The way residential property is sold has changed over the last five years, however, it is probably the auction process that has been modernised more than any other route to sale.

Digital auctioneers BidX1 held their first auction of 2019, selling a record £15.4 million worth of property, achieving a 79 per cent success rate from 50 lots sold.

Property auctioneer Graham Penny featured in the latest housing edition of the Parliamentary Review, which shares best practice in the industry.

Allsop raised £54m from 200 lots, recording a strong success rate of 74 per cent, at its recent auction at the InterContinental Park Lane Hotel in London.

Innovative and unique business launched by John Pye Auctions will offer hybrid estate agent style online sales service to help vendors sell their home.

Nearly derelict house that has been taken over by birds but was home to a local woman in Ilfracombe is to be sold for £45,000.

Network Auctions reports that in 2018 they raised £37m and achieved a 78 per cent success rate.

Auction sales are growing in popularity in England – and now estate agents across Scotland are being offered the chance to include the option of selling their properties through auction.

“Network Auctions’ latest London ballroom sale showed that there’s opportunity for value,” says Toby Limbrick, Director, despite the tough market.

The NAVA Propertymark Novice Auctioneer of the Year 2018 has been awarded to Debs Latham of SDL Auctions, the fourth time in a row that a woman has won the competition.