Grace & Favoured: On the etiquette of property buying
Achieving the best outcome for a client is not always about exerting openly aggressive tactics, writes Jo Eccles - in fact it’s quite the opposite...

Jo is the Managing Director and Founder of SP Property Group. A regular commentator in the national press and on television shows, Jo’s early career was on the trading floors of two leading investment banks. She then moved into the property world where she worked for a specialist property PR agency, representing many leading property developers and London estate agents. Jo established SP Property Group in 2006 in response to regular requests from her ex-banking colleagues to provide an all encompassing residential property advisory service. Jo has a BSc (Hons) degree in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School.
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