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

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

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...

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....

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

IAM Sold says it is the largest independent residential auctioneer in the UK based on lots sold, for the second year...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

Network Auctions has revealed its 100th partner estate agency office ahead of its next auction in three weeks’ time. Rolfe East in...

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...

easyProperty has become the first online estate agency in the UK to link with an online platform that permits the exchange...

Over 28,000 people visited websites connected with the first ever online-only auction for new build properties, according to the event’s organisers,...

Auction house Allsop is launching the country’s first ever online-only auction for new build homes - and claims it's a first. The...