Archive for February, 2007

Australian Rental auctions to be banned

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

New guidelines to be issued by the Real Estate Institute of Australia will outlaw rental auctions and ban the use of a rental price range in advertising.
Victoria yesterday become the first state to introduce the measures, described by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria as necessary to ensure that transparent and fair processes were in [...]

3i joins auction for London estate agency

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Foxtons has become the latest estate agency to attract the attentions of 3i, the stock market-listed private equity group. 3i is preparing to join an auction for the London agent this week, a month after its failed backing for a £970m management buyout at Countrywide.
Foxtons, founded by entrepreneur Jon Hunt in the early 1980s, had [...]

Sothebys Manhattan Building on the Auction Block

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

The world headquarters of auction house Sotheby’s is now open to bidders. The 470,000-square-foot building (pictured), located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is being put up for sale by its owner, RFR Holding L.L.C.
A report by Lois Weiss in The New York Post today cited a probable sale price of somewhere near $500 million for [...]

Richmond Lake Officials choose auction for land sale

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Property on Richmond Lake will be auctioned off, city officials decided Monday.
The land, jointly owned by the county and city, is on the north-central part of the lake.
Last week, City Attorney Adam Altman met with the Brown County Commission to convey the city’s desire to sell the piece of property, after a short executive session [...]

West Palm Beach to sell land to the highest online bidder

Monday, February 19th, 2007

The auction is being conducted by Sperry Van Ness Fisher Auction Co. Inc., a Pompano Beach-based auction house. And it’s being held exclusively online, through Friday . All necessary information for potential bidders can be found at www.fisherauction.com.
“Auctions are a beneficial way to sell a property,” said Louis B. Fisher III, principal owner of [...]

Sutton Kersh see 20% revenue rise

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Sutton Kersh saw a 20% rise in the total revenue raised from its auctions last year compared with 2005, with sales totalling more than £37m.
Director, James Kersh, said:
“A large proportion of this increase can be attributed to the significant rise in the number of failed buy-to-let commercial and residential properties which are now being offered [...]

Auction of Nearly 250 Ohio and Pennsylvania Homes Offers Buyers Bargain Bonanza

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Press Release
Home sales are skidding into decline putting hungry buyers on the fast track to find a treasure trove of bargains at private foreclosure auctions. Foreclosed properties owned by lenders, known as real-estate owned (REO) can often be purchased at significant discounts because lenders want to sell the properties quickly to reduce carrying costs.
Hudson & [...]