Level 1 Flashcards
Market Value?
The estimated amount for which an asset or a liability should exchange:
On the valuation date
Between a willing buyer and a willing seller
In an arms length transaction
After proper marketing
Where each party has acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion
Fair value?
The price that would be received to: Sell an asset Or paid to transfer a liability In an orderly transaction Between market participants On the measurement date
Market rent?
The estimated amount for which an interest in real property should be leased:
On the valuation date
Between a willing lessor and a willing lessee
On appropriate lease terms
In an arms length transaction
After proper marketing
Where each party has acted knowledgable, prudently and without compulsion
Investment value?
The value of an asset:
To an owner or prospective owner
For individual investment or operational objectives
Equitable value (IVS 104)?
The estimated price for the transfer of an asset or liability, between identified, knowledgable and willing parties, which reflects the respective interests of each party
Liquidation Value?
The value of a group of assets sold in a piecemeal basis taking into account the costs of getting the assets into a saleable condition
What are the different purposes of valuation?
- Purchase and Sale/ Leasing and Letting
- Loan Security
- Accounts
- Tax (Ratings, CGT, Inheritance Tax)
- CPO
What are the different bases of value?
- Market Rent
- Market Value
- Fair Value
- Investment Value (“worth”)
- Equitable Value (not used in UK)
- Liquidation Value (not used in UK)
What are the 5 methods of valuation?
- Comparable
- Investment
- Residual
- Profits
- Depreciated Replacement Cost (DRC)
What are the different approaches to the investment method?
- Term and Reversion
- Hardcore and Layer
- Hardcore and Topslice
- Discounted Cash flow
What are the first steps before starting a valuation instruction?
- Check competence
- Check for COI
- Agree ToE
What is the hierarchy of evidence?
- OML
- LR
- RR
- Independent Expert Determination
- Arbitrator’s Award
- Sale and Leasebacks
- Inter-company Transactions
In the new RICS GN ‘Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation’ (2019) what is the guidance regarding hierarchy of evidence?
- Direct Transactional Evidence
- General Market Data
- Other Sources
What is the timeline of a valuation instruction?
- Take instructions, check competence, COI, and agree ToE
- Desk-top review
- Inspect/measure
- Collect comps
- Analyse comps and value
- Peer review
- Complete report and issue to client
- Maintain records
- Request feedback
What are some key considerations when determining a property’s perceived risks?
- Property risk
- Covenant risk
- Unexpired Term
- Investor demand
What are the key factors that affect value?
- covenant strength
- unexpired term
- over/under rented
- age
- location
- accommodation spec/layout/split floor potential
- state of repair
- alternative use potential
- investor demand
What is the income approach to valuation?
Considering a property’s future income stream and capitalising this at an appropriate rate to yield a capital value
What is the term and reversion approach to investment valuation?
Analysing the property’s income stream by separating it vertically, having regard to the current rent during a specified term, and the total rental income after a reversion to market rent after rent review/renewal and applying different capitalisation rates to the two income streams to reflect the perceived risk attached to each
When is the investment method used?
When valuing properties held as investments, where there is an income stream
What type of valuation method is the investment method, in terms of how it treats risk and growth?
Term/Reversion and Hardcore approaches are growth implicit, reflecting risk and income growth implicit through the appropriate yield.
Discounted cashflow is growth explicit, factoring in the expected yearly growth
What is the difference between the hardcore and layer, and hardcore and top slice method?
Hardcore and Layer:
Used where the current rent < market rent, where the reversion is in the near future, using an EY.
Used to value assets being valued for the institutional investment market.
The income is split horizontally to reflect the ‘hardcore’ rent on the bottom (which is consistent into perpetuity), and the ‘layer’ reflects the reversionary portion of the income that is paid after RR/LR/.
Hardcore and Top Slice:
Used when valuing over-rented properties, usually using an NIY (i.e. market yield used for hardcore).
The income is split horizontally to reflect the ‘hardcore’ rent on the bottom, and the ‘top slice’ is the portion of over-rent, payable only until RR, LR, LEX.
What is the maths behind the Term and Reversion technique?
- Split the income flows vertically to represent the full rent being paid until the next lease event (term), and then the full rent after the lease event (reversion) (assumed to be market rent).
[TERM]
1. Capitalise the term using YP formula x rent, over the no. of years of the term, using a keener yield to reflect less risk
[REVERSION]
2. Capitalise the reversion into perpetuity (using YP in perp), at a softer yield to reflect risk, and defer this back using PV
3. Add the two together, stand back and look!
e.g.
[(YP at a keener yield, for the no. of years of the term) x Rent]
+
PV (at a riskier yield to reflect risk) x [YP perp x Rent]
What is the maths behind the Hardcore and Layer technique?
- Split the income flows horizontally to reflect the rent being paid indefinitely (hardcore), and the additional portion of the rent that the rent steps up to after reversion (layer)
[HARDCORE]
1. Capitalise the hardcore rent into perpetuity using YP perp at a keener yield.
[LAYER]
2. Capitalise the reversionary portion of the rent (layer) into perpetuity (YP in perp) at a softer yield to reflect risk, and defer this back using PV.
3. Add together and stand back and look!
e.g.
[YP in perp at keener yield x rent] + [PV x (YP in perp at softer yield x rent)]