The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
by Anna Clare Harper
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Why Brilliant Women Still Get Stuck
Sep 3, 2026
21m 53s
What I’ve Been Secretly Building For the Last 12 Months
Aug 6, 2026
6m 00s
Is Affordable Housing the star of the real estate investment landscape now?
Jul 2, 2026
20m 32s
Is Purpose Built Student Accommodation still worth it?
Jun 4, 2026
22m 52s
Is Build to Rent dead?
May 7, 2026
33m 12s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/3/26 |  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 Affordable Housing deals to something personal: Why does it still feel so hard for talented women to progress into the most senior roles in real estate investing? We realised the issue wasn’t ambition or capability, but a set of less visible barriers around sponsorship, visibility, leadership and community. So, long story short, we created Lead As You A... | 21m 53s | ||||||
| 8/6/26 | What 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 women. This, despite the fact that most firms are actively trying. And, the data shows that diverse leadership creates better commercial outcomes. So why the gap? I’ve spent the past year having quiet, off the record conversations with women throughout the industry, and I kept hearing the same 3 things: Lack of role models - you can’t be what you c... | 6m 00s | ||||||
| 7/2/26 | affordable housingreal estate investment+3 | — | UK affordable housing | UK | affordable housingreal estate+6 | — | 20m 32s | ||
| 6/4/26 | student accommodationinvestment+3 | John German | Pinnacle InvestmentsHyde | UK | student accommodationinvestment+3 | — | 22m 52s | ||
| 5/7/26 | Build to Renthousing crisis+4 | — | Single-Family Housing | Britain | Build to Renthousing crisis+4 | — | 33m 12s | ||
| 4/9/26 | format updatelistener feedback+3 | — | — | — | podcast updateinvestment insights+3 | — | 3m 23s | ||
| 3/26/26 | property developmentproject management+3 | Anjuim Moied | — | WoolstonSouth | property developmentbingo hall+3 | — | 21m 24s | ||
| 3/12/26 | housing dealsproperty development+3 | — | Aviva | — | housingdevelopers+4 | — | 20m 38s | ||
| 2/26/26 | UK housing policyinvestment insights+3 | Lord Gavin Barwell | UK housing policyUK housing investors+1 | — | housing policyinvestment+3 | — | 25m 36s | ||
| 2/12/26 | housing partnershipspublic-private partnerships+3 | Andy Hulme | The Hyde GroupLloyds+1 | UK | housing partnershipspublic-private partnerships+5 | — | 18m 44s | ||
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| 1/29/26 | property developmentreal estate+3 | Nicola Haigh | Lloyds | — | bankable developersreal estate+3 | — | 19m 46s | ||
| 1/15/26 | supported housinghousing crisis+5 | — | Lloyds Bank | — | supported housinghousing crisis+5 | — | 22m 45s | ||
| 1/1/26 | property investmentmarket trends+3 | Richard Donnell | Zoopla | London | Zooplaproperty investment+5 | — | 20m 18s | ||
| 12/18/25 | real estateinvestment decisions+3 | Colin Lizieri | University of Cambridge | — | real estateinvestment+3 | — | 22m 02s | ||
| 12/4/25 |  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, Andy Garnett (CEO, Breck Homes) and Dale Parkinson (Lloyds Bank) shared what they’re seeing on schemes that actually work: - Buy smart - not late Secure land before planning (e.g. through options), or buy at a genuine discount when the timing is right (e.g. around budget changes) (For 20–30% margins vs <10% if you pay full “with planning” market p... | 23m 56s | ||||||
| 11/20/25 |  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 dragging. So I asked Alex Notay - Chair of the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission and one of the most respected strategic voices in UK housing - what it really takes to deliver 1,000 homes per day. She shared the big lessons on the podcast, including: Treat housing as national infrastructure - not just a market product.Planning + policy + funding must operate as... | 32m 05s | ||||||
| 11/6/25 |  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 Denton CBE. About how developers and housing providers Use Homes England support to build more homes. We covered: - What it is. Who it serves. How it helps. (From grants to Compulsory Purchase powers.) - How to frame your ask for success. (Lead with the market failure you’ll unlock.) - How to avoid common mistakes. (Respect proc... | 21m 20s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 |  '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-time founder and ex-COO, Bidwells How she has grown multiple real estate businesses from local to national. She shared the playbook for local to national growth on the podcast, including: - People > platforms first. Hire complements (e.g. brand/marketing), not clones. - Standardise the boring; localise the value. Central co... | 18m 29s | ||||||
| 10/9/25 |  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’s lots of advice for private investors. Almost nothing on how big institutions back UK housing. Yet it’s a major growth area. So I asked Hayley (MD at £50bn+ insurer PIC) what actually works. We covered: How to choose investments: Compare returns to UK government bonds (gilts). Avoid 10 year projects, as there’s a lot of competition for 10 year m... | 20m 46s | ||||||
| 9/25/25 |  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 investors, and how to underwrite real estate deals with the right rent growth assumptions. Topics include: Rent growth has slowed - why and what next for UK rentalsUnderwriting rents to earnings, not history or inflationThe most invest-able places (and EPC grades) Renters Rights Bill opportunities and risksWe also covered what strategy Richard would ... | 21m 15s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 |  £50m Real Estate CEO: Growth in 2025 | Send us a Text 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 pricing. So some smart investors are buying real estate businesses. Not just assets. @Riccardo Ianucci-Dawson is CEO of Alto A £50m ARR estate agency CRM powering 25,000 agents. We discussed: How smart investors are growing in 2025Top leadership lessons... | 20m 03s | ||||||
| 8/28/25 |  Martin Wolf CBE - Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times | Send us a Text 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 questions. If you’re a real estate investor, policymaker or fellow economics nerd, this episode is for you. We covered: The costs and benefits of land/property taxes. → The right thing to do, but destabilising? How house price increases don't create growth. → They tra... | 24m 52s | ||||||
| 8/14/25 |  Unlocking a £2.2 trillion housing opportunity with AI | Send us a Text 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 AI But hiding in plain sight: Existing private and social homes That need upgrading quickly. AI can help analyse portfolios To make fast, reliable decisions. So analysing 10,000 homes takes hours, not months. But, TBT - AI has its limits e.g. in construction. I explored this with ... | 25m 40s | ||||||
| 7/31/25 |  Melanie Leech CBE, British Property Federation CEO | Send us a Text 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. You also need to: Tackle construction cost inflationManage skills and labour shortagesNavigate new regulations (eg building safety, net zero)Make the numbers work with 35% ‘affordable’ requirementsI loved chatting with Melanie Leech CBE, Chief Executive of the Brit... | 20m 27s | ||||||
| 7/17/25 |  David Smith, Sunday Times: Fixing Housing Unfairness | Send us a Text 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 pays for it. In this episode, I spoke to David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times since 1989 – and a role model who first got me (and many others) interested in economics as a teenager. We covered: - Why 68% of property wealth is held by over-55s → crea... | 28m 28s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Return: Property & Investment Podcast
Peaked at #188 in United Kingdom, currently #188 in United Kingdom.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| United Kingdom | — | #188 | #188 | — |
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1 placement across 1 market.
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1 placement across 1 market.