Property Auctions team strengthened with senior Yorkshire hire

Residential valuations specialist Chris Jackson has joined property auctioneer Pugh, part of Eddisons as associate director and will be based in the firm’s Leeds office.

With a decade’s experience in the Yorkshire property auctions market, Chris will take on a lead role in growing the auction business in the Yorkshire region.

Pugh managing director Paul Thompson said: “We are really pleased to welcome Chris on board and his appointment is a great strategic hire for us in Yorkshire.

“We are seeing growing demand for auction services in Yorkshire as rising interest rates cool the market and increasing numbers of homebuyers and sellers look to auctions for a secure sale. Chris brings a wealth of experience as well as a great network of contacts across the region.”

The hire follows our acquisition of Sheffield auction Mark Jenkinson earlier this year. Last month Pugh and Mark Jenkinson combined their online monthly property listings, to create one of the north’s largest property auctions. Between them the two firms sold commercial, residential and land assets worth over £94m at auction in the last year.

Chris Jackson said: “This is an exciting time to be joining Pugh, which is a dominant force in the northern auctions market and has a well-earned reputation for customer service matched with strategic market insight and impressive geographic reach. I am looking forward to bringing my experience of the Yorkshire market to expand Pugh’s customer base in the region still further.”

This month’s Pugh and Mark Jenkinson auction currently features over 50 properties, with new lots added daily, and will be held on 19 July at www.pugh-auctions.com.