Jeremy Leaf, Author At HomeOwners Alliance

Jeremy Leaf

Estate Agent & Chartered Surveyor

Jeremy Leaf is founder of Jeremy Leaf & Co, an independent estate agency and surveying practice with branches in North London. Benefitting from more than 30 years’ experience, Jeremy brings practical insight into buying, selling and renting residential and commercial as well as investment property. Jeremy is a former Residential Chair of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), where in particular, he helped shape discussions on home buying reform. He continues to act as a media commentator regularly sharing his expertise across television, radio as well as national and trade media

First Time Buyers in London: An Estate Agent’s POV

Top tips for first time buyers in London As a founder of a long-established North London estate agency, Jeremy Leaf & Co, and a former RICS Residential Chair, I feel first time buyers in London face an even greater set of challenges than those buying outside the capital with its unique housing market. If you’re […]

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