Property auction house Allsop raised £54.5m from the sale of 65 lots at this month’s commercial auction, making an 80% success...
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![Auctioneer sells over £135m of mostly-investment units in 10 days](/upload/images/__thumbs/2023%2011%2023%203.jpg/2023%2011%2023%203__400x267.jpg)
Allsop, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property auction house, has raised over £135m in residential and commercial sales in...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
UK property developer Godwin Developments has appointed leading industry figure Lesley Roberts, a highly experienced residential and Build to Rent (BTR)...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![BTR - Native Group growth, BTR taskforce and Investec loan for Rugby scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Figures/Alec-400x310.png)
Native Group has announced the creation of Native Residential as a new business entity, as well as announcing a range of promotions and new...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction Roundup – Lots to talk about after a successful September kicks off](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
If our auction roundups are any indication, it is no surprise that selling a property via online auction continues to rise...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new catalogues launch and a final goodbye…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In what is sadly my last ever auction roundup for PIT, SDL Property Auctions launches the catalogue for its July National...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – live auctions return and a landmark mansion for sale](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In this week's roundup, PIT looks at the latest auction news, from a landmark auction up for sale with Strettons and Bond...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – do auctions still have a long way to go?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week, Property Investor Today looks at research that suggests auctions aren’t as popular as they seem. However, the latest news from...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – new auctioneer launches amidst a joyful June](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In a week of blazing weather, PIT shines a light on the latest auction news, from a new property auctioneer coming...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – was May the most successful month for auctions yet?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
In this week's roundup, PIT takes a look at the month just gone. Auction House saw record figures in the first five...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – £40m raised and the success of MMoA](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s mini roundup involves successful results for Allsop, which raised £40 million worth of sales in its May auction and...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – and despite rising interest rates…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s mini roundup features another success story from Auction House, which says buyer demand has trumped the rising interest rates,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – soaring revenues and a time warp house for sale](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
It’s success galore for this week’s auction roundup, with Bond Wolfe witnessing revenue growth of over £23 million at its second...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – springing into step for the end of March](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
As the market heats up for spring, this auction roundup features the latest lots on offer for the end of March....
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – colossal results in such a short month](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
Despite being a fleeting month, February has seen impressive auction results across the board. Acuitus saw an emphatic start to the...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – will commercial auctions top resi ones in 2022?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week we’re going commercial, with Allsop’s commercial auction achieving a 91% success rate this month and Shepherd Commercial Auctions appointed...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Predictions for 2022 – active auctions market, prices to rise, BTR one to watch](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Plans-400x310.png)
We’re already into the second month of 2022, but predictions on what the market could bring for the remainder of the...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Looking to London – is it time to invest in the capital again?](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
In this opinion piece, Jourdan Prowting, Partner Residential Auction at Allsop, analyses London's residential property market and discusses whether now is...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – partnerships, promotions, and peculiar lots](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
As we approach the end of another turbulent year, PIT takes a look at the latest auction news; iamsold partners with...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – fundraisers, training programs and clock towers](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup is a mixed bag, with SDL Property Auctions holding a fundraising sweepstake as part of its latest...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – and the good news continues…](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week’s auction roundup shows positive results across the board, with Auction House London, Clive Emson, Allsop, Auction House and SDL...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – as we wrap up an outstanding October…](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
The last auction roundup of October sees superb results for iamsold, Bond Wolfe and Sutton Kersh Auctions, as well as Allsop’s...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – looking back at a successful September](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
The theme of this week’s roundup is reflection, as Allsop and SDL Auctions report successful auction results for September, while Auction...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – a bumper September to wrap up the summer](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
Last week, PIT spoke to some of the UK’s biggest and most successful auctioneers to find out if they planned to...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – appetite for auction properties isn’t satiated yet!](/upload/images/library/AuctionRoundup-400x310-min.jpg)
This week, PIT takes a closer look at the success stories for Auction House London, iamsold, Auction House and Allsop, indicating...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – mid-year milestones and bumper summer catalogues](/img/default/pit.png)
Now that we’re well into the summer, Property Investor Today takes a look at the mid-year results for Sutton Kersh Auctions...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – now that the stamp duty holiday is over…](/img/default/pit.png)
In this week’s auction roundup, Property Investor Today looks at the top auction results in the month just gone, with Allsop,...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – as we finally ease out of lockdown...](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest sales achieved at Clive Emson, Auction House London and Allsop,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – webinars, large catalogues and April results](/img/default/pit.png)
In the last auction roundup of April, Property Investor Today takes a look at iamsold’s free educational webinar on the Modern...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – luxury towers, £1m-plus homes and a hopeful 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, Property Investor Today takes a closer look at the diverse lots at Bond Wolfe’s next sale, Allsop’s range of...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – A ball of history, record sales and the power of auction](/img/default/pit.png)
You may get a kick out of this week’s roundup, with the home of the late England footballer and World Cup...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – new BTR schemes in Birmingham and Hertfordshire](/img/default/pit.png)
Birmingham-based property developer Cordia Blackswan has officially handed over its Hockley Mills site to Legal & General (L&G) and Sir Robert...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – will February's sales top January’s?](/img/default/pit.png)
This week shows a promising selection of investment opportunities available at auction. Here at Property Investor Today, we take a closer...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![BTR roundup – record investment, Londoners head north, new L&G scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest Marketview report from CBRE has revealed that the UK Build to Rent (BTR) sector recorded a total of £955.7...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Part 2: retail to residential – will the high street need to change forever?](/img/default/pit.png)
In Part 1, we asked whether other major retailers will follow John Lewis’s lead in moving into the world of building...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development – from the former home of Coventry’s mayor to Nottingham’s boom](/img/default/pit.png)
In this development update, PIT explores the fascinating history of a Victorian villa in Coventry – which is being developed into...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – how can the BTR sector get more government attention?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, Build to Rent (BTR) trade body UKAA and design and consultancy firm Arcadis hosted a Zoom webinar focused on...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – Luxury hotels and iconic partnerships](/img/default/pit.png)
This week, we provide a rundown of the latest auction news, from a one-of-a-kind hotel business site up for sale in...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – who is managing the Build to Rent boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
In parts one and two, we looked at the investors and developers with a large stake in the fast-emerging Build to...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – who is driving the Build to Rent boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, there could be no denying that Build to Rent (BTR) was the biggest property market...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![MediaCityUK BTR scheme supports region’s efforts to go greener](/img/default/pit.png)
A recently launched Build to Rent development spanning two towers in MediaCityUK is supporting a local charity’s attempts to create a...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how is coronavirus affecting auctions?](/img/default/pit.png)
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a drastic impact on all parts of life, and that includes the auction process. Here, we...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green news – developer rescues eco-scheme and Bristol the UK's greenest city](/img/default/pit.png)
Developer Southern Grove has rescued out of receivership a site that was supposed to host the world’s most sustainable residential tower. The...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Going once, going twice, sold - what does being an auctioneer involve?](/img/default/pit.png)
Auctions are becoming an increasingly popular way for people to buy and sell homes, but the process behind them - and...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![First Build to Rent scheme at MediaCityUK opens to residents](/img/default/pit.png)
Duet, MediaCityUK’s first Build to Rent scheme, has opened its doors – providing a luxury development of 270 residential apartments. The new...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![The hammer goes down again – here’s the latest auctions roundup](/img/default/pit.png)
At Property Investor Today, we regularly like to keep our readers updated with the latest auction goings-on. Here is our latest...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Allsop defies Brexit blues with £57 million achieved at residential sale](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s latest residential auction achieved a total of £57 million, with 258 lots offered and 192 lots sold. The auction was held...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![More investment opportunities at Allsop’s February sale](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s next residential auction will see more than 300 lots auctioned at The InterContinental London Park Lane, London. The sale, which will...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Allsop releases bumper residential catalogue for final auction of 2018](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s final residential auction of the year will see 270 lots auctioned at The Cumberland Hotel in London. The catalogue of the...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s October residential auction achieved £42 million](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop achieved a total of £42.5 million from 155 lots at its residential auction on October 25. This equates to a success...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop releases October residential auction catalogue](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s next residential auction will see more than 280 lots auctioned in London. The catalogue, which is now live, features 24 lots...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents in private rental sector increase in line with RPI](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential rent rises in the private rental sector (PRS) have been closely tied to the rate of inflation and retail price...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![North East set to welcome its first Build to Rent scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Development of the North East’s first Build to Rent scheme is now underway. The ‘ultramodern, multi-million pound’ scheme on Forth Banks...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop announces catalogue for next residential auction](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s next residential auction – which will take place on Thursday 19 July at the luxury InterContinental London Park Lane hotel –...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s residential auction achieves over £67m in May](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop saw strong results at its May residential auction despite growing wariness among investors across the UK. By close of business, the...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s May residential auction catalogue goes live](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s next residential auction will feature over 300 lots, with 30 high-value lots guided at £1 million-plus included in the live...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s March auction attracts investors eager for London lots](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop recorded a strong result at its March residential sale raising £60 million and achieving a success rate of 73%. Held at...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop releases bumper March catalogue](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s next residential auction will see more than 275 lots auctioned, 50 more lots than its March 2017 sale. Allsop’s bumper March...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![High value lots dominate Allsop’s first auction of 2018](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s first residential auction of 2018 raised over £75 million, with the sale success of high value lots helping to boost...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup: February 2018](/img/default/pit.png)
February has already seen strong auction activity across the board, with many lots snapped up and sold at whopping prices well...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop Residential Auctions defied all the odds in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s latest auction posts strong sales total](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s latest residential auction, which took place on October 26, posted a £61 million sales total, taking the property auction house’s...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop achieves record sale at its September auction](/img/default/pit.png)
Against a backdrop of weak post-summer auction results elsewhere in the UK, Allsop raised £71.3m and topped its residential September sales...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop releases September residential auction catalogue](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s upcoming residential auction will see 229 lots auctioned at The Cumberland Hotel on Great Cumberland Place on September 14. Following a...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for September 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the UK property auctions taking place in September 2017. 05/09/2017 Great North Property Auction - IAM Sold County...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors target ‘affordable’ properties offering ‘competitive yields’](/img/default/pit.png)
Property investors turned out en mass as Allsop held its latest residential property auction in central London. The sale, which took place...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investors continue to seek ‘high-value, high-quality, better-let assets’](/img/default/pit.png)
With the general election behind us, investors turned out in high numbers last week as Allsop held its latest commercial property...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 17th-23rd July](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![‘Exciting’ auction catalogue of over 330 lots ‘provide opportunity for investors’](/img/default/pit.png)
More than 330 residential properties will go under the hammer in central London next week, including several sites with permitted development...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 10th-16th July](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strong appetite for residential property, but investors remain ‘price sensitive’](/img/default/pit.png)
Investors continue to snap up residential properties across the country, but will mainly only commit to deals that they perceive to...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![High demand for sought-after assets despite political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Strong investor interest in good quality, long term assets helped Allsop raise £94m at its third commercial auction this year. The auction...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 22nd-28th May](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s May residential auction catalogue is ‘ripe with investment opportunities’](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s upcoming residential auction, which will take place next week at The Cumberland Hotel in central London, will feature 292 lots,...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop’s new auction catalogue features ‘a wide range of investment opportunities’](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s third commercial auction of the year on 23 May at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge, SW1, will see 179 lots offered,...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for May 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the UK property auctions taking place in May 2017. 02/05/2017 Clive Emson Kent & South East London Kent 03/05/2017 ...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop sells largest auction lot this year](/img/default/pit.png)
A commercial property in the heart of London’ West End which is occupied by Pizza Express has been snapped up by...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strong demand from property investors for ‘well-let assets across all sectors’](/img/default/pit.png)
High demand from national and international investors for strong performing assets across all property sectors helped Allsop raise more than £87m...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![An oldie but a goodie – reversionary ground rents in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar: 27th–31st March](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors ‘undeterred by the changing economic and political landscape’](/img/default/pit.png)
There is nothing that markets dislike more than uncertainty and surprises, and the Brexit vote unleashed considerable forces of uncertainty. But...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK commercial property is becoming ‘increasingly attractive’](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Allsop raise £62.8m at first residential auction of the year](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop raised £62.8m at its first residential auction of 2017, selling 80% of the 247 lots on offer. A high number of...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![High demand for retail investments](/img/default/pit.png)
Strong demand for retail property from investors helped Allsop raise £57.7m at its first commercial auction of the year last week,...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 13th-19th February](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Private property investors clearly have ‘deep pockets’](/img/default/pit.png)
The final results are in and after taking post-auction sales into consideration, the result from Allsop’s final commercial sale of 2016...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 6th-12th February](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for February 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the UK property auctions taking place in February 2017. 01/02/2017 Edward Mellor Auctions Lancashire 01/02/2017 Auction House Scotland Lanarkshire 01/02/2017 ...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Confidence in housing market ‘knocked’ by aggressive taxation and Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
Confidence in the UK housing market has weakened in recent months amid economic uncertainty, together with pressure on householders’ finances from...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strong investor demand for retail property](/img/default/pit.png)
Retail property is currently one of the hottest sectors in demand from investors as they seek higher yielding assets that are...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 12th-18th December](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the property auctions taking place this week. 12/12/2016 The Agents Property Auction Tyne and Wear 12/12/2016 Savills (London -...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 5th-11th December](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for December 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the UK property auctions taking place in December. 01/12/2016 Cottons West Midlands 01/12/2016 Stags Barnstaple Devon 01/12/2016 MS Auctions ...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Allsop releases ‘bumper’ December Commercial Auction catalogue](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop’s final commercial auction of the year will see 237 properties located throughout the UK go under the hammer, with guide...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property investors target ‘reliable income producing investments’](/img/default/pit.png)
A strong showing from private investors helped Allsop raise £61.1m at their November residential property auction, held at the Cumberland Hotel...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction dates for November 2016](/img/default/pit.png)
Here are details of the UK property auctions taking place in November. 01/11/2016 Savills (London - National) London London 01/11/2016 Countrywide Property Auctions ...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Allsop raises £115m as strong showing from investors ‘exceeds expectations’](/img/default/pit.png)
Allsop raised more than £115m at its commercial auction held in central London this week, which was the most sold in...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property auction calendar – 10th-16th October](/img/default/pit.png)
Property auctions are a good place for investors to pick up a bargain, and every week these events are taking place...