Welcome to the April Newsletter
Essential Auction News
Overall Statistics - March 2018
| Auctions Held in the UK | 116 |
| Total Lots Sold | 2,283 |
| Percent Sold | 73.9% |
| Total Realised | £416,486,724 |
National Auction Analysis
The recent gains have also had a positive impact on the quarterly and yearly results. Over 500 more lots were offered in Q1 2018 than in Q1 2017 - a gain of 7.2%, whilst the rolling yearly figures show a 1.2% increase over the last 12 months to 33,495 lots.
The residential sector has certainly been the main contributor to these gains. Residential lots offered and sold were both up over 12% in March, to 2,511 lots and 1,847 lots respectively, whilst residential receipts jumped almost 15% to £301M. This is the highest number of residential sales ever recorded in March, surpassing the previous high of 1,846 lots sold in March 2007.
All the major London commercial auctioneers held an auction during March, so it is pleasing to see volumes up on last year - lots offered by 6.7% to 577 lots and lots sold by 4.3% to 436 lots. The amount raised did contract slightly though; down 17% to £116M, suggesting an increase of smaller-sized lots going under the hammer.
A word from the editor:
As ever I would welcome any comments or feedback you may have regarding the newsletter or indeed the wider market in general.
Kind regards,
David Sandeman
Essential Information Group - News and Information
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