Unit 16 Flashcards
Appraisal
an opinion of value based on supportable evidence and approved methods
Appraisal report
an opinion of market value on a property given to a lender or client with detailed market information
Appraiser
an independent professional trained to provide an unbiased opinion of value in an impartial and objective manner, following an identified appraisal profess
Appraising
a professional service performed for a fee; a breach of accepted practice and ethics to collect a commission for an appraisal based on the value of the property appraised
Organizations for appraisers
American Society of Appraisers, Appraisal Institute, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, International Association of Assessing Officers, International Right of Way Association, National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers
What’s the biggest organization for appraisers?
Appraisal Institutue
How are most appraisers hired as?
independent constractors
The Appraisal Process
- Define the problem
- Determine the scope of work
- Gather, record, verify, and analyze the necessary data
- form opinion of value by each of the three approaches
- reconcile values for final opinion of value
- report final opinion of value
Who pays for appraisal
buyer
Characteristics of value
- demand
- utility
- scarcity
- transferability
Demand
the need or desire for possession or ownership backed by the financial means to satisfy that need
utility
the property’s usefulness for its intended purposes
Scarcity
a finite supply
Transferability
the relative ease with which ownership rights are transferred from one person to another
value
monetary worth based on desirability
Goal of appraiser
to estimate or express an opinion of a property’s market value
Market value
the most probable price that a property should bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale
What does the determination of market value require
- buyer and seller are unrelated and acting without undue pressure
- buyer and seller are well informed of the property’s use and potential, including both defects and advantages
- reasonable time is allowed for exposure of property to open market
- payment made in cash
- price paid is a normal market price, unaffected by special financing amounts or terms, services, fees, costs, or credits incurred in the market transaction
Market Price
a property’s asking, offer, or sales price
Can cost and market value be the same?
yes
Does Property value prepresent its market value?
no
Does cost equal market value?
no, not usually
When are cost and value likely to be equal?
when improvements on a property are new
Principles of Value
- Anticipation
- Change
- Competition
- Conformity
- Contribution
- Highest and Best Use
- Increasing and diminishing returns
- plottage
- regression and progression
- Substitution
- Supply and Demand
Anticipation
value is created by the expectation that certain events will occur
Change
no physical or economic condition remains constant
Competition
the interaction of supply and demand
Conformity
maximum value is created when a property is in harmony with its surroundings
How is maximum value realized?
the use of land conforms to existing neighborhood standards
Contribution
the value of any part of a property is measured by its effect on the value of the whole parcel
What is the most profitable use of a property?
highest and best use
What must the use be for highest and best use?
- physically possible
- legally permitted
- economically or financially feasible
- the most profitable or maximally productive
What can highest and best use change with?
social, political, economic forces
Principal of Plottage
the individual value of two adjacent properties may be greater if they are combined in an assemblage than if each is sold separately
Law of increasing Returns
as long as money spent on improvements produces an increase in income or value
Law of diminishing returns
the point where additional improvements do not increase income or value
Assemblage
the process of merging two separately owned lots under one owner
Plottage
the amount that the value of the combined properties is increased by successful assemblage
Regression
the worth of a better-quality property is adversely affected by the presence of a lesser-quality property
Progression
the value of a modest home would be higher if it were located among larger, fancier properties
Substitution
the maximum value of a property tends to be set by how much it would cost ot purchase an equally desirable and valuable substitute property
What is substitution the foundation on?
the sales comparison approach to appraising
The Principle of Supply and Demand
teh value of a product depends on supply; when the supply of a similar properties increase, their value decreases; when demand for such properties increases, their value increases
3 appraisal methods
- Sales comparison approach
- Cost approach
- income approch
Sales comparison approach
value is obtained by comparing the property being approaced - the subject property - with recently sold comparable properties
Another name for sales comparison approach
market data approach
How is sales price of a comparable adjusted in the sales comparison approach?
adjusted to reflect the impact on value of any differences between teh subject and the comparable