'Needs-driven purchases will be the order of the day' in Prime Central London this year
Marylebone is 'increasingly becoming the hub of PCL' says Beauchamp Estates chief Gary Hersham, as he looks back at an 'extremely volatile' 2018, and forward to a year of 'needs-driven' deals and a return of North American buyers to London...
Gary Hersham is a founding Partner of Beauchamp Estates, a privately owned firm with some thirty years of experience in both the residential and commercial markets, specialising in acquiring and selling prime central London houses, flats and developments.
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