CHARLIE WELLS
‘The last few months have been interesting,’ says Wells, the MD at Prime Purchase who has 23 years in farms…
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JONATHAN HEWLETT
Savills’ head of London residential has seen ‘one of the most volatile trading markets’ in his 30 years’ experience in…
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TOM HUDSON
Since Hudson co-founded Middleton in 2008, its client-base has continued to expand thanks to its clearly defined five-point mantra: focus,…
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CRISPIN HOLBOROW
‘I’ll never oversell, and I’ll never tell anyone that something is what it isn’t,’ says Holborow, the soft-spoken farm and…
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GARY HERSHAM
While the past year has demoralised many, Hersham’s ‘omnipresence’ presided over the property world according to one contemporary, snapping up…
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EDWARD HEATON
‘In 2016, in the country, we had a good first quarter and then the market literally died for six months,’…
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ROARIE SCARISBRICK
What started out as a ‘despondent’ year for Scarisbrick drove him to take the summer off for a reflective break.…
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JAKE RUSSELL
As capital growth over the years has facilitated property values reaching stratospheric levels, estate agency has become more akin to…
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NATHALIE HIRST
‘Easily the most active buying agent in prime central London by a mile — frantically busy and the best,’ a…
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NOEL FLINT
The mood in London is now positive, says Flint, Knight Frank’s head of London residential — a relief after a…
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CHARLES MCDOWELL
McDowell’s eponymous firm, which buys and sells, had an excellent final quarter of 2016 — the best in two years…
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NAOMI HEATON
‘I’ve been doing this for a long time,’ says the razor-sharp yet softly spoken Heaton, who founded LCP in 1990,…
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CAMILLA DELL
Despite tough market conditions, Black Brick is about to have a record year as it approaches the end of its…
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ED TRYON
A 10,000sq ft flat in One Hyde Park, London’s biggest rental deal last year, and the whole top floor of…
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GUY MEACOCK
For this big beast of the prime central London property sector, 2016 ‘felt like a play in two parts’. The…
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Review: 67 Pall Mall
Wine snobs beware – you might not be welcome at 67 Pall Mall. Spear’s Sophie McIntyre dines at London’s favourite…
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Welcome to a new era of inflation
HNWs need to re-think their investments to keep their heads above a rising tide of inflation. Matthew Hardeman reports The…
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Children must be seen and heard in divorce
During family breakdown, listening to the voice of the children caught between conflicting parents is the best way to allay…
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London art market: Brexit nightmare on Cork Street?
Does Brexit spell doom for London’s £10.8 billion art market, asks Olenka Hamilton A week after the UK voted to…
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Are trusts the new pre-nups for wealthy families?
With parents becoming more concerned about losing family wealth to the in-laws in case of a divorce of their children,…
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