BNP Paribas Real Estate gets new head of research

John McCarthy has previously worked on strategies to ease the Dublin housing crisis

Dr John McCartney with Ken Rouse, the managing director of BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland: McCartney is joining the commercial property firm as head of research. Picture: Fennell Photography

Dr John McCartney has been appointed head of research with BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland.

Previously director of research at Savills Ireland, and head of research at Lisney prior to that, McCartney most recently worked for the Irish Housing Agency where, for the past year, he helped develop strategies to tackle Dublin’s chronic undersupply of housing.

The appointment of the highly regarded statistician and Irish property market research professional was announced by Kenneth Rouse, managing ...