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Allsop raises £32.5m at November residential auction
UK’s leading property auctioneer raises £32.5m in November from the sale of 98 residential lots, with six lots selling at o...

Allsop’s August residential auction raises £34 million from 115 lots
UK’s leading property auctioneer raises £34m in August from the sale of 115 lots, beating last year’s result The highest va...

Commercial Auction Summer Market Review 2021
What’s happening in the commercial auction market? We are pleased to share with you our latest Commercial Auction Market Revi...

‘Freeholders will accept that a swing in favour of leaseholders is inevitable but will oppose an outright value grab’
Ground rents have long been considered one of the lowest risk – and perhaps the dullest – long term investments in the prope...

Ground Rents Reforms: Good in Theory but Time Will Show
Ground rents have long been considered one of the lowest risk – and perhaps the dullest – long-term investments in the proper...

Allsop’s first auction of the year raises over £30m and sees high interest in sale of Coventry shopping centre
February auction results in the sale of 42 lots, raising £30.3m 9 lots sold for £1m+ Lot 19, West Orchard Shopping Centre in...

Auctions speak louder than words – commercial auction annual review
Commercial Auction Annual Review 2020 2020 was a busy year for us. Buyers continued their drive to invest in commercial prope...

Over £90m raised within one week through residential and commercial online auctions
Over £90m raised within a week: Tuesday’s commercial auction raised £51.5m while the 16th July residential auction raised £4...

Allsop release bumper July residential auction catalogue, showing increased movement in the market
13 lots have guide prices of £1m or above, with the highest valued lot being £5.3m+ 32 lots offer planning permission or po...

Learning about sustainable income from the investment front line
The front line has taken on a new meaning in the last few months, and whilst those essential workers are hard at work at the...

Business as usual as Allsop releases May commercial auction catalogue
Allsop’s May commercial auction catalogue, now released, comprises 55 lots producing a combined income of £3,600,000pa Sixt...

The ground rules on ground rent
For nearly two years now the once rock–steady ground rent market has been functioning under the shadow of growing political ...

Allsop sells its biggest single lot under the hammer at £12.4m at first commercial auction of the year
Allsop achieved an outstanding result at its first commercial auction of the year, raising £84m and achieving an 81% success...

Investor appetite for London lots returns at Allsop’s March residential auction
Allsop posted a strong result at its March residential sale raising £59.7m and achieving a success rate of 73%. This improve...

Ground rents – where are the opportunities?
About 20 years ago, Dorrington’s Residential MD Trevor Moross, then President of the British Property Federation (BPF), aske...