Behind closed doors: Saul Empson on the strange business of super-prime deal-making

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In a new series for PrimeResi, seasoned buying agent Saul Empson reveals the absurdities and dramas that unfold behind the scenes of high-end property sales, from Notting Hill townhouses to country estates...

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Saul Empson

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Saul Empson is an independent property buying agent, offering a personal, bespoke service to a small group of private clients. He has been involved in the central London property market since 1985 and spent his first fifteen years as a selling agent selling residential property and running sales offices for some of the big high street names. In 1999 he made the switch to finding and buying property on behalf of clients instead of selling houses and has never looked back.

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