Why 2020 is looking like a year for determined purchasers

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The London market should grow in confidence as more buyers decide to hop off the fence, but don’t expect the up-tick in demand to be matched by an increase in supply, warns Saul Empson...

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Saul Empson

Owner at Saul Empson

Saul Empson is an independent property buying agent, offering a personal, bespoke service to a small group of private clients. He has been involved in the central London property market since 1985 and spent his first fifteen years as a selling agent selling residential property and running sales offices for some of the big high street names. In 1999 he made the switch to finding and buying property on behalf of clients instead of selling houses and has never looked back.

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Main image: 'Anyone of a nervous disposition or shy about putting their best foot forward is likely to finish the year empty-handed'

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