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Catalogue launched as private investor buying booms

The final Acuitus commercial property auction of this year will feature 80 lots and is set to attract the growing number of private investors who are buying through the auction...

HNWIs dominate as October 2017 auction raises £64.09m

Commercial properties that sold for more than £1m were again prominent at Acuitus’s latest auction which raised £64.09m with a success rate of 82%. Acuitus Chairman, Richard Auterac, commented: “Many...

Catalogue launched for October auction

The fifth Acuitus auction of the year on October 19th will feature 96 lots that produce around £6.8m of income. Featuring a wide range retail, office, leisure, industrial and ground...

New Commercial Term Loan from Acuitus Finance

Acuitus Finance has collaborated with a lender to design a new term loan product for commercial investment properties. Designed for small portfolios or single properties, the new loan aims to...

Investors hear about auction prospects

Around 100 investors gathered at the latest Acuitus/MSCI Investment seminar to hear about the market outlook as we head into the final quarter of the year. MSCI’s Luke Pakes gave...

Acuitus appoints new Investment Director

Specialist commercial property auction and investment house, Acuitus, has appointed Peter Mayo as an Investment Director. Commenting on his appointment, Acuitus Chairman, Richard Auterac, said: “The auction sector is attracting...

Is Bridging Finance becoming more attractive?

Bridging Finance has often been seen as an expensive form of finance, which allows property buyers to move quickly to secure properties with a short buying period. Typically, bridging finance...

Larger lots on the increase in sale room

Recent commercial property auctions have highlighted the growing presence of large value lots in the sale room. The latest cPad sector analysis reports that at auctions in May, although the...

Viewpoint: PropTech and Auctions

In his latest EG Viewpoint column, Richard Auterac considers the impact of proptech on the auctions sector: “Auctions should be one of the areas of the property business most amenable...

Acuitus hits 2017 high as July auction raises £52.4m

Acuitus recorded its biggest auction result of the year as the sale of 83% of the lots offered at its July sale raised £52.4m. Of the 67 lots sold, a...

Catalogue launched for July Acuitus auction

The next Acuitus commercial property auction will offer 83 lots and will take place on Thursday, July 13th at 1pm. The auction encompasses a wide range of retail, office, industrial...

Investors target large lots as May auction raises £37.4m

Six lots sold for more than £2m each as Acuitus raised £37.4m at its May auction. The auction reflected a success rate of 71% with 48 of the 68 lots...

Catalogue launched for May auction 4.5.17

The next Acuitus commercial property auction will offer 71 lots and will take place on Thursday, May 25th at 1pm. The auction encompasses a wide range of retail, office, industrial...

Investors hot on property as Acuitus sells £47.36m

A packed room at the Acuitus March auction saw the sale of 74 lots for a total of £47.36m. On what was the hottest day in London so far this...

Quality of lots selling at auction improved in 2016

The proportion of investment-grade assets selling in commercial property auctions last year rose by 10%. The latest Acuitus/MSCI Commercial Property Auction Data (cPad) report analyses the £1.16bn of commercial assets...