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'People forget just how embedded Russian investment is in London': Gary Hersham on how sanctions are affecting the luxury property market
"None of my Russian clients have asked me to sell their properties in London or the Home Counties," says super-prime estate agent Gary Hersham.
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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