Insights

Allsop begins the year with a strong residential auction catalogue
Allsop’s first 2020 residential auction to offer 230 lots Catalogue features eight lots guided at £1m or more, with lot 128...

Yield hungry? Don’t overlook secondary towns and cities
The UK’s secondary towns and cities are often referred to as our Cinderella locations, but many have lots to offer the savvy...

Housing associations benefit from best price and transparency at auctions. Here’s how
When an organisation or investor is looking to liquidate its assets and raise capital, an auction platform can be an effecti...

Are you looking to sell your land? Here’s how
Many landowners are increasingly tempted to sell their land for development, usually under an option agreement. An option agr...

Degree Apprenticeships: Expelling the Myths
University had always been my go to plan and throughout school the UCAS process is at the forefront of students minds. Just ...

The rarity value of regulated tenancies
For those browsing the Allsop residential catalogue, you will have seen the wide-range of properties that we take to the auc...

Sell my home by auction
Five words you may never expect to enter into Google. Why? Auctions are sometimes perceived as a dumping ground and one whic...

The benefits of buying second hand student accommodation
Most people prefer to buy new but sometimes it doesn’t make any sense when the older version is equally as good. You can hav...

The chase for long income
In a world of low interest rates, volatile markets and political uncertainty, predictable long-income assets are increasingly...

The ground rules on ground rent
For nearly two years now the once rock–steady ground rent market has been functioning under the shadow of growing political ...

Why does suburban Build to Rent housing hold so much appeal for investors?
Build to Rent (BTR) in the UK has primarily been associated with new build blocks of apartments located in major city centre...

How traditional surveyor skills can be transferred into the build to rent (BTR) world
The build to rent (BTR) market is constantly evolving and the detail required to produce a successful scheme, can often get ...

Leeds build to rent (BTR) developments soar alongside the city’s prosperity
More than a decade after the last peak in apartment-led development in Leeds’ city centre, apartment construction is undergo...

Allsop secures major pre-let at Twenty Bonhill, Shoreditch
The Allsop City leasing team has secured law firm, Kingsley Napley LLP, as its principal tenant at Twenty Bonhill Street in ...

Allsop sells its biggest single lot under the hammer at £12.4m at first commercial auction of the year
Allsop achieved an outstanding result at its first commercial auction of the year, raising £84m and achieving an 81% success...

Allsop team heads to Kenya to help locals get access to clean water
At the beginning of July, a group of volunteers from Allsop and St Paul’s Church in Ealing, London, embarked on a trip to Ken...