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Allsop raises £55m at UK’s largest ever residential online auction
Leading auctioneer raises over £55m on 180 lots at the biggest UK online auction ever held – a success rate of 83% Highest ...

First ever September commercial auction catalogue, comprising 138 lots
Total raised in 2020 stands at £246m, with Allsop having sold 91% of lots 21 lots have guide prices of £1m or above, with...

Strong September residential auction catalogue launched with 295 lots
14 lots have guide prices of £1m or above, with the highest valued lot being £3.2m+ 24 lots offer planning permission or po...

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...

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...

Now is a good time for both buying and selling at auction
It will soon be spring thankfully. Storms with silly names will hopefully have passed and we can look forward to a bit of wa...

Registering to bid is now compulsory
It has long been the case at a public property auction that anyone could walk into the room, totally unprepared, completely u...

Allsop’s February residential auction catalogue starts the year off with 245 lots on offer
February catalogue offers 14 more lots than this time last year, despite Covid-19 restrictions remaining in place 14 lots h...

Allsop begins the year with a strong residential auction catalogue
Allsop’s first 2020 residential auction to offer 230 lots Catalogue features eight lots guided at £1m or more, with lot 128...

Diary of an Auctioneer – Gary Murphy
Auction minus 8 weeks My career is an annual cycle of seven auction sales. You’re only as good as your last deal, they say –...

Selling property at auction – Dispelling the myths
Will I have to sell at any price? No, the reserve price is there to protect you. The auctioneer has no authority to sell ben...

Dispelling some auction myths – the advantages and disadvantages of buying at auction
Buying at auction is just one way to buy a property. Find out if it’s the one for you, or whether you’d prefer investing in ...

Five golden rules for buying property at auction
Buying a home at auction can be very exciting. You might pick one up for less than the maximum price you’ve set yourself. Bu...

Why not consider buying ground rents?
It seems that the Government is doing everything it can to make life difficult for the buy to let investor. First the phasin...

Historical lots in Allsop’s July Commercial Auction Catalogue
Investor’s will stand the chance of getting a piece of the past when a very interesting and historical investment goes under...