Property People

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Property People is a media brand featuring conversations with a wide variety of property professionals sharing ideas, experiences, problems, and solutions within the property industry. Are you a property professional with something interesting to share? Or maybe you'd like to sponsor an episode and get your business in front of our audience of property investors & developers?Drop us an email if you'd like to feature on the pod or sponsor an episode!Email: [email protected]

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Ep 69 | Raising £14M in Equity and Doing £35M Worth of Property Development with Ben Richards

Apr 30 2024 65 mins  
In this episode, Saam speaks to Ben Richards - multiple award-winning business owner, architect and property developer. Ben is the Owner of AURA Architecture and Interiors, and Co-Founder of XP Property (a property development business) and XP Surveys (a Measured Building and Topographical Survey business).With 12 years in the construction industry working with Architects, Structur

Ep 68 | How PropTech & FinTech are Transforming Property Development with Michael Bristow

Apr 10 2024 64 mins  
In this episode, Saam speaks to Michael Bristow - CEO of CrowdProperty, the UK’s leading specialist property development lending platform.Mike has built an 8-figure personal property portfolio and a portfolio of over 25 PropTech, FinTech and tech businesses with multiple £100m+ exits to date.He was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year' in 2020 and 'Business Person of t

Ep 67 | Mastering Construction for Profitable Property Development with Dave Forde

Mar 14 2024 70 mins  
In this episode of Property People, Saam speaks to Dave Forde - Chartered Construction Manager, Property Developer, Construction Consultant.Dave has 42 years experience across all sectors of the Construction and Engineering industries including industrial, commercial, pharmaceutical, residential, healthcare and rail and for the past 20 years he has been involved in major infrastruc

Ep 66 | Navigating the Planning System & Succeeding in Property Development with Justin Owens

Feb 27 2024 63 mins  
In this episode, Saam chats to Justin Owens, Founder and Managing Partner of Silverleaf Group - a real estate development and investment company focused on delivering aspirational contemporary residential-led developments across the South East.The company has over 60 years of planning and development experience between the principals of the business and focuses on three main areas

Ep 65 | Everything You Need to Know About Securing Property Finance with Samantha Gilbank

Feb 13 2024 56 mins  
In this episode of Property People, Saam talks to Samantha (Sammi) Gilbank - Regional Account Manager for Central London at Castle Trust Bank, a challenger bank offering savings, mortgages and retail finance. Sammi started her career as a mortgage broker and has since worked for Interbay, Hampshire Trust Bank and now Castle Trust - accumulating a depth of experience in property fin

Ep 64 | Profitable Property Development: How Paul Higgs Survived a Recession and Built 7000+ Homes

Jan 19 2024 82 mins  
In this episode, Saam chats to Paul Higgs - Experienced Property Developer, Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor, Expert in Land Planning, and Founder & CEO of Milbank Group.Pauls experience spans 39+ years’ in construction and housebuilding - including a very severe kicking from RBS in 2008 that nearly wiped him out.Throughout his career, Paul has purchased, gained pl

Ep 63 | Lessons from 40 years & 4000+ Deals with John Howard

Jan 09 2024 64 mins  
In this episode of Property People, Saam talks to John Howard - Serial Property Developer & Investor, Mentor, and Angel Investor on Sky's Property Elevator and Property Graduate.John is one of the UK’s most experienced property consultants, developers, traders, and investors, with over four decades of experience within the industry.His extensive expertise stems from the

Ep 62 | How to Get Started in Property and Build a Multi-Million Pound Portfolio with Kam Dovedi

Dec 22 2023 63 mins  
In this episode of Property People, Saam chats to Anoop Kumar Dovedi, also known as Kam Dovedi. Kam has over 29 years of property experience. He is regarded as one of the UK’s most influential and respected property investors and developers because of how active he is in the UK Property market.But it wasn't always like that. He grew up in one of the poorest areas in East Lon

Ep 61 | Unlocking Property Finance: What Lender's Look for with Catalyst Finance James Farge

Nov 28 2023 65 mins  
In this episode, Saam speaks to James Farge - Sales Director at Catalyst Property Finance & Managing Director at HIVE & Partners.James is a property and finance sales professional with over 15 years of experience working on global projects for a range of private and corporate clients. In this video, James shares his interesting story on how he got into property, as well as

Ep 60 | Lessons from Two Decades of Property Investing with Hayley Andrews

Oct 09 2023 66 mins  
Hayley Andrews is one of the co-founders of Your Freedom Empire - an accredited, National LIS award-winning property training organisation based in the UK. She's been investing since 2002, adopting many different strategies ranging from BTLs, Serviced Accommodation, HMO's, Commercial, Distressed Developments, Lease Options, Rent to Rent, Listed Buildings and Car Parks.She