Latest data show sale volume down from the Q1 level of £175m
August saw 30 auctions raise a total of more than £117m, up 5% year-on-year
The auction sector raised a total of £432.8m in March, up 13% on the same month last year
The total raised at auction last month was only 6% below the last full month before lockdown
More than £4bn of property was sold at auction last year, up by almost a third on a challenging 2020
Figures from EIG show there is a lot of cash in the market looking for a home
Strong resi demand throughout the summer pushed the amount raised from sales in August to £112m
Residential sales buoyed by stamp duty exemption, while commercial sales saw steeper drop
A total of 1,351 lots were offered at 39 sales in November 2020, with 71% selling
EIG data shows that auction receipts were up almost 40% on the same month last year
EIG data shows that auction receipts were down just shy of 50% year-on-year in May
Auctioneers held 485 online and remote-bidding-only sales in first full month of lockdown