Woltz & Associates, a Roanoke-based auction and real estate brokerage firm, will auction the 78-acre former Saint Albans Hospital property on May 16 at noon. The auction will take place on-site in the Conference Center overlooking the picturesque New River, which runs along 12 acres of the property.
Originally founded in 1892 as an elite boys’ school, St. Albans School was housed in a brick structure offering views of the City of Radford, the New River and surrounding mountains until it closed in 1911. Four years later, the building reopened as …

MIAMI, Fla – BidaBing.com announces the launch of a new real estate auctioning application and nicknames their agent members “BidaBingers.”
Realtors, buyers, lenders and sellers are all invited to list and bid on foreclosure, short sales, estate sales and other distressed properties. The sites first no reserve property auction ended on April 17, and is the winning bidder paid $137,000. The property is located in Miami, Fla. and has a “Zestimate” (Zillow.com estimate) of $238,500.
With the real estate market in a slump, Bidabing.com claims that they can help to …

Approximately 600 acres of land in the heart of Ohio’s Amish country will be sold at auction Saturday, May 17, with Albert Burney Auction Company managing the sale. Sugarcreek earned the name of the “Little Switzerland of Ohio” because of its diverse Swiss, German and Amish populations.
The property, which will sell in 21 tracts, includes land suitable for hunting, ranchettes, private estates and residential development, according to Warren Ward, president of Albert Burney.
“It’s rare to have such a wide variety of property in one auction, but this land surrounded by …

Located in Sparta, Tennessee, just one hour from Nashville, the RiverWatch Golf Club along with 189 acres of residential land will be auctioned to the highest bidder on May 6, 2008. Encompassing 6,850 yards of lush tree lined fairways and plateaus, this 18-hole championship course is challenging yet welcoming to golfers of all levels.
Completed in 2004, the scenic course sits on Center Hill Lake and offers patrons a state of the art portable GPS system that can be removed from carts and positioned anywhere on the course. Other assets to …

Humraz (www.humraz.com) has launched a revolutionary online technology to enable people across the world to participate in live real-time lowest unique bid auctions for high-value assets like property and gold bullion.
Humraz will sell properties for a fraction of their value. For example, a £300k house is guaranteed to sell for less than £15k, although the final sale price is likely to be significantly less than that.
Humraz covers the costs of its lots by selling seats to the auction. Seat prices depend on the value of an auction lot. For a …

The incoming president of the Irish Auctioneers’ and Valuers’ Institute (IAVI) told members at its agm on Monday that Ireland’s housing market has undergone a correction that will prove to be”a short-term blip.”
Edward Carey told members that this 10 per cent correction has brought prices back to end of 2005 levels and said “allegations of a property crash” should be taken in context against huge cumulative increases since the early 1970s until the market slowdown in March last year. He cited increases of 3,175 per cent for second-hand home since …

Auctioneers will start the bidding for the controversial sale of the former Sherwood Hall leisure centre site at £875,000.
A local government ombudsman investigator said she had reached a decision over an official complaint about the district council’s decision to sell the building.
Assistant ombudsman Karen Hill said she had made recommendations to the chief ombudsman but refused to disclose her decision as it was still subject to approval by others.
Ms Hill said: “We have enough information to come to a view and we have recommended a provisional decision.
“But the chief ombudsman …

Hudson & Marshall will auction over 250 bank-owned foreclosures on April 26th and 27th at 1:00pm at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. Each home comes with a clean title, paid for by the sellers, ensuring there are no back taxes or liens on the properties.
“The nation’s housing market is going through a correction period, trying to find its balance after several years of unsustainable price appreciation,” said Dave Webb, principal, Hudson & Marshall. “Things will get better, but for anyone considering buying a home, bank foreclosures are great …

An architectural firm placed the winning bid on the Mont Vernon Inn, securing the building for $470,000 Saturday morning. Now the firm will begin looking for ways to bring the historic building back to its former glory.
Paul McInnis, a North Hampton-based auctioneer, conducted the owner-auction of two Main Street properties before a crowd of 20 or so people. The two buildings on the block were the Mont Vernon Inn, an assisted living facility, and the Starrett House, a historic brick colonial. The properties were put up for auction by owners …

North West Property auctioneers Sutton Kersh raised £6m, selling 70% of the 93 lots at their second auction of 2008 in the UK.
The auction, at the Marriot Hotel in Queen Square, was well supported with many lots sold in excess of guide prices. Bidding commenced with the English Presbyterian Church in Bootle, which sold for £88,000, more than three times its guide price.
Two sites on Upper Parliament Street both sold above their guide prices. The former hotel at 142-144 sold for £478, 000 and 52-56, highlighted as a residential new …