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All Wales Auctions is a dynamic and dedicated real auction agency. We specialise in bringing buyers and sellers together across the beautiful landscapes of Wales.

Melfyn Williams BSc(Hons) MRICS PPNAEA PPNAVA CPEA

 Our expertise spans the length and breadth of Wales, ensuring that no corner is left unexplored. From the bustling cities to the serene countryside, we’ve got it all covered!

At All Wales Auction, we pride ourselves on our local knowledge and personalised service, making every transaction as smooth as a Welsh breeze. Whether you're buying or selling, we're here to guide you every step of the way. Let's make your property journey an exciting adventure! If it’s any kind of real estate - land, property, advertising hoarding or even a castle turret we can find your buyer.

Teaming up with Bamboo online service for our auctions was a strategic decision driven by our commitment to enhancing the auction experience for our clients. Here’s why we chose Bamboo:

Innovative Technology: Bamboo offers cutting-edge technology that streamlines the auction process, making it more accessible and efficient for both buyers and sellers.

Wider Reach: By leveraging Bamboo’s online platform, we can reach a broader audience, ensuring that properties get maximum exposure and attract more potential buyers from across Wales and beyond.

User-Friendly Interface: Bamboo’s platform is designed with user experience in mind, making it easy for clients to navigate and participate in auctions from the comfort of their own homes.

Enhanced Security: With robust security measures in place, Bamboo ensures us that all transactions are safe and secure, providing peace of mind to our clients.

By partnering with Bamboo, All Wales Auction can offer a modern, efficient, and secure auction experience, with local knowledge aligning with our mission to provide top-notch service and results for our clients.

How would you describe onboarding, support & service from Bamboo?

Has our technology helped your business and teams?

Absolutely, when Covid arrived, we had already started to test Bamboo, so we fortunately were ready, and the Bamboo technology has been a game-changer for our business and teams at All Wales Auction! Bamboo’s technology has simplified and automated many of our auction processes, allowing our team to focus more on client engagement.

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At Bamboo Auctions, we’re always innovating to provide our partners with cutting-edge tools that simplify the property auction process. That’s why we’re excited to announce as part of the recent feature update, the launch of our latest feature: 

This powerful new functionality enhances your auction listings by allowing buyers to place offers on properties either before they go live 

(when your listing is marked as ‘Starting Soon’)

Properties listed as ‘Starting Soon’ will now display the ‘Make an Offer’ button. Buyers can submit offers during this phase, even if the legal pack is still in progress or hasn’t been ordered yet. This feature creates opportunities for early engagement, enabling you to receive offers before the auction officially begins.

Unsold properties no longer have to stay idle. With the ‘Make an Offer’ button, you can continue marketing their listings and accept offers from any interested buyers. If an offer is accepted, the property can be sold via a private auction, maintaining transparency and efficiency throughout the process.

If you have any questions, as always, our team is available to assist with any questions or guidance you may need. Contact us anytime at hello@bambooauctions.com for help with using the new feature or maximising your auction success.

Don’t miss out on the latest Bamboo Auctions updates, news, and features! Follow us on social media for tips, insights, and inspiration tailored to estate agents like you.

Thank you for choosing Bamboo Auctions - your trusted partner in online auction technology. Happy listing!

As estate agents leveraging Bamboo’s online auction platform, success starts with a clear plan. A strategic approach ensures your vendors achieve the best possible outcome while maximising your agency’s potential in the auction market.

Whether you’re listing a ground rent investment, land with planning potential, or a unique development opportunity, some properties naturally attract more interest than others. For those requiring extra attention, a well-thought-out strategy can make all the difference.

With the upcoming changes to Stamp Duty thresholds on 1 April 2025, auctions are becoming an increasingly attractive option for homeowners looking to sell quickly. The Stamp Duty threshold will drop from £250,000 to £125,000, and the first-time buyer limit will fall from £425,000 to £300,000. These shifts are driving interest in auctions, as buyers and sellers aim to secure deals before the changes take effect.

At Bamboo, we’ve seen a 7% increase in properties sold via auction over the past three months compared to the same period last year, highlighting the growing demand for auction services.

To help you and your vendors succeed, we recommend these three strategies:

1. List Properties with a ‘Starting Soon’ Status

While waiting for the legal pack to be prepared, list your property with a ‘starting soon’ status. This allows you to generate interest early and gives potential buyers the option to submit pre-auction offers via our "Make an Offer" feature. If an offer is accepted, you can run a private auction, creating a seamless and efficient process for all parties.

2. Monitor Interest and Adjust Pricing if Needed

If a property hasn’t generated sufficient interest after 10 days, it’s time to have a conversation with your vendor about a potential price adjustment. A strategic price reduction can reinvigorate interest and ensure the property gains momentum before auction day.

3. Promote Properties Across Multiple Channels

Use every platform at your disposal to showcase your auction listings. Social media is particularly effective for driving traffic and engagement. As a Bamboo partner, you have access to bespoke content tailored to your listings, designed to maximize exposure and attract potential bidders.

In a fast-moving market, auctions offer a chain-free, transparent, and efficient way for vendors to sell their properties. By offering certainty and speed, you’re providing a solution that meets the needs of today’s motivated sellers.

As your technology partner, Bamboo is here to support you every step of the way. Whether you need help implementing these strategies or creating compelling content for your properties, we’re just a call away.

Let’s work together to ensure your auctions thrive in a dynamic market. If you have any questions or need advice, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

At Firmin & Co Estate Agents, over the last ten years, we have seen the desire for both buying and selling auction properties soar. Having been an Estate Agent myself for a number of years, I made the leap and opened my own company in 2014 covering Peterborough and the surrounding areas. Recently we made another leap and chose Bamboo Auctions to manage the ever-growing interest in auction properties.

Having used other online platforms for auctions we found that, while properties sold, progress was slow and the other online auction providers were not proactive, meaning our staff were left chasing, wasting their precious time

Having researched other providers, we came across Bamboo; a company with rave reviews that mostly focus on the fantastic communication from the company itself - this is exactly what we were searching for.

Bamboo Auctions, much like bamboo itself, can be described as hardy, light and flexible. They work hard, employing a proactive approach in helping us to manage our auction properties. Their light, friendly staff are easy to reach and more than willing to assist when we have questions around the online service - they regularly go above and beyond to ensure we are utilising the online service to its full potential. Their flexibility means we can contact them at any time and the service is tailored to our needs.

With our staff that have a range of technical abilities, the onboarding system is extremely user friendly. For those staff who have questions, the support and service that Bamboo offer is nothing short of outstanding. A small, well-established team at Bamboo means that whenever we contact the team, we are greeted by someone that knows us, understands our context and can offer us the best tailored support and service.

Since joining Bamboo Auctions, we have found managing our auction properties to be smooth sailing. Supporting our clients who are buying property via auctions means that attendance at auctions is thriving. Clients can access the auctions online with ease thanks to Bamboo. This means that auction properties are now becoming a huge part of our business. 

The team at Bamboo Auctions has shown themselves to be a cohesive team that offer an operable, practical and effective service and we would recommend them as a provider.

How to Kickstart Online Auction Selling in 2025!

Picture this, you launch a property for the ‘Christmas Day’ rush, arrive back in the office a few days later, fed up with all the leftover Turkey sandwiches, ready to kick start 2025 and deal with all your buyer enquiries. After around a month of marketing, viewings and maybe a price reduction, finally a sale has been agreed. Now it’s the start of February and the post-conveyancing works have just started. 

You now have around 151 days to wait for your commission, your client has 151 days of worry and your buyer has 151 days until they can move in. Of course, that's unless they are part of the 33% of all transactions that fall through before completion.

Finally, it’s July, it’s now light when you leave the office and after some challenges and firefighting, you finally have completed the purchase and have been paid!

Or, you could have sold via auction, completed in March, and have a fall-through rate of under 1% to help you reinvest your time and money quicker.

Transaction times for private treaty sales are still a key decision for vendors opting to go the auction route. With the April 2025 changes in SDLT, there is pressure, especially from first-time buyers to complete sales before April. The conditional auction method is already being used to help FTB complete in time whilst allowing for the time for mortgages / additional financing to be arranged. 

Throughout 2024, Online auctions have seen yet another increase in awareness from both sellers and buyers and this has been reflected in the type of lots being offered. This trend looks set to rise again in 2025 with a focus on minimum renovation requirements and ready-to-move-in properties that can be sold for occupancy or investment purposes in a quick, transparent transaction, making auctions an attractive option.

Another trend we are likely to see continue into 2025 is the swift exit of Landlords looking to sell their investment properties. Recent legislation changes and higher taxes are two of the many reasons landlords are leaving the market in huge numbers. Speed, transparency and the ability to attract a wide range of potential bidders help ensure the best price is achieved for your clients, whilst they retain rental income until the property completes.

If you’re an estate agent looking to unlock the benefits of online property auctions, take a look at our recent blog post 

‘Offering Online Property Auctions as an Estate Agent’

 to speak to one of our property experts.

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hello@bambooauctions.com

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