Revision Day - Commercial Real Estate and Valuation Flashcards
What is the name of the current Red Book (s) and when did it/ they become effective?
- The RICS VBaluation - Global Standards
- issued November 2019 and effective from 31st January 2020
- Replaced the 2017 Global Standards
- Applies to all valuations after 31st January 2020.
What is the purpose of the Red Book?
- It establishes a framework for uniformity and best practice i.e to undertake a Red Book Valuaiton the valuer must:
- be competent to undertake the valuation
- must not have any conflicts of interest
- agree the mandatory Terms of Engagement
- undertake adequate Inspection and Investigation
- apply the mandatory Bases of Value
- meet the mandatory Reporting requirements
What is the purpose fo the UK National Supplement?
- It sets out specific requriements and guidance for valuations in the UK
- content is supplemental to the Red Book Global Ediditon and not substitution for it.
Does the Red Book instruct/advise on how to value?
NO
To what valuations doe the Red Book Apply?
- To all written valuations carried out by RICS members (who must be Registered Valuers) all over the world.
- The Red Book also states that teh valuer must meet the same requiremetns if giving oral valuations.
What valuations doe the Red Book not apply/ what valuations are exceptions to the Red Book?
- Agency or Brokerage work for disposal and acquisition
- As an expert witness
- Performing statutory funcitons
- For internal purposes
- Preparation for or during negitiations or litigation
Can you give some examples of valautions for a statutory function?
- Rating
- CPO - Compulsory Purchase
- Leasehold Enfranchisment
Is a drive-by, desk-top or pavement valuaiton a Red Book valution?
- Yes - the Red Book applies to all written valuaiotns unless it is specifically stated as an exception.
Is it acceptable to RICS to carry out drive-by, desk-top or pavement valuations?
- Yes, providing that a valuation tha tis adequate for its purpsoe can be produced, i.e. that valuer must have enough knowledge of the property and/ or enough information.
What information must you have to carry out a desk top valuation of a let property that you have had no prior involvment with?
- At the minimum the lease and a scaled floor plans and / or schedule of floor areas.
- If available any previous valuation report, building survey, environmental report, asbestos register, planning permisison etc.
How is competency difined for a Red Book Valuation?
A Red Book valaution can only be undertaken by a RICS Registered Valuer who must have the necessary skills and the market knowledge.
What are the main concepts of the Terms of Engagement?
- Clients Name & Address
- Property
- Valuers Name
- Purpose of the valuation
- Basis of Value
- Valuation Date
- Extent and limitations of inspection and investigations
- Assumptions
- Special Assumptions
- Agree Fee and Payment Date
What are the Global Bases of Value?
- Market Vlaue
- Market Rent
- Fair Value
- Investment Value (or Worth)
- Synergistic Value/Marriage Value
What is synergisitc Value?
- Anothe rname for marriage Value whihc arises when the value of the merged interest is greater than the sum of value of the individual interests.
Can you explain Market Value in your own words?
- The estimated amount for whihc an assett or liability should exchange on the valuatioin date between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s length transaction, after proper marketing and where the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion.
When would Fair Value be used?
- For valuations for company account and other financiall statements (Asset Valuations)
What is an assumption?
A fact, condiiton or situation that is taken to be true without verification.
Can you name some assumptions that are usually made in valuations?
- Good Title
- Condition of buildings
- Services
- Planning (Zoning)
- Contamination adn hazardous substances
- Environmentl matters
What is a special assumption?
- It is an assumption that assumes facts that are different to those exisitng at the valuation date.
Can you give some examples of special assumptions?
- Planning consent has or will be granted.
- Proposed development has been completed in accordance with the defined plan and specification.
- The property has been changed in defined way.
- The property is vacant (when occupied at the valuation date)
- The property is let on defined terms (when vacant at the valuaiton date).
- That synergistic value is created where one or more parties has a special interest.
- that the property is subject to a defined constraint
What are the main contents of a Valuation Report?
- The same as the Terms of Engagement except for the fee but including the valuation figure.
When can uncertainty arise in valuations?
- an unusual or even unique property
- limited or restricted information
- disrupte markets - covid/brexit
Name the conventional methods of valuation?
- Comparative
- Investments
- Redsidual
- Profits/Accounts
- Contractor’s/Depreciated Replacement Cost
What are the contemporary valuation methods?
- Discounted Cash Flows (DCF)
When should the comparative method be used?
- Capital and rental valuation of residential property
- The rental valuation of retail, office and industrial premises
- The capital value of ower-occupied retail, office and industrial premises
What makes a property transaction comparable to the property being valued?
- Physical characteristics
- Location
- Use
- Tenure (and lease terms if appropriate)
- Time scale of the transaction
How many comparables are needed to produce a valuation?
- ALL OF THEM OR AT LEAST ENOUGH TO ESTABLISH A TONE OF VALUES
What is the longest time period before a valuation date that a transaction could be accepted as being comparable?
- It is dependent upon the property and market conditions
- So in a rising or falling market maybe only a few months.
- In a static market it could be a few years.
What do you understand by the expression hierarchy of evidence for rental transactions?
- The weight is ranked in order of transaction type.
- Open market lettings
- Lease renewals
- Rent reviews
- Independent exper’s determination
- Arbitration awards
Should only completed transactions be used as comparable evidence or can properties on the market also be used?
- In a static and falling market properties that are for sale or to let can carry more weigth than past completed transactions.
- In rising markets asking prices and rents should be treated with caution.
What is the purpose of zoning?
Zoning is used to compare retail units having different frontage to depth ratios.
What is the standard zone depth?
- 6.10 m (20 ft)
- In London 9.14m (30 ft) is used.
How many zones should be used before the remainder?
- This is dependent upon the depth.
- Some use 2 with remainder and others 3 with remainder.
- In Oxford street 5 zones and a remainder is common.
How should the first floor of retail premises be valued?
- If used for retail: A 10th is common.
- If used for storage a rate independant of x.
Should a 3 month rent free period be treated as an incentive and writtern off?
- UKGN 6 states in para 4.1.3 that a 3 month rent free for fitting out is not usually treated as an incentive if it is granted as standard
A 12 month rent ffree period has been granted in a 10 year lease with a rent review after 5 years. Should this be written off over 5 years or 10 years?
- If the rent free period was granted because the tenant entered into a 10 year leaase then it should be written off over teh full lease term.
- If there is a tenants break after 5 years then it should be written off over 5 years.
Note: the agreed rnet is the headline rent and writing off the incentive produces the effective rent.
When is the investment method used?
- To value shops, offices, industrial and warehouse units that are
- Let as investments
- Owner occupied
- Vacant
The majority of camparables are:
- rents (lettings, rent review, lease renewals), and
- Investment transactions
How would you value a property let on internal repairing terms?
- Assuming let at Market Rent you would deduct Landlords outgoings:
- Repair
- Insurance
- Management Fees
The capitalise the net income at the all risks yield.
Why is the capitalisation rate also called the all risks yield and what does it incorporate?
- The all risks yield taked into account all the risks of the investment which are:
- the property
- the quality of the tenant covenant
- the amount of rent (at market rent, over-rented or under -rented)
- the unexpired lease term
- the other lease terms
- anticipated rental growth (location)
How is growth taken into accountt in a conventional investment valuation?
- Rental and capital growth are NOT MADE EXPLICIT in the valuation but ARE IMPLICIT in the CAPITALISATION RATE.
What is a gross yield and what is a net yield?
- A gross yield is the RENT expressed as a PERCENTAGE of the PURCHASE PRICE
- A NET yield is the RENT expressed as a PERCENTAGE of the GROSS COST of AQUISITION i.e. the purchase price plus purchaser’s costs
What costs must a purchaser incur when buying a commercial property?
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
- Acuisition Agents Fees @ 1%
- Legal Fees @ 0.5
- Non recoverable VAT @ 20% of the fees = 0.30%
What are the current Stamp Duty Land Tax rates for commercial property?
- 0% on the first £150,000
- 2% on the next £100,000
- 5% on all above £250,000
How is a property investment valued using a NET YIELD?
- Market Rent
- Multiplied by YP per @ NMet yield x%
- = Gross Ascusition Cost
Less
- Agents and Legal Fees & VAT @ 1.8%
- Less Stamp Duty Land Tax
- =
- Market Value
When is the residual method used?
- On Land and properties with development/re-development and refurbishment potential when it is not possible to vcalue by comparison.
Explain the basic approach to residual valuation?
- GDV
- Less Developnment Costs
- Less Developers Profit
- = Land Value
What are the development costs?
- Demolition/Site clean up
- Construction Costs
- Construction Fees
- Cost of Finance
- Contingency
- Agents/Lega Fees on disposal
- Acquisition Costs
Where did you/would you get your construction cost?
- Building Cost Inforamtion Service (BCIS)
- A quantity Surveyor
- or The Developer themselves as they may state Xm2 for a specific fit out
How did you/would you calculate developers profit?
- Either a percentage of GDV or a percentage of Developers Profit
How do you dee-risk a development?
- By a pre-let or forward sale.
- I.e. By letting/selling off plan
When is the profits method used?
It is used to value property that is specialised for its use and includes:
- Amusement arcades
- Amusement and theme parks
- Bingo Halls
- Bowlikng Centres
- Caravan adn Chalet parks
- Cinemas
- Gold Course
- Heath treatment centres
- Hotels and motels
- Ice rinks and roller rinks
- Marinas and moorings
- Public houses
- Squash and tennis clubs
- Theatres
Explain the basic approach to a profit’s valuation?
It is a residual which can be expresses simply as:
- TURNOVER (net of VAT)
- Less - Costs of generating the Turnover
- = Net operating Profit
- Which is capitalised
When is the contractors’ method used?
- It is the method of last resort and used when it is not possible to value by one of the other 4 methods.
- It is used on specialist properties which do no usually change hands on the market except as part of a slae of the business (Specialist Properties)
- Inclusion in Company Accounts and other financial statemnts (Assett Valuations)
- Compulsory Purchase (Rule 5)
- Rating
- Non-Specialised properties when ther is no direct/inconclusive comparabe evidence
Explaikn the basic approach to a contractor’s/DRC valuations:
- Gross Replacement Cost
- Cost of Modern Building
- Less Depreciation
- Net Repalcement COst
- Plus Site Value
- = Value as Existing
What does Reinstatemnt/Replacement Costt Assessment for Insurance Purposes comprise?
- Demolition
- Shoring up and weather-protection of adjoining buildings
- Rebuilding in accordance with current Building Regulations
- Professional Fees
What is a reversionary freehold investment?
- It is an investment tthat is let at a rent other than the Market Rent
- Traditionally under-rented
- But can be over-rented