Alto has launched an online property auction service across its estate agency software platform. More than 6,000 subscriber agencies can access traditional and conditional auctions at no additional subscription cost.
Bamboo Proptech powers Alto Auctions, which will serve around 35,000 daily Alto users. Alto says this represents approximately a third of UK estate agency.
The service sits within Alto’s CRM. Agents can identify properties that may suit auction and manage the process from an existing property record.
Bamboo analyses an agency’s live stock and assesses each property’s suitability for auction. The system also provides AI-based pricing guidance.
Agents can run auctions themselves with back-office support from Bamboo. Alternatively, they can use Bamboo’s fully managed service. Its auction team will then handle the listing, auction and completion process.
Agents can monitor progress through Alto under either option.
Alto says agents can receive at least £2,500 for each completed auction transaction. This comes on top of their standard vendor fee.
For conditional auctions, agents can also earn a buyer fee of 1.5% plus VAT of the purchase price.
The launch comes as UK property auction activity increases. Essential Information Group figures show 4,042 lots went to auction in June 2026, with 2,659 selling. Auction activity increased 36.5% year on year.
Alto claims Alto Auctions has a fall-through rate below 1%. Buyers pay a non-refundable fee and commit to the purchase when the auction concludes.
The company says suitable properties can complete in around six weeks.
Bamboo Proptech says its platform has handled more than £1bn of property sales across 5,600 properties. More than 1,200 estate agency branches currently use the platform.
“Every agency has stock that’s quietly going nowhere”, said Stuart Pick, director of partnerships at Alto. “The property that’s had two reductions and a buyer walk away. Agents know auction could move it. What stops them is that auction has always been a specialist job, run outside the system they work in every day.”
“Alto Auctions changes that,” Pick continued. “It tells you which properties are right for auction, then lets any negotiator run the sale without leaving Alto. No one has put that inside a CRM before. Auction used to mean handing a property over and hoping. Now you keep control, and you can see exactly where the sale is.”
Robin Rathore, CEO at Bamboo Proptech, added: “Property transactions are far too long and in such a fragile market as the one we’re in, it’s so important to keep sales cycles and pipelines moving.
“Bamboo’s integration gives Alto estate agents a real advantage in the market. Agents using Alto Auctions can speed up their sales by accessing a tried and tested method of sale. One of the great things about this integration is that it’s in one place for the agent – one login, one contract and just a few clicks to sell by auction.”
