Our greatest challenge remains the constrained levels of good quality stock: On buying prime property in the current climate
London’s high-end neighbourhoods are being sustained by international equity, short supply, and a more robust response to market sentiment, report Sophie & Richard Rogerson.
Richard Rogerson specialises in advising wealthy families and individuals on prime and super prime residential property in London. He has discretely advised on some of the most high profile, high value and highly sensitive transactions in London; Sophie Rogerson is the Managing Director of RFR and leads the Search & Acquisitions team, having spent the last decade finding and securing the finest homes in London for her private clients.
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