The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
Episodes
How Aviva Is Funding Stalled Housing Deals
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIf you're a developer trying to get homes built right now, you're stuck between two impossible choices:Pay what the landowner nee...
Former Housing Minister: Policy Insights for Investors
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textI just interviewed a Former Housing Minister And he didn’t hold back. UK housing policy generates headlines daily. For serious UK hous...
Hyde CEO: How Housing Partnerships Really Work
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textI 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 Associa...
5 Things Bankable Developers Do
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEven if the land was free, many property deals don’t stack.Zombie pricing. Rising costs. More regulations.I asked Nicola Haigh, Head o...
What Works in Supported Housing - with Lloyds Bank
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSolving the housing crisis isn’t just about building more.It’s about the right homes, in the right places, for the people who need t...
Zoopla Exec: Where to Buy, Upgrade or Sell in 2026
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI loved recording a no-fluff episode of The Return With @Richard Donnell at Zoopla(Source of the best insights in the industry.)The hea...
University of Cambridge Professor Colin Lizieri: Smarter Investment Decisions
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text99% 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...
How property developers make deals stack in the 2020s
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMost housing schemes don’t stack in this market. Those that do get three things right.On the latest episode of @ The Return, @ Andy G...
How to deliver 1,000 homes per day with Alex Notay (repeat)
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt’s hard to make housing developments stack in today’s market.Build costs are upPolicies are changingPlanning is a dragging.So I as...
Former Homes England CEO Peter Denton CBE: How to get funded
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPeople 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.Abou...
How I scale Real Estate Businesses
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's hard to scale in real estate Without a big budget, expensive team or endless meetings.I asked Kelly Bream A multi-time found...
MD at £50bn Insurer: How I Invest
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper is joined by Hayley Rees, Managing Director at £50bn+ Pension Insurance Corporation.In Anna’s words: There’s lot...
What next for UK rentals?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRichard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla joined Anna Clare Harper to share what the latest rental market data means for investors, ...
£50m Real Estate CEO: Growth in 2025
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRiccardo Ianucci-Dawson, CEO of £50m Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Alto Software Group, joined Anna Clare Harper for this episode.It’...
Martin Wolf CBE - Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMartin Wolf CBE is Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times.Described as “the most important economics commentator in the wo...
Unlocking a £2.2 trillion housing opportunity with AI
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper joined Charlie Martin on his podcast, The Responsible Edge.In Anna’s words:There’s a £2.2 trillion UK housing opp...
Melanie Leech CBE, British Property Federation CEO
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMelanie Leech CBE, British Property Federation CEO joins Anna Clare Harper.In Anna’s words:‘35% of no new homes is still nothing.’...
David Smith, Sunday Times: Fixing Housing Unfairness
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDavid Smith, Economics Editor at the Sunday Times, Award-winning journalist and Author with Anna Clare Harper.In Anna’s words:The hous...
Why new build tenants are happier than owners
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTenants are happier than owners.(and that’s not the only surprising truth about new builds).I chatted Hannah Marsh, a co-founder of Ho...
Why UK Affordable Housing Investment?
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMonica O'Neill is CEO of ENSO Advisors LLC. She was a Co-Founder at Tristan Capital Partners, and a Managing Director at AEW Europe...
The Return Podcast Host on Career Challenges
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, the podcasting roles were reversed. Erica Sosna interviewed Anna Clare Harper, Host of The Return and Co-Founder of Gre...
Double Your AUM Without Hiring - ft. The Robot
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAndy Rothery, Head of Europe for Real Foundations / Former Head of Deloitte Real Estate and Maya the Robot joined Anna Clare Harper for ...
CEO of FTSE 250 Landlord, Helen Gordon
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHelen Gordon, CEO of Grainger PLC, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord joined Anna Clare Harper for this episode of The Retur...
Aubrey Adams OBE, FTSE 250 Chair: Funding Homes
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper spoke with Aubrey Adams OBE, Chair of Tritax Big Box REIT (FTSE 250), Former Chair of L&Q (105,000 homes) and Form...
What Works in Affordable Housing Investment?
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper spoke to Guy Horne, CEO of HSPG, a real estate company that acquires, manages and develops residential property, in pa...
UK Government: Attract Global Capital for Housing
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted with Gus Wiseman, Head of Investor Relations for the UK Government’s Office for Investment about: What inte...
Invesco Real Estate MD: UK vs European Real Estate
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted with John German, Managing Director Alternative Investments at Invesco Real Estate about the differences betwe...
How to become a Real Estate Non Executive Director
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Phil Clark, NED at Pinnacle Group (70,000 UK homes); Thriving Investments, part of Places for People; Chair...
How to get your finances in order
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Ann-Marie Atkins, a Managing Partner and award-winning Financial Planner at Evelyn Partners, about what you...
Affordable Housing: Who’s Who, What’s Next?
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Rob Beiley, a Partner at law firm Trowers & Hamlins with over 20 years of experience in the affordable ...
How to Build 1,000 Homes a Day
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow to deliver 1,000 homes per day with Alex Notay, internationally-recognised expert in housing, placemaking and ESG and Anna Clare Har...
Greystar MD: Work in Property Management
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Bella Peacock, Senior Managing Director – Investment Management and Operations Europe, at Greystar about ...
How to beat Analysis Paralysis
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted with ex-Silicon Valley multi-national real estate investor John Corey about how real estate investors can impr...
My Mentor + Money-Raising Rules
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted with her brilliant mentor, John Corey, an ex-Silicon Valley multi-national real estate investor with 30 years ...
Savills IM: Work in Sustainable Investing
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Emily Hamilton, Chief Sustainability Officer at Savills Investment Management about how to create a career ...
Kate Faulkner OBE: Create a Purposeful Property Career
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper recently chatted on the podcast with Kate Faulkner OBE, one of the UK’s leading property experts, the founder of fre...
Is UK Property Still Worth It?
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAdam Lawrence is the Founder of Propenomix, which has many thousands of subscribers across platforms who are keen to explore the economi...
How to Invest and Pay Less Tax
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDamien Fogg is a Chief Financial Officer, chartered Building Surveyor, CFO, ex-Financial Advisor and the Author of two amazon best selle...
Get Ready to Retire
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper is joined by Kia Commodore, who founded financial education platform Pennies to Pounds at the age of 21, when she real...
Inheritance Made Simple
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnn-Marie Atkins is a Managing Partner and award-winning Financial Planner at Evelyn Partners. She joined Anna Clare Harper on the podca...
£750bn Schroders Capital: Best-in-Class Living Investments
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper spoke to Allen Chilten, Global Head of Capital Formation at the £750bn Schroders Capital, previously Head of Funds at...
Digital Connectivity + Real Asset Values
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted with Grainne Gilmore, Director of Research & Insights at real assets advisory firm Cluttons about what dig...
Decarbonising Social Housing: Who Pays, Who Gains?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted with Elizabeth Froude, Group Chief Executive of Platform Housing Group, one of the largest Housing Association...
UK's Leading Impact Investor: Lessons Learned
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper spoke to Gemma Bourne, Managing Director at Better Society Capital (formerly Big Society Capital) as part of a collabo...
What's Happening in the UK Rental Market?
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Houseful which is the Business to Business part of Zoopla. They dis...
Impact Investing Institute: Place-Based Investing
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper chatted to Jamie Broderick, Deputy Chair of the non-profit Impact Investing Institute about place-based impact investi...
Michele Giddens OBE: Sustainable Investing Pioneer
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSustainable Investing with Co-Founder & Co-CEO of pioneer Bridges Fund Management, Michele Giddens OBE and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna...
British Property Federation: How to Shape Housing Policy
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow to change housing policy with Ian Fletcher, Director of Policy at the British Property Federation and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna&apos...
Getting Deals Done: Real Estate Law + AI
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGetting deals done with Deepa Deb, Head of International Real Estate Investment at law firm Watson Farley & Williams and Anna Clare ...
John Lewis: Retail + Rental Housing
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRetail, real estate and Build to Rent with Katherine Russell, Director of Build to Rent at the John Lewis Partnership and Anna Clare Har...
Responsible Residential Investment at Scale
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textUnlocking responsible UK Residential investment at scale with Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi and Andrew Teacher, Co-Founder of Laud...
Fund Manager CEO: Residential for Rent + 240,000 Homes
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textResidential for rent with Cath Webster, CEO of Thriving Investments, the fund manager with a social conscience backed by the UK's l...
JLL: What Next for Living Sector Investment?
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat next for Living Capital? With Simon Scott, Lead Director, Living Capital Markets UK at JLL and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna's wor...
Top Private Rental Sector Trends
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper, Host of The Return and CEO of GreenResi on Private Rental Sector Trends.Anna says:It’s been a while since I didn’...
£90bn Asset Manager: Sustainable Investing
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow partnerships, innovation & ‘insetting’ help achieve more sustainable investment outcomes with Jessica Pilz, Head of Sustaina...
£1.2 trillion Legal & General IM: What's changed?
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow institutional real estate investors respond to change with Emma Long, Head of Business Strategy, LGIM Real Assets Equity and Anna Cl...
£3.9bn Investor: ESG + Single Family Rental
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textESG Investing in Alternative & Operational Real Estate With Sadie Malim, Head of ESG and Legal at Moorfield, a £3.9bn specialist in...
Fund Director + BPF: The Best ESG Measures
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow should we measure ESG in residential investment? Anna Clare Harper discusses, with Alex Notay, Director at Thriving Investments, an...
What is Net Zero for UK Homes?
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat is Net Zero for UK homes? Anna Clare Harper discusses with Phil Mason, Head of Regulatory Engagement at Trustmark, the government ...
Should You Buy a Multi-Million ££ Home Now?
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIs now the time to upsize? Anna Clare Harper discusses with Polly Ogden Duffy, MD at John D Wood & Co.In Anna's words:I had a ...
£223bn Aviva Investors: How to be a Fund Manager
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow to become a fund manager, and what are the greatest opportunities for institutional real estate investment? With Imogen Ebbs, Head o...
EPC Rules Scrapped - So What?
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat does scrapping EPC targets mean for residential? Rod Turner x Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi.In Anna's words:In this epi...
TrustMark: Retrofit, Rogue Traders + Regulations
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAvinash Rajan, Proposition Director for TrustMark, the UK Government-Endorsed Quality Scheme for home improvements and Anna Clare Harper...
£1bn Property Lender: How Family Offices Protect Wealth
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper talked to Carl Jabbour, Head of Investors and COO of £1bn+ bridging lender Fiduciam about what next for real estate n...
Octopus Energy: Zero Bills, Technology + Green Innovation
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEmma Fletcher, Homes Director for Octopus Energy joins Anna Clare Harper for this episode on Octopus Energy, Zero Bills, Technology + Gr...
5% Home Deposits + Better KPIs
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnna Clare Harper talks Humans, real estate and finance with Ray Rafiq, serial founder including of Unmortgage, which became Wayhome.In ...
PAS2035 + Training 200,000 Retrofitters by 2030
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTraining 200,000 retrofitters by 2030 with David Pierpoint, Co-Founder and CEO of The Retrofit Academy and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna&apo...
What Next for Offices + The Airbnb Approach
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat next for office leasing? With Jon Dweck, Founder of Space32, a leading office flexspace marketplace and Anna Clare Harper.Jon Dweck...
Fix Your Rental Properties (+1 Million Others) Cheaper
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textUnderstanding customers and using tech for effective asset maintenance with UK Managing Director of Aareon Group and FixFlo Co-Founder, ...
Aviva's £100m Socially Responsible Property Development
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text£100m investment in socially responsible development with Paul Clark, Stories Co-founder & CIO, Sophie White, Sector Head for Regen...
Go Digital + Augmented Reality to Fix Homes Faster
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDigital property management and maintenance and proptech fundraising in the current climate with David Rae, COO and CFO of Evo and Anna ...
Missing: 500k Green Skill Workers
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGreen skills emergency with Richard Ng, Co-Founder of Greenworkx and Anna Clare Harper talk about the green skills emergency.In Anna&apo...
Liz Peace CBE: Navigate Politics + Energy Efficiency
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPolitics and energy efficiency with Liz Peace CBE, former CEO of the British Property Federation, Non-Executive Director and Advisor and...
The Future of UK Housing: Downsizing to Development
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA vision for the UK housing market with Emma Fletcher, Development Director at Hyde Housing Association and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna&ap...
UK’s First 30-Year Fixed Mortgage
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe UK’s first 30 year fixed rate mortgages with Arjan Verbeek, CEO and Co-Founder of Perenna, a new Danish-style mortgage lender and ...
Roger Madelin CBE: Sustainable Development + Place-Making
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSustainable development and place-making with Roger Madelin CBE, Joint Head of British Land’s Canada Water Development and Anna Clare ...
Aubrey Adams OBE: What are Housing Associations?
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow Housing Associations are helping solve market problems with Aubrey Adams OBE, Chair of L&Q, former CEO of Savills and Chair of T...
Single Family Rental + Tech-Enabled Asset Management
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow tech drives quality residential asset management throughout market turbulence with Co-Founder of IMMO, Samantha Kempe and Anna Clare...
What the Building Safety Act Means for You
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat does The Building Safety Act do and mean? With experts from the RICS, the RIBA, NHBC and the Insurance sector and Anna Clare Harper...
800% Insurance Cost Increase, Post-Grenfell
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat the drive for building safety means for professionals and their liability with John Winter of Apex Insurance and Anna Clare Harper....
What's Happening in the UK Rental Market? 2023
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat’s happening in the UK rental market? With Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna's word...
Blackstone's Invitation Homes + Single Family Rental in Europe
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSingle Family Rental investment in Europe with Alexandra Thur, former founding team member at Blackstone-backed Invitation Homes & A...
Property For Dummies Author: Is Buy-to-Let Dead?
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIs this the end of property investment ‘for dummies’? Anna Clare Harper discusses with Melanie Bien, award-winning PR specialist, f...
Manoj Varsani MBE: Making Tax Digital
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMaking Tax Digital with CEO and Founder of leading property finance platform, Hammock, Manoj Varsani MBE and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna&a...
RICS Director: What is Whole Life Carbon Assessment
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRICS and the shift to Net Zero - from guidance to lenders to whole life carbon assessment with Luay Al-Khatib, Director of Standards, RI...
Savills: What Next for UK Housing?
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHousing market trends with Head of UK Residential Research at Savills and leading housing market commentator Lucian Cook and Anna Clare ...
What’s happening in the UK rental market? 2022
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat’s happening in the UK rental market? With Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla and Anna Clare HarperIn Anna's words...
Baroness Brown of Cambridge: Climate Change Risk Adaptation
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textClimate Change Risk Adaptation with Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King, Chair of the Adaption Committee on the Climate Change Commi...
Dubai Housing + ESG?
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDubai housing and ESG with Dr Michael Waters, Director of Studies for Real Estate at Heriott-Watt University and Anna Clare HarperIn Ann...
£350m Fund Manager: New Homes
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBuilding new build housing at scale with Cedric Bucher, CEO of specialist PRS fund manager Hearthstone, and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna&ap...
Oxford Prof Andrew Baum: Become a B Corp
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textESG responsibilities and the benefits of becoming a B Corp with Professor Andrew Baum, internationally-respected real estate professiona...
UK’s First 100% Renewable District Heating Scheme
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textUK’s first 100% renewable district heating scheme with Emma Fletcher, MD of Evera and Anna Clare Harper.In Anna's words:I had a f...
Cambridge Prof Franz Fuerst: Research vs Practice
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textResearch vs practice in property with Professor Franz Fuerst, leading real estate academic at the University of Cambridge and Anna Clare...
Rescuing $ trillions of Chairs + Carpets
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow software can solve the multi-trillion dollar waste problem with May Al-Karooni, Founder of Globechain, the leading ESG reporting and...
Oxford Prof Andrew Baum: Inflation + Real Estate
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat does inflation mean for real estate investors? With Andrew Baum, internationally-respected real estate professional, academic and a...
Sustainable Residential Investing Book Launch + 4th Birthday
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSustainable Residential Investing Book + 4 years of the pod - With Anna Clare HarperIn Anna's words:To mark 4 years of the pod, and...
$3bn VC: Can Tech Solve Climate Crisis?
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCan tech solve the climate change problem? with Roelof Opperman, Partner at leading proptech venture capital firm, Fifthwall and Anna Cl...
Cambridge Prof Franz Fuerst: Sustainable Real Estate
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow to measure and improve sustainability of real estate with University of Cambridge Professor Franz Fuerst and Anna Clare Harper.In An...
Leading Retirement Village Provider: What is Later Living
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLater Living with Nick Sanderson, Founder and CEO of Audley Group, a leading retirement village provider in the UK and Chair of industry...
When to Change Career?
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen to change (last in the mini-series!) with Victoria Hall, leadership consultant at YSC and Anna Clare HarperFor the last episode in ...