This Week In Property Podcast

The challenges preventing many young people from getting on the property ladder are many and well known. From basic supply and demand issues, to the financial hurdles of deposits and soaring prices.   But an almost hidden secret, which has actually been in place for several decades, exists as a solution to those challenges.   Shared Ownership.   In today's show, Mark Porter, Head of Partnerships a...

Keeping the consumer first in mind is something that has always been obvious and has been delivered by the likes of the tech wizards and creative types in the gaming and movie worlds, where their work is approved, accepted, and fanatically enjoyed by many millions of happy consumers. In the property world, however, such devotion and focus on that end consumer has mostly been sadly lacking. The ten...

In today's show, we chat with multi-award-winning professional business mentor Christine Nicholson.   Christine has been helping businesses in different sectors succeed for over 30 years. She has literally seen it all. And in 2021 she was named UK Business Mentor of the Year.   Christine speaks about the starting point of a business and the very crucial DOs and DON'Ts that an entrepreneur should f...

Today's show is packed with information, content, opinions, tips, swearing, and even some emotion!   That's because two friends and business partners from Express Mortgages are in town.   And when these two gents invade Scotland from Englandshire, they come packing, and they don't hold their punches. Straight talking and solving property funding puzzles are their key skills.   However, as you'll h...

Yann Murciano is a man who has always spotted inefficiencies and then made it his mission to clear them away to reach the opportunities that lie behind them...   It's an observational skill that has followed him through his finance and banking career, his time working in the markets in the United States, through his migration to the City of London, and deep into the UK's property market.   -----  ...

There are a good number of property developers doing business in the UK.  All in different locations, providing different properties, and in different ways. Today on the show, we hear from one that's not just doing business, but which is successfully operating a 'Profit for Purpose' business model to directly help the community that it serves. And Managing Director Christopher Heath is with us to...

There's a massive buzz around land and development in the property industry at this time. So who better to speak to about the subject than someone who has been in the game for more than 20 years, and who has built a land, development and investment agency that has done over £1.5 billion in property transactions. That person just happens to be today's guest on This Week In Property, Sam Murphy from...

In today's show, we sit down with a young man whose family, background, and nurtured thinking have led him on a journey to seek out opportunity everywhere in life.   An entrepreneurial spirit, a drive to solve problems and succeed, and a restless, insatiable appetite to question and test and seek out ways to 'join the dots' in business and in life. Many viewers and listeners will find a kindred sp...

In today's show, we hear from Lynda Clark, editor of First Time Buyer Magazine...   -----   Lynda looks back over her fascinating career and all of the twists and turns that have taken her up to and through a long and successful connection with the magazine.   We discuss the crucial key role that first time buyers play in the property market.   Lynda reviews how the market and the first time buyer...

In today's show, we sit down with Guy Horne, one of the co-founders of HSPG, the UK's leading social impact real estate investment firm.   You'll hear how along with his long-time friend since school, David Searle, they have managed to unite, build an amazing team, form powerful partnerships, and make a gigantic impact in UK property that is helping so many lives...   Guy reflects back on the very...

Today's show isn't just one not to miss, but it's one not to miss visually seeing.   That's right, if you start by listening to the show on your podcast player while driving or working around the house, make sure whenever it's safe to do so, that you watch the show back in its video format.   Because for Landlords, Serviced Accommodation Managers, Property Managers, Property Developers, Sourcers,...

Some people might think that taking a big chance during the lockdown of a global pandemic would be a scary prospect.   But Simon Cox, Managing Director of the new land agency, Walter Cooper and Co, is someone who has the courage, the mindset, and the optimism to see it as the perfect moment for opportunity and change.... ---- In today's show, Simon talks about seizing the moment and the gratitude...

Take a housing sector concept such as "Shared Ownership" that's been running for several decades, and then add in a young, vibrant and creative Digital Marketing Manager...and you have a powerful combination that's helping many many people to get on the property ladder. Today's guest in the hot seat, whom has been recently awarded as "Woman of the Year (Leadership)" at the Women in Housing Awards,...

Becoming an Accidental Landlord through one of your own homes is a classic story amongst people in the property world. However, an off-the-cuff car chat that then propels that further into a highly successful family business is a touch different. And that's just one chapter of the fascinating story kindly shared by today's guest, Andrew Lindsay... ---------- In today's show, we have a wide-reachin...

We sometimes put our heads in the sand with how life works out, convince and justify things to ourselves, or declare that it's just a sacrifice for a greater good like our children.   Today's guest, David Smart, can bravely and honestly attest to that.   But unlike most people, David had the drive, the direction and the determination to change it all...   ----------------   David openly shares his...

Take everything you thought you knew from the old world of property and business, and throw it in the bin...   Middle-aged, buttoned-down, conservative, stuffy, and quite frankly, boring.  Into the bin you go.   Usher in some new thoughts and style...   Martial Arts, tattoos, TikTok, online gaming, and some flashy fun toys to enjoy the journey like fast cars and cityscape apartments.   Bye bye, Mr...

Everyone connected in any way to property in the UK knows about the 2-word problem that is the "housing crisis" However, not enough people know about one of the 2-word solutions to that problem: "shared ownership" Today's guest, Kush Rawal, Director of Residential Investment at Metropolitan Thames Valley helps clear that up in today's show... -------- Kush has deep-rooted personal memories of seei...

Sadly, there are many people silently suffering from a work/life imbalance that is slowly draining them of life and energy.  The rat race, the hamster wheel, the corporate ladder.  It's a real-life cliche with many different names but holding the same pain.   Within that group is a small number of people who manage to escape.  A change in direction, a new business, following a passion, a rebalance...

In today's show, we have two active guests and one angelic passive guest. We hear from Nana and Emelie from Miracle Properties, and we even have their beautiful weeks-old daughter Celeste just off-camera silently making sure that mum and dad answer their questions correctly. That's right, we'll get to see and hear how a busy family that already has another older daughter, can succeed in business a...

Today's show is a great example of how the stuffy, slow-paced world of property can be disrupted by youth, by tech, and by actually thinking about the end users for once!   And as the co-founder of fashion phenomenon Pretty Little Thing, our guest today, Adam Kamani, knew exactly how to do that with his new swipeable property app: MoveStreets...   Adam is an award-winning property entrepreneur, st...

In today's show, we have a hat-trick of firsts... First guest hailing from Slovakia, first in-depth discussion on a specific property construction type, and first birthday on the show! And that birthday girl is the lovely Anna Pazdurova... -------- > Hear Anna's fascinating life story that has seen her travel and learn and work all over Easter, Central Western Europe... > Listen to some of the fas...

In today's show, we bring another property professional into the spotlight, to hear their story and the various experiences and insights they're facing with their boots on the ground.  Today's guest is Daniel Duffield, co-founder of KOVE Properties...   > Listen to Dan's inspirational personal journey following twists and turns, demanding commitment and effort, and curiously following doors as the...

In today's show, we hear the fascinating journey of a fascinating young man called Derek Mawhinney. And it's a man who freely admits that he has no real interest in property. For him, property is just a powerful and effective vehicle to enable him to do what he really targets: the bold and noble aim to lift and regenerate his home city of Dundee. And Derek is managing to do that by combining massi...

In today's show, we bring a new guest into the "Property Pros Spotlight" theme that we have running through This Week In Property.   And if you've been featured in the Financial Times and The Independent, and your group has handled over £1billion pounds worth of property transactions, then it's safe to say you're a professional in the world of property.   And that professional is Dale Anderson, th...