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Before this year, CPBigwood's previous record auction took place in February 2014 raising just over £13 million. All three auction sales that have taken place so far in 2015 have broken this record – February, £13.4 million, April, £14 .75 million and now July, £14,839,050.

The result cements CPBigwood’s position as the largest auction house in the Midlands, and the major auction firm outside of London.

Senior partner and head auctioneer Rory Daly said: “We achieved £14,224,550 on the day, including prior sales, and this represented an 87 per cent success rate. The success rate has now risen

Auction House, the UK's number one residential auctioneer, together with the Bristol and Somerset North franchise held its 30th July auction at the impressive Bristol Pavilion at the Bristol County Ground.

The diversity of the lots on offer ensured a packed auction room that delivered an overall success rate of 94 per cent with only one lot going unsold.

With sale prices from £9,500-1,150,000 there was something for all budgets. Lots on offer included several mixed use tenanted properties, houses for refurbishment, investment properties and land.

The main attraction on the night was 4B & C

First one for you today is a very unique riverside chalet that really makes the most of it's Cheshire scenic setting.

This 3 bedroom home has a very pretty appearance, and I'm loving the fab big porch at the front of the property. What a great place to sit and take in that river view come rain or shine. While at first look you may presume this to be the ideal holiday home or weekend retreat, unlike most chalet properties, this one actually has full residential classification. So if you're looking longingly at the gorgeous setting and wishing that you could live in such exceptional surroundings

Happy Saturday to you all.... and yes, I am in the office, and yes, I am here purely to share with you some fab new lots under the hammer, some of my favourites going to auction.

First lot I have for you today is a lovely piece of land in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This 4.37 acre plot has a very charming traditional field barn on there, and the land is very useful grassland amidst beautiful surroundings. There is definitely potential for use as some form of camping barn or similar purpose (stc), as well as the land itself. It's a stunning location, and certainly worth taking a look :-)

Symonds & Sampson’s auction on 31 July provided buyers with a selection of properties throughout Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset.  With buyers coming from all parts of the south and a strong contingent from London this resulted in some fierce bidding for many of the lots.

Dorset lots included; an industrial site in Shaftesbury which sold for £56,000; an interesting development/investment project in the centre of Blandford selling for £210,000; and a flat in Barrack Street, Bridport, which had been on the market with other agents for over 3 years, selling for £115,000.

The highlight

So, we're off up to Scotland to take a peek at a quirky one bedroom attic flat in a wonderful stone building. While not for everyone perhaps, I personally love all those angles and unusual shapes of the walls, ceiling, and kitchen window. It is a very interesting space and as such will make for a lovely unusual home.

This property is set in a wonderful location in Ayrshire, and the flat also benefits from access to communal gardens. This is definitely a case of good things coming in small packaging, and would be equally suited to owner occupation or for buy to let investment.

My next one

New property listings across the UK fell 13% in July, with Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh recording the biggest falls of 30% compared to the previous month, according to the latest Property Supply Index by online estate agents House Simple.

While activity in the property market is usually lower during the summer than the rest of the year, the stock of properties up for sale has been at low levels well before the summer.

A quarter of the towns and cities that saw the biggest falls in new property listings in July were in the south west of England, said HouseSimple, which looked at the

First one today, for auction this Friday, is a fantastic 3 bedroom property in Bedfordshire that has plenty of extras thrown in there.

From the fantastic gardens, to the large Grade II Listed period outbuilding, this is a home with loads of potential. Currently used in the form of two garages, two former stables plus three workshops and a boarded loft space, the outbuilding has a multitude of possible uses(stc) and is a fantastic opportunity for owner occupiers seeking additional space for those hobbies, interests, and even for creating the ideal home working environment.

Looking to the house

Record numbers of buyers crowded into Romans’ sales room at the Green Park Conference Centre in Reading on Wednesday 29th July, to witness a bumper catalogue of property and land being sold. The packed sales room and competitive bidding resulted in 100% of the lots selling at or above their guide prices, some for significantly higher prices than their reserves.

“This was the busiest July auction that I can remember” says Simon Clayton, Romans’ Auctions Director. “Normally at this time of the year many people are away on holiday, but there was standing room only at the start, which was a very

First one for you today is a charming 5 bedroom former farmhouse in Leicestershire. Ideal for those owner occupiers as well as investors... but this one has a little extra potential too.

There is a detached barn with the property that is ripe for redevelopment/conversion (stc), and while this is an obvious opportunity for the investor, developer or builder, likewise for the owner occupier it can be a perfect project property to work on at leisure while living in the main building. Ideal for creating a B&B business opportunity, additional accommodation for loved ones, a tailored workspace