Welcome to Allsop's latest Podcasts.
Listen as Allsop LLP and guest speakers discuss current topics in the commercial and residential property markets. We provide a unique insight in a busy market as we discuss market trends and up to the minute themes with a range of active clients. Allsop work with commercial, residential and mixed-use assets from £500,000 to multi-million-pound properties and transact on average, seven deals every working day.
Recent Episodes
This current series of podcasts focuses on the Commercial Auction Market from the perspective of the Auctioneers' rostrum.
Allsop Partner and Auctioneer George Walker speaks to Ben Beck, Investment Surveyor from Columbia Threadneedle Investments, about what they have experienced in the commercial property auction market in 2019.
Ben Beck joined Columbia Threadneedle Investments in July 2016 as an Asset Manager, identifying asset value enhancement opportunities and realising these through building refurbishment / redevelopment, leasing and professional landlord and tenant matters.
Ben moved into the investment team in 2018, and is now responsible for sourcing, analysing and transacting property investments for a number of pooled UK balanced funds.
Prior to joining Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Ben worked for Savills in both their West End head office and City office advising a range of institutional and private landlords on their UK property holdings.
Series 2 Episode 1: Looking back at the 2019 commercial auction property market
In this first podcast episode Ben Beck, Investment Surveyor from Columbia Threadneedle Investments speaks to George Walker, Allsop Partner and Auctioneer; about how auction as a route to market has delivered positive results both for Columbia Threadneedle’s funds and buyers in the auction room.
They continue to discuss the type of assets that are suitable to sell at auction, the benefits of the combined private treaty and auctions approach, along with rental and sector growth in the regions including the opportunities that exist outside the South East.
Series 2 Episode 2: Looking forward at the 2020 commercial auction property market
In the second podcast episode George Walker, Allsop partner and auctioneer and Ben Beck, Investment Surveyor from Columbia Threadneedle Investments; examine some of the examples from 2019 and why the alternatives sector is increasingly popular with investors.
More in-depth analysis of the commercial property auction market is available to view in Allsop’s publication commercial auction annual review 2019



The podcasts presented here are for general guidance and represents opinions of our teams based on the property market at the time of recording.
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