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Bridging the gap between buyer expectations and seller sentiment will be one of the major challenges in the months to come, writes Richard Adamson...

Richard Adamson joined Allsop and the Residential Auction team in January 2001 as an intern and subsequently joined the Graduate Scheme that September. He then returned to the Residential Auction team in 2004 as a Surveyor. In 2006 he entered the RICS national auction competition, coming runner up in the final. Later that year Richard took to the rostrum professionally for Allsop and has been an Auctioneer ever since. He has been a Partner of the firm since 2012.
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