Annual Auctions Review and Outlook 2025/2026
Contains 3 articles"Welcome to our second annual Auction Review and Outlook. In this year’s report, you’ll find a detailed look at how the property auctions market performed in 2025."
Buying at auction
Residential Auctions
"Seemingly nothing was straightforward in the world of residential property in 2025."
Commercial Auctions
"2025 was more a year of evolution than revolution in the commercial property investment market."
Buyer Survey Results
"Full-time investors and developers have become more committed compared to those looking at it as a side hustle. Meanwhile, the appetite has grown most from those looking to pick up a property for their own use."
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How to finance a property auction purchase
"Buying at auction is a fast-paced and often exciting way to secure a property, and the interest in buying via this method has grown significantly in recent years."
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Who’s in the auction market and what are they buying?
"At the end of last year, we carried out a survey of auction buyers to gain deeper insights into the market—who is buying, what they are purchasing, and their commitment to the auction method."
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What policy changes may mean for property auctions this year
"Many landlords, despite recent rental growth, are no longer seeing the returns they once did and as a result, may be looking to offload properties quickly thus bringing more stock under the hammer."
Residential
"How did Residential auctions perform in 2024 and what do we predict for 2025?"
Homes under the Hammer 20 years on: the popularity of the property auction
"Homes under the Hammer (or HUTH as it’s known) is probably one of the most popular and enduring BBC daytime TV series."
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2022 was a record year for Savills auction
"The hammer came down on over £450 million worth of property last year."
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