Part 1 The Valuation Process Flashcards
A systematic set of procedures an appraiser follows to provide answers to a client’s questions about real property values.
Valuation process
The steps of the valuation process include
- Identification of the problem (also referred to as Definition of the problem)
- Scope of Work
- Data collection and property description
- Data analysis
- Land value opinion
- Application of the three approaches.
- Reconciliation
- Report of defined value
Identification of the problem includes
- Identify client and intended users
- Identify the intended use
- Identify the purpose of the assignment (type and definition of value)
- Identify the effective date of the opinion
- Identify the relevant characteristics of the property
- Identify assignment conditions
Step 3 (valuation process)
Data collection and property description
includes
- Market Area Data
- Subject Property Data
- Comparable Property Data
Step 4 Data Analysis
includes
Market Analysis
Highest and Best Use Analysis
Step 6 Application of the Approaches to Value
Sales Comparison Approach
Income Capitalization Approach
Cost Approach
The valuation process begins when the appraiser agrees to perform an assignment and ends______
when the conclusions are reported to the client.
The number of steps employed in the valuation process will depend on_____-
the nature of the appraisal assignment and available data.
The valuation process is ideally suited for_______
market value opinions
What is the blueprint used in forming an opinion of market value, as well as other types of value.
The valuation process
What is the first step in the valuation process?
To identify the client’s problem
What two steps are an exercise in judgment designed to produce credible assignment results?
Identify the client’s problem
Scope of work decision
Once the assignment’s scope of work is determined, the remaining steps are
an exercise in execution.
The party or parties, who engage an appraiser by employment or contract
The client
The CLIENT and any other party as identified, by name or type, as users of the appraisal, based on communication with the client at the time of the assignment
intended user
Who determines who the client is?
The appraiser
If the client wishes to remain anonymous,
they must still be identified in the work file. Parties other tan the client can actually pay for the appraiser, but this does not make them an intended user.
Intended users must
be identified by the appraiser in the appraisal report.
An appropriate scope of work decision is driven by
intended use.
Intended use is identified by the appraiser (when)______
prior to accepting the assignment
If the intended use changes the scope of work,
the opinion and conclusions developed might also change.
Identifying the purpose is the same as identifying the
type and definition of value
The objective of an assignment__e.g., to develop an opinion of the defined value of a specified interest in real estate.
Purpose of an assignment
The appraiser should also cite the source of the value definition.
The purpose of an appraisal is usually to____
develop an opinion of a certain type of value.
Market value
Use Value
Investment value
insured value