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The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
The Return is a podcast for property investors and developers who want to get UK housing deals done, even in a tough market.
Getting homes built is harder than ever. Planning delays, rising construction costs, funding gaps and shifting market conditions stop most projects before they start.
Learn from investors, developers and policymakers discussing what's happening in the UK housing market right now and how to learn from their experience.
Each episode features a real life case study or topic including: planning reform, policy shifts, funding conditions, deal viability, sales, delivery challenges and measuring impact.
Hosted by Anna Clare Harper, Director at Pinnacle Investments and author of three best-selling books on residential investing. Her mission is to help mobilise capital to drive the delivery of 10,000 more, better homes by 2030.
Join 350,000+ listeners learning how to build, fund and deliver more, better UK housing deals.
Episodes
150 episodes
Is Build to Rent dead?
Build-to-Rent was meant to fix Britain’s housing crisis.Then everything changed:Interest rates rose.Build costs jumped.New regulations hit.And suddenly, the pipeline slowed.That’s when Si...
Quick Update
The Return - Format UpdateA quick note from Anna on what is changing and why.After putting a question out to listeners on LinkedIn, a few clear themes came back - so we’re making changes. From next month, The Return be...
From £310k Bingo Hall to £2.3M Homes
Most property developments run late, over budget, or both.Not because developers are lazy.Because they’re running projects without systems.Anjuim Moied approached development differently.Before property, he ran businesse...
Aviva: Funding Stalled Housing Deals
If you're a developer trying to get homes built right now, you're stuck between two impossible choices:Pay what the landowner needs and lose money on the build. Or offer what the numbers say you can afford - and watch the deal die.
Former Housing Minister: Policy Insights for Investors
I just interviewed a Former Housing Minister And he didn’t hold back. UK housing policy generates headlines daily. For serious UK housing investors and developers, the challenge isn’t keeping up with announcements...
Hyde CEO: How Housing Partnerships Really Work
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 Housing AssociationsWith 125,000 homes(Also my employer)He’s also a former Group MD at Lloyd...
5 Things Bankable Developers Do
Even if the land was free, many property deals don’t stack.Zombie pricing. Rising costs. More regulations.I asked Nicola Haigh, Head of Real Estate & Housing, Lloyds.Who’s served 10,000+ real estate borrowers.How can...
What Works in Supported Housing - with Lloyds Bank
Solving the housing crisis isn’t just about building more.It’s about the right homes, in the right places, for the people who need them most.The sharpest edge of that challenge?Supported housing - for people with learning and phy...
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Zoopla Exec: Where to Buy, Upgrade or Sell in 2026
I loved recording a no-fluff episode of The Return With Richard Donnell at Zoopla(Source of the best insights in the industry.)The headline?→ Stop investing like it’s 2021.→ Start investing like it’s 2026.We...
University of Cambridge Professor Colin Lizieri: Smarter Investment Decisions
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 ago, I got to interview a real estate finance hero of mine:Colin Lizieri - Professor of Real Estate Fi...
How property developers make deals stack in the 2020s
Most housing schemes don’t stack in this market. Those that do get three things right.On the latest episode of The Return, Andy Garnett (CEO, Breck Homes) and Dale Parkinson (Lloyds Bank) shared what they’re seeing on schemes...
How to deliver 1,000 homes per day with Alex Notay (repeat)
It’s hard to make housing developments stack in today’s market.Build costs are upPolicies are changingPlanning is a dragging.So I asked Alex Notay -Chair of the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission and one of the mo...
Former Homes England CEO Peter Denton CBE: How to get funded
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 Denton CBE.About how developers and housing providers Use Homes England support to build more ...
'How I scale Real Estate Businesses' - Ex-COO of Bidwells
It's hard to scale in real estate Without a big budget, expensive team or endless meetings.I asked Kelly Bream A multi-time founder and ex-COO, BidwellsHow she has grown multiple real estate busi...
MD at £50bn Insurer: How I Invest
Anna Clare Harper is joined by Hayley Rees, Managing Director at £50bn+ Pension Insurance Corporation.In Anna’s words: There’s lots of advice for private investors.Almost nothing on how big institutions back UK housing.
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What next for UK rentals?
Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla joined Anna Clare Harper to share what the latest rental market data means for investors, and how to underwrite real estate deals with the right rent growth assumptions.Topics include:
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£50m Real Estate CEO: Growth in 2025
Riccardo Ianucci-Dawson, CEO of £50m Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Alto Software Group, joined Anna Clare Harper for this episode.It’s hard to get real estate deals done in 2025.With caution, fall-throughs and zombie p...
Martin Wolf CBE - Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Martin Wolf CBE is Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times.Described as “the most important economics commentator in the world.”I had such fun recording this. Thank you for sending in your questio...
Unlocking a £2.2 trillion housing opportunity with AI
Anna Clare Harper joined Charlie Martin on his podcast, The Responsible Edge.In Anna’s words:There’s a £2.2 trillion UK housing opportunity Unlocked using clever automation and AIBut hiding in plain s...
Melanie Leech CBE, British Property Federation CEO
Melanie Leech CBE, British Property Federation CEO joins Anna Clare Harper.In Anna’s words:‘35% of no new homes is still nothing.’People love to blame planning for our housing crisis.But it’s only half the story....
David Smith, Sunday Times: Fixing Housing Unfairness
David Smith, Economics Editor at the Sunday Times, Award-winning journalist and Author with Anna Clare Harper.In Anna’s words:The housing crisis isn’t just about supply. It’s about who owns what – and who pay...
Why new build tenants are happier than owners
Tenants are happier than owners.(and that’s not the only surprising truth about new builds).I chatted Hannah Marsh, a co-founder of HomeViews, the biggest property review platform in the UK - dubbed the TripAdvisor for property - ...
Why UK Affordable Housing Investment?
Monica O'Neill is CEO of ENSO Advisors LLC. She was a Co-Founder at Tristan Capital Partners, and a Managing Director at AEW Europe. She joined Anna Clare Harper for this episode of The Return.Monica has grown two multi-billion dollar re...
The Return Podcast Host on Career Challenges
In this episode, the podcasting roles were reversed. Erica Sosna interviewed Anna Clare Harper, Host of The Return and Co-Founder of GreenResi.Anna says, 'I was lucky to be invited on The Career Equation, hosted by Erica Sosna - career c...
