£1,147m raised in August property auction

Despite having held four or five sales a year for the past 8 years a property auction in August was a first for Auction House Hull & East Yorkshire.

This year they felt the demand was at the right level to go to six auctions but this meant they had to have one in August. They were concerned that this could be tricky because it falls in the prime holiday period. The results and more importantly the attendance proved to them that it was the right decision. Over two hundred people packed the room and competitive bidding from two telephone bidders resulted in the first lot being sold for double the upper guide.

Auction House in Hull and East Yorkshire's territory actually extends up slightly into North Yorkshire with Scarborough and Filey falling in their region. They work with local estate agents who don't have the expertise in auction sales of property to produce a varied catalogue of property for each sale.