In the week of 12 to 18 October 2026, 1,688 lots were offered at auction across the UK, against 1,540 the week before. The median guide price was £124,000, against £140,000 the week before, and 39% of lots with a guide were guided under £100,000.
The week in numbers
- 1,688 lots offered, 148 more than the week before.
- A median guide of £124,000, £16,000 lower than the week before.
- 39% of guided lots were under £100,000, against 35% the week before.
- 44% were guided £100,000 to under £250,000 and 15% £250,000 to under £500,000, against 43% and 18% the week before.
- 50 lots were guided £500,000 or more, and 5 of them £1,000,000 or more, against 8 at £1,000,000 or more the week before.
This was a week weighted towards the lower guides. The share under £100,000 rose, the £250,000 to under £500,000 band shrank, and the top band held only a handful of lots. Thursday 15 October carried the heaviest load with 547 lots, and Barnard Marcus held 233 of them in a single room. Wednesday 14 October came next with 398 lots, with Auction House listing 81 and Under The Hammer 52.
The week’s biggest lots
- Barnard Marcus had the largest guide of the week on Thursday 15 October: 79 Mill Way, Grantchester, a freehold residential lot guided at £1.65 million.
- Auction House offered two freehold commercial lots: Leasowe Road, Wirral, guided at £1.5 million on Tuesday 13 October, and 33 Mill Street, Macclesfield, guided at £950,000 on Wednesday 14 October.
- Three other rooms listed lots guided £1,000,000 or more. Hamptons - Winchester offered Winchester Hill, Romsey, a freehold residential lot guided at £1.175 million, on Thursday 15 October. Embarq listed Dunyeats Road, Broadstone, freehold residential at £1.1 million, on Wednesday 14 October. Connells - Leicester held Main Street, Melton Mowbray, freehold land at £1.1 million, on Friday 16 October.
- Pattinson listed 2 Bradbury Farm Barns, Buntingford, a freehold residential lot guided at £999,995, on Tuesday 13 October. It also offered 261 West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, a residential lot guided at £860,000, on Monday 12 October.
- Bairstow Eves - Wanstead offered Park Road, London, a freehold residential lot guided at £900,000, on Monday 12 October, and Gascoigne-Pees - Godalming listed The Street, Godalming, freehold residential at £950,000, on Saturday 17 October.
The busiest cities were London with 101 lots, followed by Sheffield and Bristol.
Coming up
The week of 19 to 25 October brings 4,050 lots at a median guide of £140,500. Of these, 304 are guided £500,000 or more, and 59 of them £1,000,000 or more.
The rooms to watch:
- Savills: 342 lots on Tuesday 20 October
- Auction House: 328 lots on Wednesday 21 October
- Allsop: 286 lots on Thursday 22 October
- BidX1: 251 lots on Thursday 22 October
- McHugh & Co: 208 lots on Wednesday 21 October
- Bond Wolfe: 176 lots on Thursday 22 October
The busiest cities next week are London with 360 lots, then Birmingham and Manchester.
Further reading
New to buying at auction? How does buying a property at auction work? walks through a sale from the catalogue to completion, and What is a UK property auction legal pack? covers the documents to read before you bid.
Data: aggregated by Aedifai from publicly listed auction lots across UK auction houses. Lot totals cover every listing; guide prices are as published by the auctioneers, and medians, bands and percentages cover only lots with a published guide (1,684 of 1,688 this week).
