Property Auctions in Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands

Buying property at auction has moved into the 21st century

Much has changed about property auctions in recent times, offering new choices to sellers and buyers. 

As consumers increasingly use the internet to plan and book holidays, work from home and buy anything from cars and clothes to a burger, then why not browse houses for auction online too, and bid from your home or workplace. Of course, there is still a place for the traditional local auction room, and DB Roberts conduct regular local property auctions in this way. We also offer an online house auction and even a combination of the two.

Our experience has been that buyers like being able to bid on the telephone or online, without their identity being disclosed to other bidders. The process is as simple as bidding on ebay – although the prices are a little higher, and buyers are allowed time to arrange finance. Our buyers are not only investors, but many first time buyers and families have found how easy buying a property at auction has become.

Sellers like the speed and certainty of property auctions, which combine achieving the best market price with a guaranteed time period in which the transaction will complete. As this method of putting houses up for auction also includes a no commission option for the seller, no wonder DB Roberts is seeing many more houses for sale by auction achieving top prices.