THE PROPERTY FILTER TAKE
Savills has published its largest September auction catalogue to date, with 380 lots going under the hammer on 29 and 30 September (Property Week, 25 September 2026).
The sourcing angle: a Liverpool block of 28 flats with £131,508 of annual rent is guided at £1.35m, a gross yield of about 9.7% on the guide price by our own maths.
Consider reading the legal pack and commissioning a survey on any lot you like before you set a bidding limit.
Savills has released the catalogue for its largest September auction to date, with 380 commercial, residential and mixed-use lots (Property Week, 25 September 2026). The Savills auction will be held on 29 and 30 September. Its headline lot is a vacant four-bedroom garden apartment in Holland Park, west London, offered at a guide price of £4.85m.
What is in the Savills auction catalogue?
According to Property Week (25 September 2026), the Holland Park flat runs to 3,043 sq ft with a private entrance and garden. A guide price is not a valuation, and the final sale price can differ.
In Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, a grade II-listed (protected for its special architectural or historic interest) Georgian manor house is guided at £2.39m (Property Week). It sits within 4.95 acres. The lot includes a four-bedroom main house, a self-contained flat, a separate cottage, outbuildings, equestrian facilities and a tennis court.
The commercial side is just as broad. In Soho, central London, a freehold mixed-use investment (one building with more than one type of use) combines a ground-floor barbershop, a basement office and a three-bedroom flat above. It is let at £173,844 a year. Property Week reports that this reflects a gross initial yield (annual rent divided by price, before costs) of 5.35% on its £3.25m guide price.
In Putney, south-west London, a vacant virtual freehold (a very long lease that works much like a freehold in practice) office building is guided at £2m. It extends to around 6,000 sq ft over three storeys. Finally, a 10.12-acre former industrial site in Dursley, Gloucestershire, has a guide price of £1.35m (Property Week). It holds 71,444 sq ft of accommodation, including industrial buildings, offices, yards, storage land and two houses.
Where is the sourcing angle for investors?
The lot I would look at first is in Liverpool. It is a residential investment of 28 self-contained flats over the first and second floors (Property Week). It generates annual rental income of £131,508 and has a guide price of £1.35m.
Here is our own arithmetic, not a figure from Savills. £131,508 divided by £1,350,000 gives 0.0974, a gross yield of about 9.7% on the guide price. That is gross, so it ignores management, repairs, voids (periods with no tenant) and buying costs. And it only holds at the guide price. If bidding goes higher, the yield falls. You can model how that rent covers borrowing with our free stress test calculator.
For sourcers, a catalogue like this is a batch of public stock with published guide prices. Vacant lots such as Holland Park and Putney suit investors with a plan for the space. Let lots such as Soho and Liverpool suit buyers who want income from day one. Our deal sourcing software includes analytics and heat maps for every area, which you can check before you commit to a bid.
Nothing in the catalogue coverage says any lot is below market value. You may wish to treat each guide price as a starting point for your own research. Consider reading the legal pack, checking the tenancies and commissioning a survey before auction day. Our deal sourcing guides cover how to size up a lot.
What does Savills say about the market?
Robin Howeson, head of Savills auctions, said the firm was "delighted to have published our largest-ever September catalogue" (Property Week). He added that it features 380 lots from across the UK. In his view, the scale reflects "both the strength of vendor confidence and buyer demand".
Looking to the final quarter, Howeson said pricing "remains finely balanced in some sectors". But he said conditions "continue to present attractive opportunities for buyers seeking value, income and development potential".
He also pointed to the Autumn Budget, saying "many investors are keen to act now". Savills anticipates "continued engagement from purchasers looking to secure assets before the year-end" (Property Week). That is the auctioneer's view, not a forecast of results. If a lot fits your strategy, you may wish to set a maximum bid in advance, and our property deals mastery hub covers deal analysis.
Key takeaways
Savills' largest September auction catalogue to date holds 380 lots, to be sold on 29 and 30 September (Property Week).
The headline lot is a vacant 3,043 sq ft Holland Park apartment with a guide price of £4.85m (Property Week).
A Liverpool block of 28 flats earns £131,508 a year and is guided at £1.35m, about 9.7% gross on the guide price by our calculation.
A Soho mixed-use freehold let at £173,844 a year reflects a 5.35% gross initial yield on its £3.25m guide price (Property Week).
A guide price is not a valuation, so consider reading the legal pack and commissioning a survey before you bid.
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