Commercial property auctions in Scotland
There are 222 commercial lots coming up for auction in Scotland right now, from 6 auction houses, with the next sale on 21 Oct 2026. Scotland has its own auction houses, its own property law and its own tax, so buying a Scottish lot works differently from buying one in England. This page lists the Scottish lots in the catalogues we read and explains what changes north of the border.
Key facts, 18 Oct 2026
- 222 commercial lots are listed for auction in Scotland, across 6 auction houses.
- The median guide price is £89,500.
- The median published gross yield is 13.4% (95 lots with a rent), against 11.0% across the UK.
- Future Property Auctions has the most lots in Scotland (139).
Guides run from £5,000 to £2,664,000. Yields are gross, from the rent and guide the auction house published. Payback is 100 divided by the yield.
Upcoming commercial lots in Scotland
The next 15 lots to go under the hammer, soonest first. Each one links to the auction house's own page, where the legal pack and bidding details are. Sign up to see all 222, filter them and get new ones by email.
| Lot | Type | Guide | Yield | Auction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LarkhallHighly prominent site at the junction at Broomhill Road · Savills | Land | £350,000 | – | 21 Oct 2026 |
| AberdeenHeritable Office Investment in Prominent Aberdeen City Centre Location · Savills | Office | £100,000 | – | 21 Oct 2026 |
| AberdeenTwo terraces of former fish processing units · Savills | Industrial | £85,000 | 23.3% | 21 Oct 2026 |
| AberdeenDetached utility building let to Scottish Gas Networks · Savills | Land | £20,000 | 6.9% | 21 Oct 2026 |
| LarkhallHighly prominent site at the junction of Broomhill Road and Church Street · Savills | Other | £5,000 | – | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Airdrie19 Graham Street, Boots, Airdrie, ML6 6DD · Future Property Auctions | Retail | £850,000 | 8.0% | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Lanark Town CentreBannatyne Street Portfolio, Lanark Town Centre, ML11 7JR · Future Property Auctions | Mixed-use | £536,000 | 6.0% | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Helensburgh92-94 West Princes Street, Morrisons, Helensburgh, G84 8XD · Future Property Auctions | Retail | £385,000 | 8.0% | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Paisley11 Gilmour Street, Paisley, PA1 1DD · Future Property Auctions | Leisure | £315,000 | 9.0% | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Isle of ButeBute House, Bute Business Park, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 0DY · Future Property Auctions | Mixed-use | £275,000 | – | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Isle of Bute23 Marine Place, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 0LF · Future Property Auctions | Hotel | £255,000 | – | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Ayr14-20 Alloway Street, Ayr, KA7 1SP · Future Property Auctions | Industrial | £250,000 | – | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Wishaw98 Main Street, 4,749 sq ft Prime Investment, Wishaw, ML2 7LU · Future Property Auctions | Mixed-use | £230,000 | – | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Glasgow201A Pitt Street, Glasgow, G2 4DT · Future Property Auctions | Leisure | £225,000 | 13.0% | 22 Oct 2026 |
| AberdeenTwo City Centre Retail Units, Aberdeen · Shepherd | Retail | £200,000 | – | 22 Oct 2026 |
Which auction houses sell commercial property in Scotland
Two Scottish houses carry most of the lots: Future Property Auctions, which sells by timed online auction, and Shepherd Chartered Surveyors, which runs regular live-stream commercial auctions across Scotland. Auction House UK holds separate Auction House Scotland sales, and Savills, Acuitus and Town & Country add a handful of lots. Shepherd's own auction announcements show it regularly sells surplus buildings for public bodies, such as former police stations and schools. See how the houses compare, fees included, on UK commercial property auction houses compared.
| Auction house | Live lots | Next sale |
|---|---|---|
| Future Property Auctions | 139 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Auction House UK | 39 | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Shepherd | 34 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Savills | 5 | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Town & Country | 3 | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Acuitus | 2 | 29 Oct 2026 |
What's for sale: the mix of lots
Retail 31%, Mixed-use 18%, Leisure 16%, Land 14%. Scottish catalogues carry far more pubs, hotels and other hospitality lots than the rest of the UK: in mid-October 2026, more than half of all the live UK leisure and hotel lots we read were in Scotland. Former churches, church halls and other community buildings come up often, as do small-town shops and lots on the islands, from Bute to Shetland.
Yields in Scotland against the rest of the UK
The median gross yield on lots in Scotland with a published rent is 13.4%, against 11.0% across all 763 live UK lots. Read Scottish yields with care. Most Future Property Auctions lots are priced at an opening bid rather than a guide, and a rent divided by an opening bid makes a higher yield than the same rent divided by the final price. Compare the region side by side with the rest of the UK in commercial property yields in the UK. For what the numbers mean and how sale prices compare with guides, read our guide to buying commercial property at auction.
Guide prices, opening bids and offers over
Shepherd and the national houses publish guide prices, an indication of where the reserve sits. Future Property Auctions publishes an opening bid: the price bidding starts at, which works much like the traditional Scottish upset price. Some lots are marked "offers over", the usual way Scottish property is priced on the open market. All three are starting points, not valuations.
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty
Scottish lots pay Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) to Revenue Scotland, not Stamp Duty Land Tax. On non-residential property the bands are 0% up to £150,000, 1% from £150,000 to £250,000 and 5% above (checked 15 October 2026 against revenue.scot). On a £250,000 lot that is £1,000, against £2,000 of Stamp Duty Land Tax in England. Our guide to commercial property yields in the UK works the same lot through in England, Scotland and Wales.
Scottish conveyancing: missives, roup and date of entry
In a private Scottish sale, the contract is formed by missives: formal letters exchanged between the buyer's and seller's solicitors. At auction, the conditions of sale (traditionally called the articles of roup) replace that negotiation, and the successful bidder signs a minute of preference and enactment, or the house's equivalent, which binds them to buy. Completion is called settlement, on the date of entry.
You need a solicitor qualified in Scots law to read the title, the searches and the conditions before you bid. Scottish titles are recorded in the Registers of Scotland, and there is no freehold or leasehold split in the English sense: ownership is outright, and long commercial leases are their own interest. Our guide to buying commercial property at auction covers the steps that are the same everywhere.
To see every Scottish lot with filters, open the Scotland lots in the Cornerlot lots browser, or only Shepherd's lots. Further south, see commercial property auctions in Manchester and the North West and commercial property auctions in London. How we read the catalogues is on our About page.
How we get these numbers
Cornerlot reads the online catalogues of UK commercial auction houses every morning and keeps each lot's guide price, rent, yield, sale date and result. The figures on this page are worked out from those lots as they stand today and refresh every hour. Yields are gross: the rent the auction house published, divided by its guide. Lots without a published rent are left out of the yield figures. Region is taken from the postcode or address.
Questions people ask
When is the next commercial property auction in Scotland?
The next Scottish sale date from the catalogues published so far is at the top of this page. Shepherd runs regular commercial auctions, Auction House Scotland holds its own sales, and Future Property Auctions runs timed online auctions that close lot by lot, so there is usually something ending within a few weeks.
Do you pay stamp duty on commercial property in Scotland?
No. Scotland has Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), paid to Revenue Scotland. On non-residential property it is 0% up to £150,000, 1% from £150,000 to £250,000 and 5% above (checked 15 October 2026).
Do I need a Scottish solicitor to buy at a Scottish auction?
Yes, in practice. Scottish property law and conveyancing are different from England's, with their own conditions of sale, title registers and terms, so the legal pack should be read by a solicitor qualified in Scots law before you bid.