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'I just looked at the leading portal for ‘Notting Hill properties launched within the last 7 days’; from the 72 new listings, there were 34 different agents. If I’m completely honest, I hadn’t heard of 10% of them'
Giles Barrett is a director at boutique west London estate agency Domus Nova.
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