Property firm Rettie & Co has strengthened its team in the upmarket Glasgow suburb of Newton Mearns.

Daniel Cohen has joined the estate agent as associate director on the southside of the city, boosting the firms’ leadership team in the area.

Mr Cohen, who previously spent a decade Nicol Estate Agents, will be based in Rettie’s Newton Mearns office, working with area director Kay Blair who joined from Clyde Property earlier this year.


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He said: “Having grown up in the southside and lived and operated there and in East Renfrewshire, I’m excited to continue the next phase of my career with Rettie in Newton Mearns, working with colleagues across the southside, East Renfrewshire, and Scotland.”

Mr Cohen’s arrival was announced as Rettie reported its best-ever third quarter, including in the southside where some apartments and family homes as are selling for as much as 25% above their home report value. Rettie’s offices in Newton Mearns and Shawlands are showing strong growth in their immediate localities and across the areas of Giffnock, Pollokshields, Cathcart, Strathbungo, and Queen’s Park, the firm said.

Ms Blair said: “One of the drivers fuelling house price increases is families relocating and moving to the southside and East Renfrewshire to access high-quality state schooling. It is great to have Daniel on board in Newton Mearns, as we continue to build market share across East Renfrewshire.

"It is fitting to describe the current market as buoyant, with sales consistently achieving offers well above home report values.”