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Largest Acuitus auction raises £51.8m

A portfolio of 17 High Street properties let to Lloyds and TSB banks sold at an average yield of 5.02% as the latest Acuitus auction raised £51.8m from the sale...

Catalogue launched for biggest Acuitus auction

Acuitus has launched the catalogue for what will be its biggest auction to date. The catalogue for the auction which will take place on October 23rd can be viewed here and...

cPad reflects stronger buying environment

The latest Acuitus/IPD cPad Commercial Property Auction Market Flash shows that there was a 64% increase in total sales volume for the auctions in July, compared with the corresponding period...

Retail Property Auction Index Q2 2014 Commentary

Commentary by Richard Auterac on Q2 2014 Acuitus/IPD RPAI: During the tail-end of the recession there were a number of false dawns for the retail property sector but the message...

New lending products from Acuitus Finance

Acuitus Finance has linked up with a specialist pension fund backed lender to offer clients two completely different types of property finance. The first facility is a “stretched senior” loan...

Single lots sells for £5.7m at July auction

A freehold retail and office investment in London’s Finchley sold for £5.785m as the latest Acuitus auction raised £37.723m. Sovereign House in Ballard’s Lane N3 is a 16,969 sq ft...

cPad July 2014

Commercial property auctions in May saw sales volumes rise 25% in comparison with the corresponding period in 2013 while the average yield achieved by the properties sold sharpened by 90...

July auction catalogue launched

The July Acuitus auction will offer for sale a high quality catalogue of 54 lots producing more than £4.4m of rental income. The catalogue encompasses retail, office, industrial and leisure...

David Margolis joins Acuitus team

Acuitus has recruited David Margolis to join its auction and investment team. He was previously with CBRE where he was a senior director and auctioneer in the auctions department. Acuitus...

Buyers focus on core assets at May auction

Investors at the latest Acuitus auction targeted core assets in London and prime regional locations. The auction raised £20m from the sale of 24 lots as buyers once again demonstrated...

Catalogue launched for third 2014 auction

The catalogue for the third Acuitus auction of 2014 which will take place on May 22nd can be viewed here    Following our largest ever auction in March, we are...

cPad May 2014

The latest cPad Market Flash shows that the total value of properties traded in this year’s February and March commercial property auctions was up 62% in comparison with the corresponding...

Retail Property Auction Index hits highest level since 2010

The IPD/Acuitus Retail Property Auction Index recorded a 2.8% increase in values in Q1, the second consecutive quarterly growth. The ­first quarter of this year saw values increase by 7.8%...

Lots sells for £9.55m as March sale raises £51m

At its March auction, Acuitus sold £51m of properties at an average price of £1.3m with one lot selling for £9.55m. The ground rent investment interest in the Debenhams department...

Catalogue launched for March auction

The second Acuitus auction of 2014 will offer 51 lots that currently produce total income of £5.4m The catalogue for the March 27th sale – which can be viewed here – is the largest that...