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The Return: Property & Investment Podcast

The Return: Property & Investment Podcast

By Anna Clare Harper

'The Return: Property & Investment Podcast' shares insights on UK real estate and investing. Hosted by Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi.com, property investor and 3 x author on residential/sustainable investing. Listener reviews include: 'The best property podcast out there - ★★★★★' - Oliver 'Great...I can't stop listening - ★★★★★' - Nicola 'Compelling, insightful and easy to listen to - ★★★★★' - Ben
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The Return: Property & Investment PodcastMar 05, 2020

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Retail, real estate and Build to Rent with Katherine Russell, Director of Build to Rent at the John Lewis Partnership and Anna Clare Harper
Mar 28, 202418:15
Unlocking responsible UK Residential investment at scale with Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi
Mar 14, 202429:59
Residential for rent with Cath Webster, CEO of Thriving Investments, the fund manager with a social conscience backed by the UK's leading Social Enterprise
Feb 28, 202428:24
What next for Living Capital? With Simon Scott, Lead Director, Living Capital Markets UK at JLL
Feb 15, 202430:44
Private Rental Sector trends with Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi
Feb 01, 202419:16
How partnerships, innovation & ‘insetting’ help achieve more sustainable investment outcomes with Jessica Pilz, Head of Sustainable Investing at £90bn Asset Manager, Fiera Capital & Anna Clare Harper
Jan 18, 202427:13
How institutional real estate investors respond to change with Emma Long, Head of Business Strategy, LGIM Real Assets Equity and Anna Clare Harper
Jan 04, 202435:33
ESG Investing in Alternative & Operational Real Estate With Sadie Malim, Head of ESG and Legal at Moorfield, a £3.9bn specialist investor and Anna Clare Harper
Dec 21, 202325:56
How should we measure ESG in residential investment? with Alex Notay, Director at Thriving Investments, and internationally recognised expert on Build to Rent and ESG in residential
Dec 07, 202326:30
What is Net Zero for UK homes? with Phil Mason, Head of Regulatory Engagement at Trustmark, the government endorsed quality scheme for home improvements and Anna Clare Harper
Nov 23, 202326:10
Is now the time to upsize? with Polly Ogden Duffy, MD at John D Wood & Co and Anna Clare Harper
Nov 09, 202319:48
How to become a fund manager, and what are the greatest opportunities for institutional real estate investment? With Imogen Ebbs, Head of UK Real Estate Funds at Aviva Investors and Anna Clare Harper
Oct 26, 202330:57
What does scrapping EPC targets mean for residential? Rod Turner x Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi

What does scrapping EPC targets mean for residential? Rod Turner x Anna Clare Harper, CEO of GreenResi

In this episode I share my thoughts on the scrapping of proposed Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards of EPC C+ for properties to be legally rented out. 


The tables were turned and I joined Rod Turner on his Property Business Investment ‘Rodcast’ in my capacity as CEO of GreenResi, which helps residential investors with portfolios worth £100m+ to make efficient, reliable buy, sell and upgrade decisions at scale, so that they can future proof and grow portfolios in the context of the urgent need to retrofit homes.


We covered topics including 

  • Why scrapping planned MEES is likely to be positive for the Private Rental Sector, its renters and the environment 

  • Why our clients, institutional investors, were and are self-regulating, and targeting better than the ex-proposed minimum EPC of C

  • What other policies would work better than MEES, such as using Council Tax to incentivise upgrades.


Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Guidance: https://bpf.org.uk/media/4534/bpf-residential-esg-guidance.pdf


Listen to The Rodcast: https://www.podpage.com/the-rodcast-property-business-investment/

Rod Turner Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-turner-936a837/

Anna Clare Harper LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/

GreenResi website: https://www.greenresi.com/

The Return: Property & Investment Podcast has been featured in Feedspot’s UK and London ‘Best Real Estate Podcasts’ lists, coming in at #4 in the UK!

https://podcasts.feedspot.com/uk_real_estate_podcasts/

https://blog.feedspot.com/london_real_estate_podcasts/

Oct 12, 202335:45
How to protect consumers and innovate for Net Zero with Avinash Rajan, Proposition Director for TrustMark, the UK Government-Endorsed Quality Scheme for home improvements and Anna Clare Harper
Sep 28, 202322:00
What next for real estate non-bank lending? with Carl Jabbour, Head of Investors and COO of £1bn+ bridging lender Fiduciam and Anna Clare Harper
Sep 14, 202313:20
Energy and housing with Emma Fletcher, Homes Director for Octopus Energy and Anna Clare Harper
Aug 31, 202313:60
Humans, real estate and finance with Ray Rafiq, serial founder including of Unmortgage, which became Wayhome and Anna Clare Harper
Aug 17, 202324:52
Training 200,000 retrofitters by 2030 with David Pierpoint, Co-Founder and CEO of The Retrofit Academy and Anna Clare Harper
Aug 03, 202321:13
What next for office leasing? With Jon Dweck, Founder of Space32, a leading office flexspace marketplace and Anna Clare Harper
Jul 20, 202316:50
Understanding customers and using tech for effective asset maintenance with UK Managing Director of Aareon Group and FixFlo Co-Founder, Rajeev Nayyar and Anna Clare Harper
Jul 06, 202313:08
£100m investment in socially responsible development with Paul Clark, Stories Co-founder & CIO, Sophie White, Sector Head for Regeneration at Aviva Capital Partners and Anna Clare Harper
Jun 22, 202320:38
How technology can help residential investors and managers to make better decisions in 2023-2028 with Anna Clare Harper
Jun 08, 202312:27
Digital property management and maintenance and proptech fundraising in the current climate with David Rae, COO and CFO of Evo and Anna Clare Harper
May 25, 202329:14
Green skills emergency with Richard Ng, Co-Founder of Greenworkx and Anna Clare Harper
May 11, 202324:00
Politics and energy efficiency with Liz Peace CBE, former CEO of the British Property Federation, Non-Executive Director and Advisor and Anna Clare Harper
Apr 27, 202322:19
A vision for the UK housing market with Emma Fletcher, Development Director at Hyde Housing Association and Anna Clare Harper
Apr 13, 202320:55
The UK’s first 30 year fixed rate mortgages with Arjan Verbeek, CEO and Co-Founder of Perenna, a new Danish-style mortgage lender and Anna Clare Harper
Mar 30, 202320:35
Sustainable development and place-making with Roger Madelin CBE, Joint Head of British Land’s Canada Water Development and Anna Clare Harper
Mar 16, 202338:14
How Housing Associations are helping solve market problems with Aubrey Adams OBE, Chair of L&Q, former CEO of Savills and Chair of Tritax Big Box REIT and Anna Clare Harper
Mar 02, 202327:42
How tech drives quality residential asset management throughout market turbulence with Co-Founder of IMMO, Samantha Kempe and Anna Clare Harper
Feb 16, 202317:49
What does The Building Safety Act do and mean? With experts from the RICS, the RIBA, NHBC and the Insurance sector and Anna Clare Harper

What does The Building Safety Act do and mean? With experts from the RICS, the RIBA, NHBC and the Insurance sector and Anna Clare Harper

The Building Safety Act marks a significant change for the construction industry. It overhauls existing regulations on building standards and construction materials, with the goal of driving quality in design, construction and operation.

I had the privilege of chairing a panel on its wide-reaching implications with Gary Strong, Global Standards Director at the RICS, Jane Duncan OBE from the RIBA, Liz Oliver, Safer Homes Director at Hyde Housing Association, Sarah Kiesel, Senior Technical Operations Manager at NHBC and John Winter from Apex Insurance.

The panel was part of an event hosted by the Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry and the Cambridge University Land Society’s Residential Forum.

I’m sharing the panel on the pod because despite its importance, the Act is not widely understood. Topics include:

  • What are the intended and unintended consequences of this new Act?
  • Will the Act result in an exodus of professionals, especially SME surveyors, architects etc?
  • What are the commercial implications of the Act?

Guests LinkedIn and websites: Gary Strong | https://www.rics.org/uk/ | Jane Duncan | https://www.architecture.com/ | Liz Oliver | https://www.hyde-housing.co.uk/ | Sarah Kiesel | https://www.nhbc.co.uk/ | John Winter | https://apexinsurancebrokers.co.uk/

Event Host Websites: https://www.cfci.org.uk/ | https://www.culandsoc.com/forums/residential-forum/

Sponsor website: immo.capital

Sponsor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immoinvesttech/

Host LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/

Host website: annaclareharper.com


Feb 02, 202344:17
What the drive for building safety means for professionals and their liability with John Winter of Apex Insurance and Anna Clare Harper
Jan 19, 202327:42
What’s happening in the UK rental market? With Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla and Anna Clare Harper
Jan 05, 202314:06
Single Family Rental investment in Europe with Alexandra Thur, former founding team member at Blackstone-backed Invitation Homes & Anna Clare Harper
Dec 22, 202214:36
Is this the end of property investment ‘for dummies’? With Melanie Bien, award-winning PR specialist, former Finance Editor of the Independent, and property 'for dummies' author and Anna Clare Harper
Dec 08, 202217:00
Making Tax Digital with CEO and Founder of leading property finance platform, Hammock, Manoj Varsani MBE and Anna Clare Harper
Nov 24, 202220:08
RICS and the shift to Net Zero - from guidance to lenders to whole life carbon assessment with Luay Al-Khatib, Director of Standards, RICS and Anna Clare Harper
Nov 10, 202223:05
Housing market trends with Head of UK Residential Research at Savills and leading housing market commentator Lucian Cook and Anna Clare Harper
Oct 27, 202225:02
What’s happening in the UK rental market? With Richard Donnell, Executive Director at Zoopla and Anna Clare Harper
Oct 13, 202218:19
Climate Change Risk Adaptation with Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King, Chair of the Adaption Committee on the Climate Change Committee and the Carbon Trust and Anna Clare Harper

Climate Change Risk Adaptation with Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King, Chair of the Adaption Committee on the Climate Change Committee and the Carbon Trust and Anna Clare Harper

I was honoured to have Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS, Julia King on the podcast to talk about adapting to climate change risk in real estate.

She's currently Chair of the Adaptation Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee, which she has been a member of since it was formed in 2008. She also chairs the Carbon Trust, is a non-executive director of Ørsted and of Ceres Power and a member of the Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Committee. Previous roles include as the UK’s Low Carbon Business Ambassador, Non-Executive Director of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and of the Green Investment Bank.

So, she’s extremely well-qualified to talk about climate change and what we need to do now to reduce its impacts, with a particular focus on housing.

Key topics include:

  • What risks we need to prepare for and how - including over-heating in homes, climate change ghettoisation and poorly adapted office to residential conversions
  • Hazards, exposure and vulnerability
  • Creating the right kinds of policy in pursuit of a clear vision so that we adapt and minimise climate change risks, without adverse consequences

Guest website: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4565/contact / https://www.carbontrust.com/who-we-are/people/julia-king-baroness-brown-of-cambridge

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baroness-brown-julia-king-dbe-freng-frs-5a955319/

Sponsor website: immo.capital

Sponsor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immoinvesttech/

Host LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/

Host website: annaclareharper.com


Sep 29, 202231:17
Dubai housing and ESG with Dr Michael Waters, Director of Studies for Real Estate at Heriott-Watt University and Anna Clare Harper
Sep 15, 202227:42
Building new build housing at scale with Cedric Bucher, CEO of specialist PRS fund manager Hearthstone, and Anna Clare Harper
Sep 01, 202223:55
ESG responsibilities and the benefits of becoming a B Corp with Professor Andrew Baum, internationally-respected real estate professional, academic and author and Anna Clare Harper
Aug 23, 202225:21
UK’s first 100% renewable district heating scheme with Emma Fletcher, MD of Evera and Anna Clare Harper
Aug 04, 202219:55
Research vs practice in property with Professor Franz Fuerst, leading real estate academic at the University of Cambridge and Anna Clare Harper

Research vs practice in property with Professor Franz Fuerst, leading real estate academic at the University of Cambridge and Anna Clare Harper

Professor Franz Fuerst is the leading light in real estate research, in particular as it relates to sustainability.

So he’s the perfect person to ask about the undeniable gulf between academic research and what happens in practice in the real estate industry.

And, with the rise of machine learning and the democratisation of data, the risks ahead are growing.

We talked about topics on this theme including:

  • Reputation, funding, profit and vested interests
  • Academic-business partnerships - and how the European real estate industry differs from the American pharmaceutical industry
  • Biases in research, in particular when it comes to ESG, and
  • The future of real estate research - and how real estate businesses can use it to their advantage.


https://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-franz-fuerst

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ffuerst/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaclareharper/

https://immo.capital/

Jul 21, 202222:05
Inheritance with Ann-Marie Atkins, award-winning Financial Planner and Managing Partner at Evelyn Partners, and Anna Clare Harper
Jul 07, 202222:18
How software can solve the multi-trillion dollar waste problem with May Al-Karooni, Founder of Globechain, the leading ESG reporting and reuse marketplace worldwide and Anna Clare Harper
Jun 23, 202220:55
How fast are UK rents growing? With Head of Research at Zoopla, Gráinne Gilmore and Anna Clare Harper

How fast are UK rents growing? With Head of Research at Zoopla, Gráinne Gilmore and Anna Clare Harper

Zoopla’s Head of Research, Gráinne Gilmore, joined me to discuss what’s happening to UK rental pricing up and down the country.

Gráinne was previously Head of Residential Research and Knight Frank, and an award-winning Economics Correspondent for The Times before her role at Zoopla.

So, she’s well-placed to explain what’s happening to prices and why in the UK rental market.

Highlights of this episode include:

  • What’s happening in London vs the rest of the UK
  • The recovery of inner city rental demand
  • The exodus of private landlords, and what this means for the future of the rental market
Jun 09, 202214:54
 What does inflation mean for real estate investors? With Andrew Baum, internationally-respected real estate professional, academic and author and Anna Clare Harper
May 26, 202216:18
Sustainable Residential Investing Book + 4 years of the pod! With Anna Clare Harper
May 12, 202210:48