In the week of 5 to 11 October 2026, 1,540 lots were offered at auction across the UK, against 2,190 the week before. The median guide price was £140,000, against £135,000 the week before, and 35% of lots with a guide were guided under £100,000.
The week in numbers
- Lots offered: 1,540, 650 fewer than the week before.
- Median guide: £140,000, £5,000 higher than the week before.
- Guided under £100,000: 35% of the 1,471 lots with a published guide, or 513 lots.
- The middle of the market: 43% guided at £100,000 to under £250,000 (629 lots) and 18% at £250,000 to under £500,000 (272 lots).
- Guided £500,000 or more: 57 lots, of which 8 were guided at £1,000,000 or more.
This was a lighter week with a slightly firmer centre: the catalogue shrank by 650 lots while the median guide moved up £5,000. Wednesday 7 October carried the bulk of it with 559 lots, and Auction House accounted for 404 of those on its own. Thursday 8 October was the other heavy day at 456 lots, built from Paul Fosh Auctions with 134, Dedman Gray with 67 and Auction Estates with 56. The top of the market stayed thin, with 8 lots guided at £1,000,000 or more and the £500,000 to under £1,000,000 band holding 3%.
The week’s biggest lots
- Future Property Auctions had the largest guide of the week on Thursday 8 October: Haudagain Retail Park, Aberdeen, a freehold commercial lot, at £2.407 million.
- Lambert Smith Hampton brought two commercial lots on Wednesday 7 October: Unit 12A Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, leasehold, at £1.75 million, and Northbrook Industrial Estate, Southampton, freehold, at £900,000.
- Auction House led its Wednesday 7 October sale with 102-116 Windmill Road, Croydon, freehold commercial, at £1.55 million, and 38 Gunnersbury Avenue, London, freehold residential, at £1.2 million.
- Dedman Gray’s Thursday 8 October room held 160 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, freehold commercial, at £1 million, and the residential The White House, Stock at £790,000.
- Single large residential lots came from elsewhere: Hamptons - Fleet listed Salisbury Road, Farnborough at £1.05 million on Tuesday 6 October, Smart Property Auctions listed New Archers Court, Rotherhithe Street, London at £1 million on Thursday 8 October, and Brown and Merry listed Dadford Road, Silverstone at £1 million on Friday 9 October.
The busiest cities were London with 110 lots, then Nottingham and Sheffield.
Coming up
The week of 12 to 18 October brings 2,714 lots with a median guide of £130,000, of which 90 are guided at £500,000 or more and 11 at £1,000,000 or more.
The rooms to watch:
- Barnard Marcus: 233 lots on Thursday 15 October
- Under The Hammer: 129 lots on Tuesday 13 October
- Pattinson: 126 lots on Wednesday 14 October
- Pattinson: 122 lots on Thursday 15 October
- Pattinson: 114 lots on Friday 16 October
- Auction House: 111 lots on Tuesday 13 October
The busiest cities are London with 136 lots, followed by Bristol and Sheffield.
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 (1,471 of 1,540 this week).
