RUPERT COLLINGWOOD
‘It started with me on a motorbike with a toolbox on the back,’ says former estate agent Collingwood, who founded…
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BILL SHIPTON
Bold & Reeves belongs to a select club of boutique firms that were created when the founder got tired of…
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DEAN MAIN
Main, who also runs luxury residential property development company Westbourne Group, was ‘horrified that the old established management companies were…
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ANDREW FORRESTER
‘Savills’ USP is the breadth of services we offer,’ says Forrester, who joined in 2012 from Cluttons, where he was…
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NICK CRAYSON
Crayson resents selling agents who use vague phrases such as ‘everything’s fabulous’ or ‘refurbished to exacting standards’ in adverts. ‘We’re…
ByTOM AND JAMES HARRIES
Imperial Blue was founded by brothers Tom and James Harries post-crash to provide capital to property developers when banks weren’t…
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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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