'Q4 may well be the most active period of this fascinating year': Buy-side Budget reflections
Richard & Sophie Rogerson consider the implications for prime resi markets following last week's fiscal reset.

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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