After a number of months of an apparent shortage of stock - possibly due to the fact that houses have been selling so quickly - our offices have reported an encouraging rise in new instructions. Encouraging, too, is that houses are still selling well. A more balanced market is a good thing. Potential vendors who are naturally enthusiastic about high prices, are also discouraged from putting their house on the market if there is nowhere for them to buy… What is noticeable is that correct pricing is becoming more relevant to achieving that ready sale. Good advice is the key!

Our next auction on the 23rd June has great promise at Bath's magnificent Assembly Rooms. In the meantime you can contact the Auction team on 01249 765200 or auctions@strakers.co.uk  or visit our website strakers.co.uk.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Some say that golf just spoils a good walk, however judging by the third Helen Straker Charity Golf Day at Castle Combe on Thursday that simply cannot be true! 22 teams teed-off at midday, as the sun shone on the glorious Manor House Golf Club, for a most enjoyable afternoon’s golf; followed by a fine dinner and a charity auction. The event, which was organised in aid of the RUH Forever Friends and Dorothy House, was judged a great success. The golf was won by ‘Team Jelf’ and auctioneer Charlie Doel had more than a handful of generous lots to offer ranging from a fine Vintage Cognac to helicopter and glider flights over the Wiltshire countryside. MD Antony Bulley comments ‘we were delighted to offer our support and assistance again at what has become an annual event to look forward to.’