Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

In a special Monday morning episode of the weekly podcast, Jess Harrold is joined by Nina Zeilerbauer, co-founder of real estate recruiter Madison Berkeley, and Adina David, executive director at MGT and founder of the networking organisation Ladies in Real Estate, to discuss the Empower Equity campaign launching today. Zeilerbauer and David discuss the continuing problems that impact on female re...

On the latest episode of the politics and property podcast, EG senior writer Piers Wehner and former housing minister Mark Prisk meet West Midlands Mayor Andy Street. Street tells the team why a mayor has to be a good storyteller, why a career at John Lewis proved a perfect route into regional politics and why Liz Truss may still be right. In part. Sort of.   

Sarah Hayford, founder of the Land Collective – a youth-focused organisation that encourages those from underrepresented groups to engage with the built environment sector – is this week’s guest on Bricks & Mortar. She joins Sarah Jackman to discuss a new initiative – Black Girls in Property – a week-long internship run in August and open to female year 11 students of black or mixed-black heri...

In the latest weekly round-up, Jess Harrold is joined by Tim Burke, Chanté Bohitige and Akanksha Soni to discuss the latest news. With the announcement that the real estate focused stock exchange IPSX is being wound down, Burke outlines how the ambitious plan was supposed to work and what went wrong. Bohitige tackles WeWork as it begins the mammoth task of renegotiating its leases around the world...

Jess Harrold is joined by Jonathan Gaunt KC, barrister at Falcon Chambers, to discuss the work of the Law Commission and its role in recommending reform, with specific reference to property-related matters. As well as the Law Commission's forthcoming review of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, and its extensive recent recommendations in relation to leasehold, commonhold and enfranchisement, Gaun...

EG's weekly podcast round-up returns after a summer break, and Jess Harrold is joined by senior writers Julia Cahill and Piers Wehner, and legal & professional editor Sarah Jackman, for a bumper episode. Cahill recounts insights on the future of the office from her EG Interview with Sir Stuart Lipton, and Wehner brings to life the boundless possibilities that generative AI can offer the real e...

As part of EG’s new Starting out in real estate publication, Blessings Doherty, land economy undergraduate at the University of Cambridge speaks to the Crown Estate CEO, Dan Labbad, about his journey in the sector. The pair discuss his enduring passion for real estate and its ability to drive social change, sustainability and placemaking; the breadth of opportunity that exists for careers in the s...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is talking all things data. She sits down with Thalia Baldwin, chief executive of the Geospatial Commission, and Alex Notay, who as well as being placemaking and investment director at PfP Capital is a non-executive independent commissioner at the Geospatial Commission, to delve at little deeper into their recent Building Bette...

In this special edition of Bricks & Mortar, EG’s Sarah Jackman speaks to DWS’s head of UK, Jessica Hardman, as part of EG’s new Starting out in real estate publication. Jessica assumed the head of UK role in June 2023 following a career in real estate investment management, most recently as DWS’s head of European portfolio management and head of UK real estate group – a role that she retains....

In today’s episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman is joined by Marion Ellis of Love Surveying – a company that offers coaching and bespoke business support to those setting up and running their own surveying business. Marion established Love Surveying following 20 years in the residential property sector and today offers a range of support services including mentoring and the Surveyor Hub p...

Outgoing chair of the Climate Change Committee Lord Deben - perhaps known better to some listeners as former environment secretary and EG columnist John Gummer - speaks to EG's Piers Wehner in the latest episode of the politics and property podcast.  In a wide-ranging interview he talks about why he believes the government has failed to deliver on its green promises, why we need a Department for L...

The winners of the annual ULI Hines Student Competition – Europe 2023, have recently been announced, with a team from the University of Manchester scooping the top prize. Sarah Jackman catches up with one of the winning team of four, Nimrah Maryam, along with Brian Moran, senior managing director and head of Hines in Ireland as well as member of the jury for the competition, and Emanuel Rebelo, se...

Bottlenecks in the planning system are a bigger obstacle to the Shropshire market than the UK’s broader economic woes, according to Towler Shaw Roberts partner Toby Shaw, who believes demand is very much there for quality developments once they finally get built. Towler Shaw Roberts sits comfortably at the top of the Radius On Demand Rankings for Shropshire, with 75,153 sq ft of space transacted a...

This latest episode of Bricks & Mortar features Richard Laming, senior director of economics at planning and development consultancy, Turley.  In a focussed discussion, Laming reflects on how technology has impacted planning over the last decade, its acceleration during the pandemic and what's potentially coming down the tracks by way of future developments - including AI. He goes on to consider w...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the final part in our trilogy in which we meet this year’s EG Future Leaders. EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk to a...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the second of three special interviews with the latest cohort of EG Future Leaders. EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the first of three special interviews with the latest cohort of EG Future Leaders. EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk...

Jess Harrold is joined by deputy editor Tim Burke and news editor Pui-Guan Man for the latest weekly round-up. Burke celebrates the 60th anniversary year of the British Property Federation with insights from an EG interview with major figures from the organisation's past and present, including new president, Mark Allan. Man offers an update on EG's survey into the future of the RICS, with news on...

The latest episode of the politics and property podcast, hosted by former housing minister Mark Prisk and EG's Piers Wehner, is a whopper.  Piers meets North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll, to talk devo deals, running as an independent, fixing the drains and building the pyramids.  Meanwhile Mark gives his views on the latest news, from the damning report on the government's (lack of) net zero progr...

Nicky Richmond returns to the Bricks & Mortar podcast for the final instalment of her careers trilogy. This week she talks to Sarah Jackman about how she progressed to senior partner and the key things that helped her along the way. In particular, she advises the need to be "honest with yourself" when making career choices. Richmond also gives her thoughts on when it's ok to say no to career progr...

It's a tale of two important organisations with divergent fortunes in the latest weekly round-up. Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and Hanna Afolabi - managing director & founder at Mood and Space and founder of Black Women in Real Estate. Afolabi discusses BWRE, its purpose, what it offers for members and the state of real estate as a sector for black, female professionals. In a...

Newcastle has redrafted its office offering with a much stronger focus on amenities and environmental performance and is finding occupiers are willing to pay healthy rents in return, according to Parker Knights founder and director Michael Downey. Despite only launching last year, Parker Knights is the highest placed regional agent in the Radius On Demand Rankings for offices in the North East, wi...

Jess Harrold is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man and editor Sam McClary for the latest weekly round-up. After recounting her pedElle experiences cycling in gorgeous Slovenia, McClary turns her attention to whales, and why they are so important to real estate - specifically how they must be factored in to the sector's environmental impact. Man discusses the new RICS chief executive, Justin Young,...

In this week’s episode of Bricks & Mortar, EG’s Sarah Jackman sits down with Nicky Richmond, ex-finance lawyer and former managing partner of specialist real estate legal firm Brecher, for the second instalment of their careers trilogy. They discuss early career development and cover a range of subjects including building confidence in the workplace, dealing with difficult situations and understan...

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast EG editor Samantha McClary is in conversation with three industry professionals that will be taking part in this year's JLL Property Triathlon .  The event, which takes place on 30 June at Dorney Lake in Buckinghamshire, is one of the biggest annual gatherings of real estate professionals. The triathlon is now in its 16th year and as well as helping real...