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.
The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
Is Build to Rent dead?
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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 Single-Family Housing stepped in.
In just 3 years, investment grew from £544M to £3.17B.
So what’s really happening here?
A long-term shift…
or investors chasing the next shiny trend?
If you’re investing in UK residential, you’re probably flooded with data.
What’s harder to find is clear thinking on what it actually means.
That’s what this episode is about.
Anna Clare Harper, Director at residential investment manager Pinnacle Investments (part of Hyde, one the UK’s largest Housing Associations with 125,000 homes) stand John German, Head of Living Sector Investment at $2tr global investment platform, Invesco, break down:
– What BTR and SFH really look like today
– Where the money is going (and why)
– How regulation is quietly reshaping the market
And most importantly:
Where to play, what to avoid, and what’s working right now.
If this is useful, share it with someone thinking about UK living sector investment.
And if there’s a topic you want us to cover next, send it through via the show notes.
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-german-2437573b/
Host LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/