Why 2016 could be a very British year for super-prime property
Although London is still the number one city for UHNWIs, it is British buyers who are now at the forefront of the super-prime property market, says Joe Burns...

Joe Burns is Founding Partner and Managing Director of Oliver Burns, an architectural interior design and development practice that thoughtfully designs and builds some of the world’s finest homes. The firm’s super-prime reimagining of The Walpole in St James’s broke area price records in 2013 and since has been followed up with a number of high-end schemes across PCL and the Home Counties.
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