Ep 240 - What You Need To Know About Property Development Margins Inbox

Property Mastermind Podcast with Bob Andersen & Hilary Saxton · Feb 13, 2026 · 32m

When you look at a property development feasibility, you see a dollar profit figure. But is making a profit enough to make the project viable?

In this episode of the Property Mastermind Podcast, Hilary Sacks and Bob Anderson dive into the critical world of Property Development Margins. They debunk the myth that you always need a 20% margin to succeed, explaining how project size, complexity, and risk dictate the returns required by financiers. Bob shares a war story of a "skinny deal" where he had to value engineer every cost with his builder just to scrape over the line, and why he wishes he…