Agricultural Opportunity: Land agents

Land Agents Current Vacancies

2008-06-13:

Land agents, property surveyors and rural agricultural surveyors advise on the use, value, sale, purchase, management, planning and development of land and rural property.
Authorities, or be contracted to manage several private estates Land agents known as factors in Scotland fulfil a similar role.

Farm and estate management is a key function produce financial projections, deal with grant and subsidy applications, and advise on legal matters. Rural property surveyors carry out valuations of property, machinery, crops and livestock for purchase and sale, and for insurance, taxation, compulsory acquisitions and compensation purposes.

They arrange auctions of farm property and conducting sales, .estate restoration or the creation of wildlife conservation areas impact of European directives on land use.

Opportunities are excellent, as there is such a diverse range of specialisms undertaken by rural surveyors.
Many work as consultants in private practice advising clients consisting of tenant farmers, smallholders, local authorities, government departments, lending institutions, insurance companies, or individual purchasers; employed exclusively to manage country estates.

Others act as land agents/factors, and are employed by individual landowners, public authorities or other land owning organisations such as the National Trust and national parks, Experienced surveyors - Senior surveyors. (Permalink)