residential auction property investment data
RAPID
RAPID stands for Residential Auction Property Investment Data. It is a joint initiative between Allsop, a leading property consultant and the UK’s largest property auction house, and the Essential Information Group (EIG), the leading provider of property auction results and information in the UK.


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September 2009
  • Levels of repossession sales at auction peak in Q4 08 but have been falling sharply since.

  • Average UK house prices begins to rise in Q2 09.

  • Volume of residential auction sales as a proportion of all recorded sales rises from 1.2% to 4.7% in Q4 08 but has since dropped back to 4.1%

  • Majority (86%) of purchasers at Allsop residential sales are currently private investors

  • Average AST gross yields in all four RAPID geographical regions are rising and are currently 8.5%

  • Long term ground rents (800 years+) identified as the single area of residential investment to show value rises in last two years.
 Issue 6
Media Release
4th September 2009
Levels of repossession sales at auction peak in Q4 08 but have been falling sharply since.
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