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This year saw  our new Robinson & Hall Auctions website reach its one-year anniversary in October 2025. The website was a culmination of a year-long project which started with us looking from a critical viewpoint and asking who we were trying to appeal and offer a service to? Our conclusion to those initial questions was that we knew we already had a following from experienced auction buyers and sellers, but for our business to grow, we needed to appeal to buyers and sellers less familiar with auction who, as a means of sale or purchase, may find auction ideal. As with many such projects, the further we delved into it, the more we wanted to add, trying to strike a balance between simplicity and being informative. The result has been very well received. We have helpful guides for those new to buying and selling, plus helpful links to useful and proven third parties such as solicitors and lenders.

How have our property auctions performed in 2025?

We were thrilled that our first sale of the year in February gave us a strong start. Compared to February 2024, we sold more lots and raised a remarkable 50% more in capital value for our clients. Our next sale in April was our biggest sale of the year in terms of the amount raised (£7,355,500), and we maintained a consistently high success rate in terms of lots sold against lots offered. This year, our lowest success rate was 82%, and our highest was 94%, with an average of 85.4% of lots sold. These are results we are very proud of, and for over a decade we have achieved remarkably similar and consistent results, despite some very volatile market conditions.

House in Gerrards Cross which sold in our June auction.

In our June sale, we broke another record, this time with our highest value in-room sale. This was a substantial house in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Various issues had seen two aborted sales through the referring partner agent, so the sellers were delighted when they saw bidding run from the £1,200,000 guide price all the way up to £1,640,000. This was £40,000 more that the last aborted sale, with the whole process taking just 4 weeks from instructing us to sell to exchanging contracts!

Our October sale saw another record smashed; the highest multiple of the guide price to the sale price. A small half-acre of self-seeded wood, which although had road frontage was without an entrance. It had been in the same family ownership since 1963 and was very hard to estimate where the value might lay. A guide price of £10,000 was set, yet the sale price exceeded all expectations with it achieving a staggering 16 times the guide price, proving the old adage ‘the lower you start, the higher you go’ to be correct. October also saw our biggest sale in terms of lot numbers with 52 catalogue entries, although late legal packs from some solicitors saw seven lots withdrawn.

Something of a feather in our cap is that we were selected by the program makers of a new Sarah Beeny property TV show. “I Bought It At Auction” will air in the spring and there will be six episodes. Feedback from Little Gem TV, who attended and filmed the October event, was extremely positive.

At this time of writing, our final sale of the year is ahead of us, being held on 10th December, but already we have exceeded 2024 in terms of lots offered, lots sold and the amount raised.

What to expect in 2026?

More of the same in terms of service to both sellers and buyers. We sincerely believe that in treating buyers fairly, without opaque and punitive costs, having transparent and accurate descriptions, legal packs presented in good time and open bidding, this brings better results for our sellers. Time and again we are complimented by some very seasoned buyers who say they always look to buy just through us.

That said, the auction department is never looking to stand still. As our investment in modern marketing practices evolves, we are attracting sellers from further afield. We will also be looking to expand the team with another Auction Lister, and of course we are looking forward to being on Channel 4 TV.

If you would like to discuss whether your lot is suitable for auction and to book a no obligation, free auction appraisal, please contact me.