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My Auction has merged with Bamboo Auctions to form one of the largest online auction providers in the UK. Rocket Auctions, a newly...

Estate agents sold a record-breaking number of properties via online auction in 2023, research suggests. The latest Online Auction Index from iamproperty...

Increasing numbers of auction sales are at risk of failing in 2024 if vendors don’t adjust their expectations, an auctioneer claims. Stuart...

Many property professionals may be getting excited by lower inflation and falling mortgage rates but an auctioneer is warning that there...

Estate agents sold a record number of properties via online auction between July and September, figures from proptech firm iamproperty have...

Agents and sellers are being warned against putting unsuitable properties up for auction. Stuart Collar- Brown, chief executive of online auctioneer platform...

Estate agents sold a record number of properties via auction between April and June, data from iamproperty suggests. The proptech firm’s latest...

Agents working with auctioneer iamproperty recorded record sales under the hammer during the first quarter of 2023, new research claims. A new...

A former estate agent-turned-online auctioneer has launched a new service that aims to speed up and secure sales. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

Proptech firm iamproperty has surpassed £1bn of sales using the Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) in the past 12 months. Its iamsold...

An online auctioneer has hit out at exclusive partner agreements between agents and traditional auction houses.  Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and director of...

Auction house The iamproperty Group has reached a new agent milestone. It now has 4,000 agents on the network using its auction...

The iamproperty group - best known for its online auction business - has snapped up cloud-based property software business VTUK for...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says that there is now clear evidence of the impact the pandemic has had on the...

An online auction company executive has been appointed to the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers committee for Propertymark. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder...

Online auction specialist Iamsold has opened its training programme for applications for its January 2022 intake.  Jamie Cooke, managing director at iamsold,...

Auction House London says the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that the power of livestream sales far outweighs the impact of earlier online...

Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...

Too few lorry drivers, hospitality staff and care home assistants - and now too few auctioneers, too. Propertymark says a surge in...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

One auctioneer Iamsold, which operates the Modern Method of Auction, says it’s enjoyed its strongest January on record.  It’s seen a 26...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

A young estate agent who set up his own online auction service took his own life after a long period suffering...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Here we go again with another brilliant Christmas pic - this time it’s from Under The Hammer, an online auction service...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

An estate agency says it is now holding weekly online auctions in addition to its bi-monthly traditional ‘showroom’ auctions. Loveitts, which operates...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

Pattinson Auction has claimed its latest live non-online event was a “tremendous success” despite what it calls “misconceptions” about this way...

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...

A 176 year old agency is claiming success with its first online auction lot selling for over twice the guide price. It...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

In recent years click & collect has become a popular way for retailers, supermarkets and online shopping sites such as Amazon...

An online auction platform has launched a new instant property purchase feature as part of its expansion plans. Under The Hammer, a...

The Network Auctions ‘E” online property platform, used by an estimated 100 agents, has been revamped with vendors now offered three...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

One of the country’s major property auction companies has a new base. The 233,000 square foot site in Chesterfield has been acquired...

The debate about online auction charges levied on buyers continues this morning with the release of figures showing that one company...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

Intelligent Services Group - parent company of online auction service IAM Sold - is rebranding around the IAM name. ISG and its...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

A platform which previously offered online private treaty exchanges says a sale of a home in the Republic of Ireland has...

Bradleys Estate Agents, the westcountry’s largest independent agency chain, is the latest agency to sign up with Bamboo, an online property...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to vendors. An announcement from PropTech property auction company Bamboo...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

Another agency has teamed up with an auction company to allow it to offer vendors the choice of both in-room and...

The rivalry between online and traditional property auction companies continues apace with one high profile player from each camp claiming major...

An auction house says it was “scoffed at” four years ago when it began offering online options to customers - but...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction following its acquisition of London-based auctioneer Andrews & Robertson. This is...