The Auction People Signs up Reeds Rains to New Auction Service

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Residential auctioneer, The Auction People, has announced it has signed up national estate agent, Reeds Rains, to its new auction service. 

The Auction People, which is the residential arm of Newton-le-Willows based property auctioneer, Pugh and Co, will now be offering Reeds Rains' customers an alternative route to selling a property across its entire brand network. 

Paul Thompson from The Auction People, which holds regular auctions throughout the North of England, including at Manchester United Football Club where the most recent auction netted £5.8m, said: "We are delighted Reeds Rains has joined our partner agent scheme and we look forward to working with the team. 

"We have seen consistent growth in our residential auctions over the last 12 months and agents are seeing auctions as an important aspect of their business.  Our partnership benefits both the agent and its customers."

Pugh and Co, which has over 20 years of experience in delivering a property auction service to a wide range of customers, holds 28 auctions a year in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle.

Reeds Rains' Regional Director, Omar Binder, said: "We've established a great partnership with The Auction People - one of the country's leading national property auction houses - and we're looking forward to delivering a professional new auction service for our Reeds Rains customers. 

"This new service is a very welcome addition to our existing range of property and financial services. 

"In a difficult market, we are agile and experienced enough to know that we have to be able to offer our customers a diverse range of marketing tools and channels. As well as our new auction service and choice of innovative sales packages; we also offer flexible rental options, a wide range of competitive mortgage solutions and conveyancing services; providing a one stop property shop, which makes things a lot simpler."