Colin Lizieri: Smarter Investment Decisions
Send us a Text 99% of real estate investors say the model tells the truth. But in practice, the data is messy. And the herd is loud. 3 weeks...
How property developers make deals stack in the 2020s
Send us a Text Most housing schemes don’t stack in this market. Those that do get three things right. On the latest episode of The Return, A...
How to deliver 1,000 homes per day with Alex Notay (repeat)
Send us a Text It’s hard to make housing developments stack in today’s market. Build costs are up Policies are changing Planning is a draggi...
Former Homes England CEO Peter Denton CBE: How to get funded
Send us a Text People say the housing market is broken. Homes England aims to fix it. It touches 1 in 4 new homes. I spoke to ex-CEO Peter D...
'How I scale Real Estate Businesses' - Ex-COO of Bidwells
Send us a Text It's hard to scale in real estate Without a big budget, expensive team or endless meetings. I asked Kelly Bream A multi-...
MD at £50bn Insurer: How I Invest
Send us a Text Anna Clare Harper is joined by Hayley Rees, Managing Director at £50bn+ Pension Insurance Corporation. In Anna’s words: There...
What next for UK rentals?
Send us a Text Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla joined Anna Clare Harper to share what the latest rental market data means for...