Property & Pre-Budget Propaganda: Charles Curran on the real effects of policy leaks & speculation

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Maskells' MD reflects on how the recent raft of terrifying predictions are impacting on activity in the prime market - and why opportunistic buyers are still pressing ahead.

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Charles Curran

Principal at Maskells

Prior to setting up Conster Capital Ventures, the parent company of Maskells Estate Agents, Charles held senior positions at Bear Stearns, Bank of Scotland and Societe Generale where he specialized in Mortgage Backed Securities (Residential and Commercial), Asset Backed Securities and Structured Credit. Charles assists the teams with market data analysis, asset valuations and deals with the company’s financial institution clients. Charles also looks after White Circle Collection (www.whitecirclecollection.com), the multi-family office sister company to Maskells. Charles is bilingual French.

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