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The Essential Tips When Getting A Property Valuation
There are a number of issues that every party instructing a valuer must do in my opinion to obtain an accurate and true assessment of value. The six essential tips when getting a property valuation.
- Letter of Instruction
- Date of Valuation
- Copy of Certificate of Title
- Contract of Sale or Rates Notice or any sales that you are aware of or information specific to your locality
- Lease If Applicable
- Make sure that the valuer that is valuing your property has the qualifications and expertise
Expert Property Valuations & Consultants in Melbourne
Real estate may be considered as an evolving market, a market not dissimilar to that of the stock market. An ever changing market that is constantly affected by traditional and non traditional market forces. With today’s technology, not only must you have the implicit data, but importantly you must be able to analyse, dissect, formulate and arrive at a value that will encompass all market forces. In saying this, it is not enough just to collate data and hopefully be near where the value is, you need experienced professionals, not only in the sense of longevity of varying market cycles, but in being able to fully summarise and arrive at value taking all factors into account.
The Top 9 Tips In Getting A Great Apartment Valuation
1. Be very specific and actually measure your apartment area and associated areas
One of the most important aspects of determining a value of an apartment is the size of the apartment itself, the size of associated areas such as balcony/terrace area and storage cage, if applicable. In short, the valuer assesses value of the apartment on these units of comparison. If there is a variance between the actual size and perhaps what the valuer measures, you have an ideal point to commence any discussion as to the assessed value. This is critically important.2. Recent Sales Evidence
If you know the sale prices achieved of any recent property sales within your specific development, within the last 3 months, or even the last 6 months, have that information available for the property valuer and provide them with a copy of details of the sale.The Truth and Nothing But The Truth
One of the factors which underlines the Melbourne property market regardless of sub market category, is the commentary and headline grabs that support a particular agenda. In most cases, it is a journalist that is stuck providing any true and accurate source of reference and hence sensationalises a headline and then grabs partial information and data to provide very general information to the property participant.
As a highly qualified professional with some 25 years of experience in the property industry, spanning from commercial to residential, from sales to development, from finance to investor, I feel that I have a sense of purpose of reporting to the market ‘as it is’, no hiding. Yes, perhaps general information, but in no way serving a purpose, of which, is usually to sell product or support the efforts of a group of individuals.
I will be providing a regular blog discussing different facets of both the Commercial and Residential markets.
Diarise regular viewings, as you can be very sure that some of the content will be worth the read.
I intend to provide my years of experience compiled with a true and accurate assessment of the Melbourne market.
Why, you may ask? Why would you bother? Simple. My existing clients seek my advice for many reasons, but none more important but the truth, and nothing but the truth.
I certainly don’t provide generalisations about the market; I certainly don’t provided analysis and outcomes just to suit the end result. If it is a dog with fleas, not only will I scream it out, but I will demand that the client recognises the issues and most certainly walk away. Even if there is loss of a commission and financial gain. Interesting, because from what I see in the marketplace, this is not the norm.
My commentary will aid your decisions, and provide you with a true sense of what is happening in the trenches and will provide youwith what you could be doing with your real estate dollar. Remember, this is real money, with real consequences.
What you really need is a property advisor that tells you the ‘truth and nothing but the truth.’
One of the factors which underlines the Melbourne property market regardless of sub market category, is the commentary and headline grabs that support a particular agenda. In most cases, it is a journalist that is stuck providing any true and accurate source of reference and hence sensationalises a headline and then grabs partial information and data to provide very general information to the property participant.
As a highly qualified professional with some 25 years of experience in the property industry, spanning from commercial to residential, from sales to development, from finance to investor, I feel that I have a sense of purpose of reporting to the market ‘as it is’, no hiding. Yes, perhaps general information, but in no way serving a purpose, of which, is usually to sell product or support the efforts of a group of individuals.
