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Leading Merseyside auction house, Sutton Kersh have put together a 10-step guide for first time auction goers:

1. Explore your options
Obtain a catalogue of possible lots to bid for and choose what you like.

2. See the property for yourself
By seeing the lot with your own eyes, you really understand what you might potentially get at the end.

3. Get the legal advice
It is highly suggested for everyone, especially the first-time buyers to get the legal or professional advice from a solicitor or a chartered surveyor if needed.

4. Arrange a survey
Taking a precaution by doing a survey on the

A run-down semi-detached house and a former school building were among the highlights of a 'remarkably busy' auction after both Sheffield properties sold for more than £100,000 over the guide price.

The Mark Jenkinson and Son auction saw sales of £2.3million after lots went under the hammer including the four-bedroom house in need of complete renovation on Bromwich Road, Woodseats, with a guide price of £75,000 which sold for more than twice the price at £181,000.

A former independent school on Handsworth Road, in the established residential area of Handsworth and with the potential for

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Auctions are a good option if you’re looking for a speedy sale and the certainty that a buyer won’t bail on you. Once the hammer falls the buyer has to put down a 10% deposit, then they have 28 days to

Award-winning national property auctioneer Auction House has announced sales figures for the first quarter of this year which precisely match the record results achieved during the same period in 2016.

By the time the hammer came down in its final March auction of 2017, the group had sold a total of 701properties - exactly equalling the total sold in the first quarter of last year, when the market was surging in advance of the additional 3% Stamp Duty for landlords and second-home buyers, which came into effect in April.

Commenting on the figures, Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake

The first two Acuitus sales of the year have seen over £90m sold with 30 properties selling for in excess of £1m with a top price of £4.805m being achieved.

The number of investors who are turning to property because of its tangible qualities is expected to grow as a result of the proposed General Election in June.

Acuitus auctioneer, Richard Auterac, comments: “The election introduces an element of uncertainty into the general economic picture but it will have more impact on the equities and bond markets than on property."

“And while property private treaty sales may be delayed as parties

Grand Designs Live, proudly sponsored by Anglian Home Improvements, returns to London’s ExCeL from the 29th April – 7th May 2017.

Running for 9 days, the show offers visitors a unique opportunity to see all the latest trends for the home as well as many products never seen before.

Based on the Channel 4 TV series, and presented by design guru Kevin McCloud, the event is packed with over 500 exhibitors, across seven different sections offering ideas and inspiration for your very own Grand Design, however big or small.

Launched in London in 2004, and in Birmingham in 2005 the show has won

Allsop raised a total of over £54m at their March residential auction last week, with an overall success rate of 71%.

The average lot size was £368k and five of the properties sold achieved in excess of £1million. The largest lot to sell was lot 26 – a freehold former health centre with potential for redevelopment in Greenford, Middlesex – which sold for £2m, more than double the guide price of £900,000-£950,000.

Quality lots with redevelopment potential attracted considerable interest, such as lot 31, a mid-terrace office and retail unit in Staines with permitted development, which sold for

The Acuitus March auction saw the sale of 74 lots for a total of £47.36m. The success rate was 86% and 16 lots sold for more than £1m. ​

Acuitus Chairman, Richard Auterac, comments “Investors are making it plain what they demand, so the ball is really now in the sellers’ court. If they supply the right assets, these will sell at good prices.''

The auction showed the broad-based investor demand which is targeting property of all sector types. Competitive bidding consistently saw lots sell well above their reserves and the sale attracted national and international investors.

In London, a highly

The Planning Director of one of the country’s most respected land brokers is calling on the UK’s villages to take the lead in house building.

Adam Hesse from Aston Mead Land & Planning says that this could produce over 300,000 new properties in a way which would be a genuine benefit to local communities.

He explains: “What I am proposing is that every village in the country agrees to build between five and ten new homes each over the next five years. So instead of having hundreds of homes imposed on them by big construction companies, the villagers themselves could play a part in deciding

SDL Graham Penny, part of SDL Auctions one of the UK’s largest auction networks, held a successful second Nottingham auction last month raising more than £2.8m in sales for vendor clients.

The auction, on Thursday 16th March at Nottingham Racecourse, saw a busy auction room of bidders take part in some exciting and competitive bidding which resulted in more than 30 lots selling under the hammer including residential and investment properties, commercial properties, development sites, building plots and land.

Andrew Parker, auctioneer and managing director, commented: “Our auction room last