In the week of 2 to 8 November 2026, 1,249 lots were offered at auction across the UK, against 2,318 the week before. The median guide price was £126,000, against £125,000 the week before, and 39% of lots with a guide were guided under £100,000.
The week in numbers
- 1,249 lots offered, 1,069 fewer than the week before.
- A median guide of £126,000, £1,000 higher than the week before.
- 39% of guided lots were under £100,000, against 38% the week before.
- 38% were guided £100,000 to under £250,000 and 17% £250,000 to under £500,000, against 42% and 15% the week before.
- 73 lots were guided £500,000 or more, 11 of them £1,000,000 or more, against 28 at £1,000,000 or more the week before.
It was a smaller week after a busier one, but the spread of guides looked much like the week before, with a little more weight in the £250,000 to under £500,000 band and a little less between £100,000 and £250,000. Tuesday 3 November carried the week with 523 lots: Savills held a room of 224 lots, alongside Auction House with 117 and Sutton Kersh - Auctions with 105. Wednesday 4 November followed with 216 lots, led by Under The Hammer’s room of 75. The top of the market came largely from that Savills room on Tuesday, where commercial freeholds dominated the larger guides.
The week’s biggest lots
- Savills had the largest guides of the week on Tuesday 3 November: Hanover House, Bristol, a leasehold residential lot guided at £3,450,000, and 5 Carlisle St, London, a freehold commercial lot guided at £3,250,000.
- In the same Savills room, freehold commercial lots outside London included Thorncliffe Industrial Estate, Bradford at £2,000,000, Gyleview House, Edinburgh at £1,930,000, Hughes House, Milton Keynes at £1,640,000 and Mill Lane Industrial Estate, Alton at £1,415,000.
- Savills’ London commercial lots that day also included 70 Christchurch Rd, London, freehold, at £1,400,000, and 190 Tottenham Ct Rd, London, leasehold, at £1,190,000.
- Town & Country Property Auctions offered Come to Good House, Truro on Wednesday 4 November, a freehold residential lot guided at £1,350,000.
- BTG Eddisons Property Auctions listed 2 The Dell, Egham on Tuesday 3 November, a leasehold residential lot guided at £1,200,000.
The busiest cities were London with 93 lots, Liverpool and Birmingham.
Coming up
The week of 9 to 15 November brings 3,144 lots with a median guide of £140,000, and 140 lots guided £500,000 or more, 44 of them £1,000,000 or more. Allsop holds the largest guides on Wednesday 11 November, with Lymington Precision Engineers, Lymington at £5,500,000 and Francis House, Witham and Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre, Castleford each at £5,000,000.
The rooms to watch:
- Auction House: 478 lots on Wednesday 11 November
- Lambert Smith Hampton: 452 lots on Wednesday 11 November
- Paul Fosh Auctions: 105 lots on Thursday 12 November
- Pattinson: 102 lots on Wednesday 11 November
- Pattinson: 102 lots on Friday 13 November
- Pattinson: 98 lots on Thursday 12 November
The busiest cities will be London with 179 lots, Sheffield and Blackpool.
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 (1,240 of 1,249 this week).
