As the property market continues to heat up, Hawke's Bay real estate firms are putting more properties under the hammer.
At Tremains Real Estate, managing director Simon Tremain said properties were usually sold through tender.
"With the market moving like it is, when something is working well you stick with it," he said.
However, on Wednesday night a crowd gathered for the auction of eight properties listed by Tremains, Colliers International Hawke's Bay, and NZ Sotheby's International Realty Hawke's Bay. The auctioneer - John Bowring - was brought down from Auckland.
Two properties sold prior to the auction, three went under the hammer, and one was sold immediately afterwards, Mr Tremain said, all with very good sale prices.