I have never had a bidder like you,” shouts the auctioneer to a young woman at
the far side of a packed hotel conference room in Kensington, west London.
“What’s your name?” “Lucy,” she replies, barely visible among the rows of would-be
buyers. Lucy has spent the past 10 minutes bidding fiercely for a rather
ordinary-looking four-bedroom semi in Romford, Essex. The property, being
sold on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, is in need of modernisation, and
has a guide price of £175,000.
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