Allsop Propchat

In this episode of Allsop's PropChat, valuation partner Ed Dunningham hosts a discussion with John Banbury and Ryan Stanton - experts from the Business Rates Team. The conversation begins with a brief update of the impact of the Budget. Listeners can expect expert insights into the effect of the new multipliers and Rateable Values on business rates liabilities and how they may in turn create opportunities in the investment market.

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George, Adam and Ben explore the story of this progress, the key moments, their most memorable auction purchase and several hints and tips for active investors in today’s market, where opportunities remain to be taken.

Whilst the team of 30 is still active in the auction sector, their appetite for deals spreads further afield.

Harkalm are typically investing £60-£70m annually into 30 or so mostly vacant properties to re position to clients and occupiers needs across several sectors. Having started on the High Street with national bookmakers like Coral, they work across many sectors from conv...

In this episode of Allsop's PropChat, valuation partner Ed Dunningham hosts a discussion with Nick Pemberton and Chris Room – partners in the West End and City investment teams respectively. The conversation begins with a brief update of market volumes to the end of Q3 in each market. Listeners can expect expert insights on market trends, challenges, and opportunities in the evolving landscape of London commercial property investment.

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This episode of the Allsop Propchat explores how AI has already influenced the production of some of the most comprehensive and accurate valuation reports in the market. While the technology brings clear efficiencies, there are still limitations within current systems that demand the same level of diligence from valuation professionals as ever. Handled in the right way, however, the general view is that the time saved can allow for deeper thinking and ultimately lead to a better product for our clients — who then often use their own systems to summarise our reports.

We also discuss the RICS gu...

With 70 years of auction experience between them, our Allsop Auctioneers discuss some of the drivers for buyers and sellers in this tricky market. With over 1500 lots sold in the first half of the year there are both highs and lows and some extraordinary prices achieved, which almost defines how hard it is to price stock.

The pool of buyers continues to expand – where do they come from and what are they competing the hardest for?

With some commercial examples we also review the revival of retail and how returns compare to other sectors and what bu...

In this episode of Allsop's PropChat, valuation partner Ed Dunningham hosts a discussion with Nick Pemberton and Chris Room experts from the West End and City markets respectively. The conversation begins with a brief review of the 2024 market conditions before delving into the current state of the central London investment market in early 2025. Listeners can expect expert insights on market trends, challenges, and opportunities in the evolving landscape of commercial property investment. 

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Allsop’s involvement with The Cycle Charity first began in 2008. The firm continues to support the charity and, in 2025, are raising funds to help create eco-friendly school toilet facilities and empower women and girls through sustainable water, sanitation, and menstrual hygiene education in communities across India. This partnership is about creating opportunities for a better future.

In this episode, Gareth Hosgood, Commercial Valuation Partner and Head of the Employee Forum, is joined by Georgina Harding, CEO of The Cycle Charity, along with Evie Robertson and Tilda Power-Shock from Allsop, who recently spent time in India with the lo...

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of real estate apprenticeships at Allsop. Join Gergo Petrovics, and his guests Charlie Criss, Betsy Rowett & Crystal Hewitt De Lisle, who share stories of their day-to-day experiences and the life of being an apprentice at Allsop. 

Find out how they navigated their paths from various backgrounds into property, what motivated them to do a real estate apprenticeship and the invaluable skills they've gained along the way. 

Tune in for a very honest conversation about what it takes to be an apprentice at a market-leading real estate co...

In this episode of the Allsop Propchat  Allsop Auctioneers George Walker and Richard Adamson are joined by Susannah Summers, a Partner in Allsop’s Commercial Valuation team to delve into the feedback from the markets over the last twelve months and spot any trends and themes.

We examine some of the sales results from 2024 in the Commercial and Residential sectors– who was selling, who and why were the buyers buying and where will 2025 take the markets?

Allsop has transacted over £1billion with the sale of over 3,500 assets in the last 12 months across all sectors and lot si...

Richard Adamson and George Walker, Allsop Auctioneers are joined by Vijay Parikh, Managing Partner of Harold Benjamin Solicitors and Seb Verity, Allsop’s Head of Research in a four way conversation.

Whilst many markets had been waiting for the Budget before making their next steps, the Trump result also took many by surprise and will have similar long term impacts. Was it more important to the UK than the Budget, now that we have had time to reflect on both?

Will investors turn more to “property and gold in these uncertain times”?

How have H...

Join our podcaster Jack Robson from the Leeds office of Allsop, with a new View from the 8ighth (floor) episode. Jack sits down with Kelly Smith and Nicola McKernan from Allsop Letting & Management to discuss the rental / management industry, with a focus on the Renters Rights Bill and the high level points of the proposed legislation. 

Nicola and Kelly call for calm whilst providing an insight into the drafted points within the Bill as well as what may be missing from the draft. We discuss amenity in Build to Rent, Single and Multi-Family housing and also consider t...

Join our podcaster Jack Robson from the Leeds office of Allsop, with a new view from the 8ighth (floor) episode with Vicky Bingham and Owen Rees from the Student Housing Team. In part 1 of 2 episodes, Vicky and Owen set the scene discussing the current student market and why it’s so popular with investors before delving into why there is a growing affordability issue in the first place and what solutions there could be. 

In part 2, we speak with a client of the team with a live example of an investor who is helping bridge the affordability gap...

Andrew Hoban Partner in our Commercial Valuation Team chats to Greg Manson, Director of Debt Finance at OakNorth about the financing process including what steps a borrower needs to go through, how the lending process is structured, how pricing and leverage might differ depending on asset class, due diligence, ICR (Interest Cover Ratio) and risk factors to be considered that might affect the loan.

Find out more about our Valuation Team and the services Allsop offer at https://www.allsop.co.uk/. 

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In our latest View from the 8ighth (floor) episode, Jack Robson from the Leeds office of Allsop, discovers more about Mark Gower. They discuss his career path and what led him to property auctions, the importance of data to the auction process, challenges he has faced and where he sees the commercial market heading.

We also find out if he had £5 million to invest where the opportunity in the market lies and any standout moments or unusual lots he has sold in his 30 year career.

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Join our podcaster Jack Robson from the Leeds office of Allsop, with a new view from the 8ighth (floor) episode. Jack sits down with Richard Adamson to chat through all things Residential auctions, whether that be in front of a green screen, in a ballroom or fully online. 

Like many industries and businesses Allsop has had to adapt to many market shifts/ challenges over the past 5 years, with no team experiencing as much upheaval as our auction teams, no longer being able to conduct “ballroom auctions” when COVID hit. Jack and Richard discuss the challenges, trends and react...

Alice Logan (City Leasing ) & Richard Townsend (West End Leasing) alongside our host Ed Dunningham (Commercial Valuation) provide an “ear to the ground” into the central London office leasing market.

This podcast looks at what is happening to rents, submarket locations that might outperform in terms of rental growth in the next three years, supply, demand and what’s in the pipeline and who the major movers are and where they are relocating to.

Find out more about our Central London Office Leasing Team, Valuation Team or the services Allsop offer at https://www.allsop.co.uk/

Richard Adamson and George Walker, Allsop Auctioneers, are joined by Jim Bridges, Allsop Head of Risk and AML lead in safeguarding buyers and sellers that compete in the auction market - and across the wider business. 

This podcast is an insight into the why, and the how, of AML and in what way it helps understand and protect investors in the market. Richard and George also touch on their respective auction markets and how they are evolving.

Allsop transact over 3,000 sales a year and the AML process is necessary to safeguard transactions. The AML team a...

Join our podcasters Ceara Duggan and Jack Robson from the Leeds office of Allsop, with a new view from the 8ighth (floor) episode. They sit down with Nathan Spencer delving into one of the most exciting developments in the UK property industry: The Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, or UKREiiF, with a focus on how it creates opportunities for professionals, with a particular focus on young professionals and strategies for success.

Nathan shares insights on who attends these events, offering advice on how to maximise your experience and making meaningful connections at the event if attending...

Auctioneers Richard Adamson and George Walker are joined by Allsop Residential experts Andrew Boyd and William Shoebotham to discuss many shared experiences with permitted development blocks which first appeared as empty office buildings everywhere a decade ago.

Ten years on, having seen one of the biggest ever lots at auction sold at £13.5M, the market has developed into a sophisticated provider of residential space. Allsop sold £100m of these assets in 2023 alone. These properties are now being fought over by Institutions, Family offices and High Net Worth buyers as the team discuss at length. Who are the bu...

Join our podcasters and partners, Nick Pemberton, Chris Room and host Ed Dunningham, from our West End Investment, City Investment and Valuation teams respectively, as they discuss a variety of topics affecting the West End and City markets.

These include:

Join our podcaster Jack Robson from the Leeds office of Allsop, with the second installment of our view from the 8th (floor). Jack sits in the regional office of Allsop with a personal focus on Residential Investment north of London. The office has a growing offering covering Commercial and Residential agency, valuation and property management in the northern regions.

In “View from the 8th” we discuss topics and provide insight that focuses on areas of the market in which we work.

In this episode, Jack sits down with Brad Harris and Sam Verity to discuss all...

They cover topics including:

All these questions and more are addressed, with some interesting interpretations from the front line of property sales where Allsop auctions have already sold £120m this year at auction.

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Is it time to build a portfolio? What will prove most attractive to buyers? Will yields stabilise? What assets will provide capital growth?

We ask our experts where they would invest their cash in their respective markets and whether they are optimistic of confidence strengthening in the auction market in 2024.

The auction market is a barometer for much of the wider market and in 2023 our auction teams sold over 2,200 commercial, residential & mixed-use properties across the UK and raised £889m at an average success rate of 86%.

You can find out more about our auction t...

A new series of podcast episodes direct from our office in Leeds, where our hosts Jack Robson and Ceara Duggan of Allsop give their view from the 8th (floor).  They put Allsop Auctioneer George Walker under the microscope to examine his many years of experience on the rostrum. We delve into his views on how markets have evolved, buyer and vendor appetite, the strangest (and biggest) lot he has ever auctioned. And, if given £2.5m to invest, what he would do?

Both Jack and Ceara are part of Allsop’s regional team that focus on commercial and resi...

Having concluded £135m through the sale of 354 residential, commercial and mixed-use lots in the last four auction days, Allsop Auctioneers George Walker and Richard Adamson discuss the latest update from their markets with special guests.

George and Richard are joined in the studio by Nick Pemberton from Allsop’s West End Investment team and Amy Heuch from Allsop’s Private Client desk who discuss how their sales reflect the challenges of auction sales in this testing market.

You can find out more about our auction team here or the services Allsop offer at allsop.co.uk

With over 400 transactions there is a lot to cover including the most popular lots in each sector, and why?

George Walker, Commercial Auctioneer and Richard Adamson, Residential Auctioneer are also joined in the studio by Anthony Hart Student Housing Specialist to consider the pros and cons of the resilient student sector.

Is now the time to diversify into student living? How is the sector different to single let assets, the costs, opportunities, how to identify the best towns and cities and historic rental growth trends.

You can find out more about our auction...

George Walker and Richard Adamson draw on their combined 50 years’ experience in the auction market to explain some of its foibles and discuss the essential steps in the process required to achieve sales, including the mantra of “fact not fiction” in the most turbulent of markets.

The discussion is illustrated with some examples of recent sales and buyers who are part of this lively market.

You can find out more about our auction team at allsop.co.uk/auctions or the services Allsop offer at allsop.co.uk

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Looking at the change in make-up of the buyers, reasons that they keep investing and how the digitisation of the auction process helps us to keep finding them – 540 buyers in the last nine months alone.

George Walker, who heads the Commercial Auction Team at Allsop and Alex Butler, head of the Private Client Team in Allsop’s Commercial Investment division, join forces to discuss their sales activity over the last nine months since the Truss Budget shocked the financial markets.

Looking ahead - the market is challenging but there is positivity in the mix.

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In this podcast, Andrew Hoban and Ben Hodge discuss five recommendations to achieve a smooth and robust valuation process with your lender. This is particularly pertinent in a high interest rate environment. We discuss asset management initiatives, assessing a tenant’s covenant strength, EPCs, development opportunities and rates mitigation.

We recommend you listen if you are to secure finance against your commercial asset or portfolio, either with new finance or as part of a re-financing process.

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George Walker & Ben Hodge are joined by Martin Zambrano (Luis and Bell) to discuss upcoming changes to EPC requirements and 5 easy ways to improve your EPC score. A MUST LISTEN for all Landlords and Tenants ahead of April 2023 deadline!

You can find out more about our auction team at https://auctions.allsop.co.uk/ or the services Allsop offer at https://www.allsop.co.uk/

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George Walker, Will Clough and Ben Hodge review the 25th May Commercial auction as investors choose high yielding assets to work their cash and hedge against rising inflation.

The May 25th auction saw a 25% increase in the number of bidders compared to March, raised over £90m from the sale of 103 lots, a significant increase on the May 2021 sale which raised £62.3m and with the largest 31 lots selling for an average of £1.95m.

You can find out more about our auction team at https://auctions.allsop.co.uk/ or the services Allsop offer at https://www.allsop...

George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough are joined by Andrew Hoban, a Valuation Partner to review the 24th March Commercial auction in the light of the recent Spring Statement and what new measures have been brought in to the benefit of Investors.

The March 24th auction raised £66m at close, an increase on 2021 bringing the total sales for the last 12 months to £603m at a success rate of 92%.

You can find out more about our auction team at https://auctions.allsop.co.uk/ or the services Allsop offer at https://www.allsop.co.uk/

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The auction year started strongly as predicted so we examine some buyer trends, as a third of purchasers were new to our market and bidding on a range of lots. Some of the whys and wherefores of inflation are also on the agenda.

George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough reflect on a strong day on the rostrum, covering buyer trends, why they bought and illustrating the conversation with some sales examples.

For more information on how well the auction market performed in 2021 and for an overview of what is expected to come in 2022 read...

Join George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough, as they take a high level look back on the year that has been with deeper analysis on who was selling and why they were selling, national retail yields and what we may see happening in the market in 2022.

Read our full Commercial Auction Outlook 2022 on the Allsop website.

In 2021 Allsop commercial auctions have sold £584m of assets, at a success rate of 93%, with 179 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

You can find out more about our auction team at auctions.allsop.co...

The retail revival continues to take hold with many more active bidders

In the last of the commercial auction podcasts of the year, George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough reflect on some of the examples of strong retail sales across the country and some of the other sectors enjoying strong demand from buyers and why.

So far in 2021 (after eight auction sales) Allsop commercial auctions have sold £574m of assets, at a success rate of 92%, with a total of 806 lots sold

You can find out more about our auction team here or th...

Join George Walker, Will Clough, Ben Hodge and special guest Lottie Hayward as they review the day and pick up on investor trends and gossip for the £61.9M November commercial auction.

So far in 2021 Allsop commercial auctions have sold £499m of assets across the UK with 159 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

You can find out more about our auction team here or the services Allsop offer at allsop.co.uk

Or, follow Allsop or our speakers George Walker, Ben Hodge or Will Clough and Lottie Hayward on social media.

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George Walker, Will Clough, Sabine Friedrich and Ben Hodge examine some of the 117 sales which raised £98.5m. Who was selling and why? And what was the hottest money chasing on the day?

So far in 2021 (after six auction sales) Allsop commercial auctions have sold £422.98m of assets, at a success rate of 91%, with 134 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

You can find out more about our auction team here or the services Allsop offer at allsop.co.uk

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Join George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough (with a guest appearance from Charlotte Sloan!) in this short podcast, as they reflect on their results and outcomes from their five major commercial UK auction sales, along with insights into buyer sentiments, impact of inflation on the market, the mixed-use implications on yields and predictions for the year ahead.

A more detailed publication of the review to read at your leisure, can be found on the Allsop website.

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So far in 2021 (after five auction sales) Allsop commercial auctions have sold £323.5m of assets, at a s...

Join George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough in this short podcast as they cover some of the trends, themes and lot highlights from their 20th July 2021 auction sale.

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In 2020 Allsop commercial auctions sold £434m of assets, at a success rate of 91%, with 124 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

You can find out more about our auction team at auctions.allsop.co.uk or the services Allsop offer at allsop.co.uk

Or follow Allsop or our speakers George Walker, Ben Hodge or Will Clough on social media 

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In this short session Rebekah Donaldson and Andrew Wells will summarise the residential methods of valuation and discuss their views on the property valuation market: This episodes topics include:

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Allsop Valuations, valued over £14Bn of property in 2020.

With Valuers’ covering the entire UK, the commercial and residential teams provide market-led, strategic advice in a flexible and professional manner.

They cover all aspects of...

In the first of our Investment Insights podcasts, Scott Tyler, Alex Butler and Michael Linane from our commercial and residential investment teams look at current themes affecting their markets.

In this short podcast they discuss:

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George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough of the Allsop commercial auction team reflect upon and discuss themes from their 15th June 2021 auction sale. 

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In 2020 Allsop commercial auctions sold £434m of assets, at a success rate of 91%, with 124 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

Currently (at the time of this recording) 2021 figures are: Sold £161.5m of assets, at a success rate of 89%, with 46 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

You can find out more about our auction team at https://auctions.allsop.co.uk/ or the ser...

This is the first Valuation Viewpoint podcast, which looks at covenant strength and its part in the market, local retail outperforming the high streets and the impact of use class changes.

In this short session Andrew Hoban, Susie Summers and Gareth Hosgood will look at the most current themes and discuss their views on the property valuation market. This episodes topics include:

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Join George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough in this short podcast as they cover some of the trends and themes from the day whilst also looking at a few examples.

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In 2020 Allsop commercial auctions sold £434m of assets, at a success rate of 91%, with 124 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

Currently (at the time of this recording) 2021 figures are: Sold £161.5m of assets, at a success rate of 89%, with 46 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

You can find out more about our auction team at h...

Join George Walker, Ben Hodge and Will Clough in this short podcast as they examine the trends and themes that emerged from the auction on 23rd March and look ahead. Shopping centres, portfolio sales, value-add opportunities and private investor appetite for alternatives are all covered before looking ahead to the re-opening of non-essential retail.

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In 2020 Allsop commercial auctions sold £434m of assets, at a success rate of 91%, with 124 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

Full details of the analysis and overview of the 2020 results, ca...

In the second podcast episode George Walker, Allsop Partner and Auctioneer and Ben Beck, Investment Surveyor from Columbia Threadneedle Investments continue to examine some of the examples from 2019 and why the alternatives sector is increasingly popular with investors.

In 2019 Allsop commercial auctions has sold £433m of assets, at a success rate of 85%, with 115 of the total lots sold at £1 million or above.

Full details of the analysis and overview of the 2019 results, can be found in our publication online: Allsop commercial auction summer market review

You can find out more about our auction te...

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, 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.

In 2019 Allsop commercial auctions has sold £433m of assets, at a success rate of 85%, with 115 of the total lot...

Allsop LLP’s partner and auctioneer George Walker speaks to Jo Seth-Smith Fund Manager from OLIM Property.

In the final episode; indicators are pointing to an improving market, with buyers having the cash and budget to spend. The demand is there but what of supply? And what do the political consequences potentially hold for the property industry?

Whilst the market remains uncertain, there is proven demand, we discuss how this might continue going forward, in spite of the political turmoil at our door on a daily basis. Property is a long term proposition, and is th...

Allsop LLP’s partner and auctioneer George Walker speaks to Jo Seth-Smith Fund Manager from OLIM Property.

We examine all the property sectors and how they performed in the auction room, with specific reference to those examples featured in our published summer market review. This includes the reasoning behind some of the very high and low prices that were achieved at auction.

This instalment looks at the increased appetite for office investments, the shift to quality and growth in alternative assets and which areas are offering the right mix of value and security.

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Allsop partner and auctioneer George Walker speaks to Jo Seth-Smith, Fund Manager from OLIM Property, about what they have experienced in the property auction market over the last six months of 2019.

Analysing trends from four of Allsop’s commercial auction sales in 2019 with an active investor will provide some insight into the market, where demand is strongest and where opportunities may lie.

Jo clarifies the specific mandate that her fund enjoys and what they have been buying and selling in the last few months.

The episode goes on to examine some of the cl...