The UK’s largest property auctioneer, Auction House, says that its record results for the first half of 2019 indicate the continuing attraction of room auctions.
Between January and June this year, the group sold 1,733 lots from 2,275 lots offered – an increase of 10% on the same period in 2018 – and with a success rate of 76.2% (up from 75.0% last year).
Commenting on the figures, Founding Director Roger Lake said: “Not only have we sold more lots than at any other time in the 12 year history of the company, but we’ve done so when the latest indications are that nationally the sector is down
Auction House North West have broken another one of their records selling 76 Quay Street, a rare City Centre Freehold Opportunity in Spinningfields for £1,650,000 at their 4th July Auction!
This substantial vacant freehold office building provides accommodation over four floors and is prominently positioned fronting Quay Street at the junction of Young Street and Gartside Street, on the fringes of the Spinningfields district within Manchester City Centre. Spinningfields is now the dynamic financial quarter of the city centre, becoming Manchester’s leading business destination and a place to
A former pizza takeaway, a chapel and a shop with a turret are among the investment opportunities featured in the latest catalogue published by SDL Auctions Graham Penny.
They are just a few of the 23 lots featured in the latest auction catalogue and due to go under the hammer at SDL Auctions Graham Penny’s Leicester auction at the King Power Stadium this month.
The catalogue also features a further 16 online auction properties, which are open to bids around the clock.
The former takeaway is one of several mixed-used properties due to be sold at the auction on Tuesday, 23rd July. With a guide
Bond Wolfe Auctions’ third auction in its first year of business has once again raised over £10 million with a packed room at Aston Villa FC seeing some highly competitive bidding.
This was the third auction in a row with over 110 lots, raising over £10 million and with a success rate of 80%.
Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe Auctions, said: “Not only did we have a packed auction room with 1,500 people in attendance on the day, we also had a record 290 remote bidders, many from London and the South East.
“We hoped for a good day after 3,300 viewings and 30,000 legal packs being
Harrogate’s July property auction will feature town centre and countryside properties right across Yorkshire, from Summerbridge to Scarborough.
Country retreats going under the hammer
One of the gems of the July auction is a charming two bedroom stone cottage on Main Street, Summerbridge (pictured - guide price £110,000) backing onto fields and with Pateley Bridge’s award-winning high street just a short drive away.
In the peaceful village of Hambleton, near Selby, an attractive double fronted four bedroom detached home (guide price £250,000) has lawned gardens to the front and back with
Auction House London sold more than 80% of its lots listed for the fourth sale in a row, this year, at its recent auction (Thursday 20th June 2019).
It was the auction room’s largest sale this year, with 113 lots offered, raising almost £17m (£16,995,500). The TV series ‘Homes under the Hammer’ was filming the packed sale room, at the London Marriott Regents Park Hotel, where there was a lot of interest from investors and developers.
One highlight was a run down three bedroom end of terrace house in Brentford with the potential for an infill building plot, as part of the sale. It started with
A character-packed cottage which was formerly part of the Annesley Hall Estate has been sold at auction by SDL Auctions Graham Penny.
Described by auctioneers as “something a bit special”, 1 Mansfield Road, Annesley, features exposed beams and Victorian cast iron fireplaces and sits in a secluded position backing onto open countryside.
The five bedroomed detached cottage was once two separate cottages and could be converted back with the necessary planning permission or kept as a large family home. After some eager bidding, it sold at auction for £248,000 from a guide price of £180,000+.
A pair of neighbouring homes in Birmingham with a combined guide price of just £50,000+ are appearing in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction at Villa Park on Wednesday 3rd July.
Fierce competition is expected from bidders for the rare opportunity to purchase the two semi-detached properties together at 5 and 7 Woodgate Lane in Quinton.
The house at No.5 has a reception room downstairs along with a kitchen and bathroom, neither of which has any fittings, while No.7 also has a reception room, a kitchen with no fittings and a pantry.
Although both houses need refurbishment, each has two bedrooms
Three East Midlands homes with competitive guide prices* of £30,000+ will attract strong bidding at Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction at Villa Park in Birmingham on Wednesday 3rd July.
Leading the pack is a three-bedroomed, mid-terraced property at 62 Ambleside Drive in the popular Eyres Monsell area of Leicester, which stands back from the road behind a driveway and front garden.
This house has double glazing and central heating and is located only 2½ miles from the Fosse Park Shopping Centre, with easy access to the city centre and Blaby town centre.
Viscount House, the former children’s home in Castle Vale, is the flagship lot of five being offered by Birmingham City Council in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ July sale at Villa Park on Wednesday 3rd July.
The freehold purpose-built two storey building is part of Bond Wolfe Auctions’ third auction in a row to offer over 100 lots.
The business, which was only launched in January this year, has already been instructed on 350 properties this year. The first two auctions had an average success rate over 87%, already establishing Bond Wolfe Auctions as the Midlands’ leading auctioneer in 2019.
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