Insight

Sale of £1m+ lots reaches four-year high

Commercial auction lots selling above £1m reached a four-year high in 2021 with 220 transacting during the year. In its coverage of the Acuitus Review of 2021, the EG noted:...

Emphatic 2022 opener raises £21.39m

The first Acuitus commercial property auction of 2022 raised £21.39m with a success rate of 93%. Eight lots sold for over £1m, and the average sale price was £855,700. Acuitus...

East London industrial estate features at first Acuitus sale of 2022

A substantial freehold industrial estate investment on London’s North Circular is being offered with a guide price of £4.4m-£4.5m at the 36-lot Acuitus auction on February 17th. The asset comprises...

2021 Review & 2022 Outlook

During 2021, the volume of UK commercial property sales at auction was £780.6m – this was the highest level of activity since 2017 and 43% higher than 2020. For more...

Acuitus sale undeterred by Omicron concerns

The final Acuitus auction of 2021 raised £22.7m with a success rate of 94% as investors showed no sign of being deterred by the current impact of the Omicron variant....

Development opportunities at last Acuitus auction of 2021

The final Acuitus commercial property auction of 2021 will feature 43-lots including significant development opportunities plus office, industrial, banking, high street/shopping centre and ground rent investments. Acuitus Chairman, Richard Auterac...

UK budget boosts asset demand at penultimate sale of the year

The impact of the UK Autumn budget was demonstrated at the Acuitus penultimate commercial property auction of 2021, which raised £16.47m with a success rate of 91%. Acuitus Chairman, Richard...

Acuitus launches second Autumn auction catalogue

The forthcoming Acuitus commercial property auction will feature lots with guide prices ranging from £75,000-£1.5m. The sale on the November 4th features a wide range of sectors including development and...

Auction investors queue for petrol station as Acuitus raises £23.57m

As queues for fuel formed across the UK last week, investors at Acuitus’s latest commercial property auction showed similar persistence for a petrol filling station investment. The freehold asset in...

Graduate Surveyor Vacancy

Acuitus, a leading Real Estate Auctioneering and Investment professional practice, has offered for sale over 3,000 individual properties and been instrumental in delivering more than £2.3bn of commercial property transactions...

Acuitus launches 40-lot September catalogue

The forthcoming Acuitus commercial property auction will feature 40-lots with guide prices ranging from £50,000 to £4m. The sale on September 24th features a wide range of asset types including...

Jon Skerry appointed as Acquisitions Director

Acuitus has appointed Jon Skerry as Acquisitions Director to expand its consultancy across the private treaty commercial property investment market. Acuitus Director, Charlie Powter, commented: “The comprehensive UK market knowledge...

Q2 auction volumes 90% higher than 10-year average

The latest Acuitus commercial property auction review looks at activity in the sector during the first half of the year. Sale volumes in Q2 were 90% above the 10-year average...

Investing Through Auctions – in partnership with EG

In partnership with EG and their webinar series Investing Through Auctions, we were joined by Doug Ryan, Wealth Management Director at Mattioli Woods; Richard Sheperd-Cross, Managing Director at Custodian Capital;...

July auction brings Acuitus H1 sales to over £93m

Despite a mixed welcome for ‘Freedom Week’ and the lifting of pandemic regulations, Acuitus’s July auction once again illustrated that investor appetite for commercial property has been sustained throughout the first...