Intelligence Talks

27 May 2022 · 16 min 25 s

How can housebuilders and farmers power through the energy crisis?

This week, Anna Ward is joined by Oliver Novakovic, technical and innovation director at UK housebuilder, Barratt Developments, and Andrew Shirley, editor of our Wealth Report magazine and head of rural research....

13 May 2022 · 17 min 39 s

Will street votes and net zero rules stifle Britain’s housing market?

This week, the Queen's Speech covered 38 pieces of new legislation, up from 30 last year, with Boris Johnson seeking to reboot his premiership. In this podcast, we focus on a couple...

4 May 2022 · 13 min 24 s

Will Snoop Dogg’s metaverse mansion shake up the real estate world?

Last year, someone spent a little under a half-million dollars to be Snoop Dogg’s next-door neighbour. In the metaverse or Snoopverse, of course. Snoop first started building his own virtual world in...

22 April 2022 · 10 min 59 s

What's next for UK house prices in 2022?

This week, Anna is joined by Knight Frank Finance managing partner Simon Gammon and head of UK Residential Research Tom Bill. They discuss the latest outlook for UK house prices and the...

8 April 2022 · 14 min 26 s

Britain’s wine boom heats up land market for vines

This week we take a look at Britain's wine boom and how it is impacting the land market. British sparkling wine in particular has been portrayed as one of the wine world's...

25 March 2022 · 13 min 43 s

Can Sunak stop spiralling costs taking the spring out of property's step?

The rising cost of living was the main theme for Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement. In this podcast, we explore how increasing energy and household bills are impacting sentiment, both for shoppers on...

11 March 2022 · 13 min 18 s

Google and Apple blaze a hybrid trail back to the office, but who will follow?

This week Anna is joined by Knight Frank’s global head of occupier research Lee Elliott and head of research for Asia Pacific, Christine Li. They take a look at the latest twist...

2 March 2022 · 18 min 25 s

Where to put your money: smart cities or the metaverse?

In a bonus episode for our flagship magazine the Wealth Report which is out this week, we explore the rise of new smart cities and the metaverse. Anna is joined by Wealth...

25 February 2022 · 16 min 8 s

Can Britain's high streets weather the cost of living crisis?

This week Anna is joined by Knight Frank’s head of retail research Stephen Springham and retail analyst Emma Barnstable. They set the scene first on the current state of the UK retail...

11 February 2022 · 13 min 23 s

Just how bad is Britain's supply chain problem?

Supply chain troubles are feeding into sharp build cost hikes for the construction sector in the UK. In this podcast, we look at how long these problems are likely to last, how...