Stagg & Houghtons

About Us

A deliberately small firm: two partners, one method, and deals we would buy ourselves.

The firm

Built to be the firm we couldn't find

When we went looking for someone to source property deals properly, with evidence instead of hype, the downside before the upside and a fee that is earned rather than extracted, we could not find them. So we built the firm ourselves.

Stagg & Houghtons is deliberately small. You deal with a principal, always. Every opportunity we introduce has been through the same discipline: priced from sold evidence, checked for demand, costed honestly and stress-tested against the version of events where things go wrong.

We're a new firm and we won't pretend otherwise. What we'd point you to instead is the way we work: everything we claim on this site can be checked, and we'd rather you did.

UK residential street
The partners

Two names on the door

Sam Stagg: Research & Underwriting

  • Runs the firm's research: finding the right streets and the right owners before anything is listed
  • Owns the analysis behind every opportunity: comparables, yields, costs and the downside case
  • "If a figure can't show its source, it doesn't ship."

Ben Houghton: Sourcing & Negotiation

  • Runs the ground game: agent calls, auction rooms, landlord and developer conversations
  • Negotiates from the evidence and stays on every deal from offer to keys
  • "Sellers don't want the highest bidder. They want the buyer who completes."
Principles

How we operate

Evidence First

Every figure we present can show its source: sold prices, written quotes, real rents. Never asking prices, never folklore.

The Downside Comes First

We build the case for what goes wrong before the case for what goes right. A deal that only works on the sunny day isn't presented.

We Never Hold Client Money

Purchase funds move between solicitors, yours and the seller's. Our fee is earned at completion, not before.

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