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December 11, 2025
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The Most Expensive Mistake You Will Make When Selling a Property
In a recent interview, I was asked, why did I set up a property search company? “Because I was fed...
November 20, 2025
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How can you find the best bargains in the London property market right now?
This market is frustrating for many buyers. The papers are full of stories about how this is a buyers’ market....
October 16, 2025
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This is essential for a successful property purchase
Once upon a time a man and woman found their ideal home. They were thrilled. But it did not end...
June 26, 2025
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A lovely flat near Sloane Square
My clients, a successful English businessman and his family, wanted a pied-a-terre within ten minutes’ walk of Sloane Square. Two...
May 15, 2025
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Do you hate bidding against yourself in a negotiation?
One of the many reasons people ask me to help them find their homes and investments in London is to...
May 1, 2025
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How can you make an effective “insulting offer” on a London property?
“Some buyers are putting in really stupid offers”, moaned the agent as he showed me an apartment yesterday. “What do...
April 3, 2025
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Are Most New or Refurbished Homes Just Pigs in Lipstick?
How easy is it to be fooled into buying a bad property? Do you think it couldn’t possibly happen to...
February 20, 2025
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London Property, Negotiation advice and techniques
Will you make this massive mistake when buying a property in London?
I received the following email last week: “I’m rather confused. I really want to understand what influences prices in Belgravia as...
January 9, 2025
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Will you be the estate agents’ next “Negotiation Victim”?
Do you want to become an “estate agent victim”? Do you want to be the person who buys an average...
June 24, 2024
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Is London a shadow of its former self?
London a shadow of its former self? | “London is not as nice as it once was”. “The city...
January 18, 2023
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How to know if there really is someone else bidding on the property?
Buying a property in London | You view a property and the excitement builds. This is “the one!” It has...
December 30, 2022
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