Purchase and Sale Flashcards
What are the four main methods of sale?
- Auction
- Informal Tender – sealed bids
- Formal Tender
- Private Treaty
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method of sale?
Informal Tender
Advanategs:
* Allows for negotiation
* Multiple rounds of bids
* Creates competitive tension
* Sets clear timescales
* No obligation to sell
Disadvantages:
* Buyers can pull out of a deal
* Needs a good level of interest
Formal Tender
Advantages:
* Transparent process
* Accountability
* Can lead directly to contract so certainty of sale
Disadvantages:
* Only one chance to bid
* Not able to negotiate or increase offers
Private Treaty
Advantages:
* Flexible timescales
* Can negotiate
* No obligation to sell
* confidential
Disadvantages:
* Gazumping and gazundering
* Associated abortive costs
* Buyers can pull out of deal
Auction
Advantages:
* Certainty of sale if reserve is met
* Vendor sets the reserve
* Allows for short timescales
* Creates competitive tension
Disadvantages:
* Lack of confidentiality over sale price
* Doesn’t always achieve best price
* Bound by timings of auction
What CPD have you undertaken in relation to Purchase and Sale?
Compliance training
APC workshops
How do you advise client on the most appropriate method of sale?
client objectives
timescales
money
anticipated interest
market conditions
type of client
How would you advise a client on the acquisition of a property?
I personally have limited experience of acquisitions, as I predominately work in disposals. I would therefore advise the prospective client of another member of my team who has further knowledge of acquisitions.
How do you ensure that you adhere to the requirements of Countering Bribery and Corruption, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing?
AML checks and compliance procedure
What experience do you have in preparing marketing brochures and online data rooms?
talk about any example
What is hope value?
Hope value is the value attributed to land with the potential for planning permission.
Not recognised by the red book RICS so wouldn’t explicitly include it in valuation but would provide commentary on potential of land
Agency, Chelmsford – Why did you decide on a brochure and online advert for this property?
It was quite a grand building and we wanted to market to a wide audience. The client were also not limited on budget
Agency, Chelmsford – why did you include the asbestos management survey in the marketing data pack?
in line with the relevant legislation (misrepresentation act in particular)
being transparent about the property and making potential buyers aware of a likely potential cost
Agency, Chelmsford – What did you include in the marketing data pack?
Asbestos management survey
EPC certificate
Floor plans
Planning precee on development opportunities
What are the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards? (MEES)
for commercial - E
C by 2027
B by 2020
For residential - E
C by 2025 for new tenancies
C by 2028 for existing tenancies
What are EWS1 forms and when are they required?
Assesses safety of the external wall system
When the building is above 18 metres in height
what made the marketing list GDPR compliant?
consent to marketing
blind copying
giving them the opportunity to opt out
Why did you keep a record of all registered parties?
meant to say interested parties - to inform the client of the number of interested parties
What is private treaty method of sale?
negotiation between parties