Regions lead house price growth at auction as London dips Greater London was the only part of the UK to post a year-on-year drop in the average price achieved…
Auction yield gap expands to 365 bp The yield gap between prime and secondary commercial properties selling at auction rose to its…
A year of two halves for the auctions market EG’s interactive health check of the auction sector reveals how the industry’s top firms held up in …
Government can unlock smaller housing sites through auctions COMMENT: It was pleasing to see housing secretary Sajid Javid’s pledge to deliver more sites for…
Irish online auction specialist BidX1 acquires A&R Ireland’s pioneering online auction house BidX1 has bought London-based ballroom auctioneer Andrews …
Mixed year sees totals dip for five auctioneers Only half of the UK’s top 12 auctioneers increased the amount they raised in 2017 on a year-on-year …
Post-auction sales push Allsop to 86% success Post-auction sales have pushed the total for Allsop’s last residential sale of 2017 up to £46.4m…
End of loan work-outs nudge auction totals down The top six commercial auctioneers sold almost £1.2bn last year, down by less than 1% on 2016
Barnett Ross’s John Barnett looks at lucrative 2017 trends Barnett Ross auctioneer and senior partner John Barnett discusses the trends behind his firm’s 94%…
Cashing in on growing greenfield demand COMMENT Demand for strategic land through auction increased throughout 2017 as the government…
Barnett Ross hits century at final 2017 test Barnett Ross achieved a 100% success rate at its final sale of 2017, selling 27 lots for a total of …
Barnard Marcus sale raises £23.9m Barnard Marcus raised £23.9m at its December sale, at which 77% of lots offered sold.
LSH unloads vacant Holborn office block A 2,000 sq ft largely vacant office block in Holborn, WC2, fetched £1.6m at Lambert Smith Hampton’s …
Savills’ auctions raise £325m in 2017 The end of year figure is down slightly on the £340m raised last year
Brum police station sells for three times guide price A former police station in Birmingham sold for almost three times its guide price at SDL Auctions…
Andrews & Robertson raise £16.7m at final auction Andrews & Robertson finished the year with an 87% success rate at its December sale, which raised…
Lots more ground rents under the gavel COMMENT Over the last five to 10 years interest in ground rents has risen, with some surprising…
Strettons’ sale pushes final total to £62m Strettons’ final sale of 2017 has pushed its total raised for the year to £62m
100% success rate achieved in year’s final commercial auction COMMENT: It’s always good to see a commercial auctioneer achieve a 100% success rate in an auction, …
Allsop raises £43.7m at final residential auction for 2017 Allsop raised £43.7m at its final residential auction of the year, achieving an 81% success rate