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Simon Barnes has built a reputation for possessing insider knowledge, treading the pavements of London’s fanciest streets for more than 20 years acquiring prime properties for the well-heeled and wealthy. Working slightly ahead of the curve; his code of practice has been always to retain a manageable cluster of clients rather than spreading his attention too thinly.
Greedy fingers are wanting too big a slice of the property pie
Seasoned buying agent Simon Barnes reports on a worrying trend in the PCL market...
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