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Month: July 2016

Shirley Humphrey

Shirley Humphrey

From helping a penthouse client acquire a rare Hermès bag to wooing prospective UHNWs in Beirut, Harrods Estates’ director enjoys…

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Marcus O'Brien

Marcus O’Brien

O’Brien’s enthusiasm is infectious, and so is his frustration with some of the speculation about Knightsbridge’s performance. ‘I read a…

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James Watts

James Watts

Another individual who possesses what colleagues describe as an ‘encyclopaedic knowledge’ of London postcodes, Watts is often out and about…

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Jake Russell

Jake Russell

Russell is the prodigy (and son) of the esteemed Alan Russell, the man who founded the company 37 years ago.…

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Jonathan Harington

Jonathan Harington

When asked about his USP, Harington replies: ‘Old age. It is age and experience, no one comes close to us…

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James Bailey

James Bailey

‘It’s the realists that will be selling this year,’ says Bailey, on the back of a ‘brilliant’ 2015 for his…

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Peter Wetherell

Peter Wetherell

Wetherell knows Mayfair like nobody else, as his Twitter handle @mayfairguru suggests. He has focused on the area for his…

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Nigel Bishop

Nigel Bishop

Bishop makes rare deals happen in the South-West, from finding hidden moors to helping a couple to secure adjacent properties…

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Alex Stroud

Alex Stroud

I have pulled the rabbit out of a hat on twenty-odd occasions [in 2015], having bought really well for clients……

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Jonathan Hewlett

Jonathan Hewlett

A heavyweight who remains ‘available 24/7’, according to colleagues, Hewlett heads up Savills’ property juggernaut in London. He has over…

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Tom Hudson

Tom Hudson

Dubbed by one industry peer as ‘the most proactive buyer in Hampshire’, Hudson has just had one of his busiest…

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Ed Heaton

Ed Heaton

‘We are noticing increasingly now, buyers do not want a buying agent affiliated with one of the selling agents —…

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Gary Hersham

Gary Hersham

A property millionaire and TV star in his own right after featuring in BBC2’s Under Offer, Hersham boasts about transactions…

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Trevor Abrahmsohn

Trevor Abrahmsohn

A property veteran of four decades, Abrahmsohn counts the world’s wealthiest as clients — Lakshmi Mittal, Simon Cowell and Ringo…

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Andrew Macpherson

Andrew Macpherson

Macpherson prides himself on always being honest when asked about overall performance in a given year, and he gave 2015…

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Clive Hopkins

Clive Hopkins

Now an international juggernaut, Knight Frank boasts more than a century’s history selling rural property — and Hopkins, a steadfast…

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Geoff Wilford

Geoff Wilford

‘Prime central London is timeless — people will always want to live here,’ says Wilford. ‘It’s definitely a tough market…

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Nick Crayson

Nick Crayson

We’re not your typical estate agent,’ says Crayson when asked about his firm’s USP, ‘we’re much more of a family-office-style…

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Crispin Holborow

Crispin Holborow

Capitalising on the recovery of ‘über-end’ lifestyle purchases in the amenities estates sector, Holborow and his team achieved some chunky…

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Nathalie Hirst

Nathalie Hirst

‘For most agents, the first half of [2015] was really, really dire — and for me it was really, really…

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