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Clive Emson's auctions often include the unusual and this December’s auction is no different. With Christmas just round the corner perhaps Lot 12 is one you could buy for your loved one?

It’s an interesting piece of real estate and believed to be have been built circa 1926. The Western Undercliff Lift in Ramsgate certainly has the feel of Art Deco comprising a Grade II listed lift shaft with recessed central panel infilled with coloured glass graded from dark blue at the base (Royal Harbour Approach Road) to white at the top (Westcliff Promenade) divided into three stages by cross panels

Two more holiday homes on a 35-acre country park in Cornwall are appearing at Bond Wolfe’s next online property auction on Wednesday 8 December.

The long leasehold holiday bungalows (pictured) are at numbers 81 and 91 Hengar Manor, St. Tudy, near Bodmin, and have guide prices* of £20,000+ and £35,000+ respectively.

Both properties have access to the country park’s nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, fishing lake, swimming pool, popular bar and restaurant.

The pair of lots follow four previous sales of Hengar Manor homes in recent Bond Wolfe property auctions, with the last one

Dozens of Black Country homes with guide prices way belong current market rates are set to attract bidders from across the country to Bond Wolfe’s auction in December.

From large properties in the countryside beyond Wolverhampton city limits to two-bedroomed terraced houses with guide prices* starting as low as £14,000, more than 50 homes are set to go under the hammer at the sale event.

Typical is a four bedroom mid-terraced house at 208 Newhampton Road East, Wolverhampton, (pictured) with a guide price of just £39,000+*. With a large rear yard, gas fired central heating and UPVC double

Auction House London says the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that the power of livestream sales far outweighs the impact of ‘ebay-style’ online auctions, with its latest sale attracting its highest ever number of lots and successfully selling 90% of them.

Auctioneer and Director of Auction House London, Andrew Binstock says: “Since we were forced to move to livestream sales as a result of Covid, our numbers are just going up and up. In our last sale we had 172 properties listed - our highest ever in any auction. There are more sellers and buyers flocking to us at each sale and the figures

The growing reach of commercial property experts Bond Wolfe has been underlined by the firm’s appointment to sell a string of ground rents in Kent and Surrey at its December auction.

The West Midland’s based agency has built a strong national reputation for successful sales with its online auctions attracting bidders from across the UK and overseas.

As a result, Bond Wolfe will be handling the auction of 10 separate lots of ground rents on properties across the south east at its upcoming auction on Wednesday 8 December.

Jonathan Hackett, consultant director at Bond Wolfe, said:

One of Wolverhampton’s most prominent city centre buildings, housing a large Job Centre Plus office, is coming up for auction with a guide price* of £1.25 million.

Also occupied by Merkur Slots, the building extends to 18,784 sq ft and, alongside its potential for redevelopment, Chapel Court in Market Street currently generates £145,966 per annum in rent.

It is now set to be one of the starring lots at Bond Wolfe’s upcoming auction on Wednesday 8 December.

Ian Tudor, joint managing director auctions at Bond Wolfe, said: “This property occupies a prime position in Market Street

Property Auctioneers, Smith and Sons, has revealed details of its December auction with 31 lots being offered, having a wide ranging appeal to a broad audience.

The lots are based largely within Wirral and include a mixture of residential and commercial investments, building land with permission for residential development and a number of properties for refurbishment. 

A five storey Grade 1 property  in Iconic Hamilton Square has a guide of £240,000 - £260,000 and offers 3,370sqt ft of commercial space.

 Outlook House on New Chester Road is an impressive three storey detached former bank

A fundraising sweepstake will add an extra level of excitement to SDL Property Auctions’ National Property Auction this month as viewers are invited to guess the final selling price of the first three lots of the day.  

SDL Property Auctions has launched another 200+ lot catalogue ahead of its penultimate National Property Auction of the year on Thursday 25th November, an event which will raise funds for one of its team members in the approach to Christmas. 

Earlier this year SDL Property Auctions colleague, Sara Mosley gave birth to her first child, a baby boy called Mason. However, a few

Over half-a-billion pounds and 3,000 sales this year prove the benefits of unconditional auctions, says Auction House                                                                            

The UK’s largest property auctioneer Auction House is reporting the sale of over 3,000 lots, raising more than half-a-billion pounds in the year to date - for the first time in the group’s 14-year history.

Between January and October Auction House sold 3,045 lots from 3,668 offered – an impressive success rate of 83% - raising £517,719,529 in the process.

In October alone, the group sold

Expanding West Midlands commercial property experts attracting national instructions

An increasing number of national instructions are being handled by Bond Wolfe, the expanding West Midlands commercial property experts.

Bond Wolfe has recently sold properties for clients as far away as Devon, Hampshire and Kent, and has just started marketing other properties in Northamptonshire and Malvern.

The properties from wider geographies have come in alongside prestige business in the usual West Midlands areas, with two prime sites in Birmingham also just coming to market.

James Mattin