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Three steps to take when undertaking valuation

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Competence. Are you competent to undertake the work? Do you have the correct level of skill understanding knowledge SUK

Independence- conflict of interest checks

Terms of engagement- set in writing full confirmation of instruction to the client prior to starting work and receive written confirmation of instruction.
Confirm the competence of the valuer
Extent and limitation of the valuers inspections must be stated.

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What are the Methods of valuation and give me an example of when you would use each

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Comparable
Investment
Contractors basis- valuation of building
Profits method
Residual- valuation of land

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what is Term and reversion and how to calculate

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Market rent more than passing rent= under rented

term: current rent up until lease event such as break or rent review.

reversion: market rent. capitalise reversion into perpetuity. reversion higher yield.

add two together and multiply by present value of £1 to work out value of today.

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how to calculate Hardcore method

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Over rented properties - passing rent more than market rent
I deduced an appropriate capitalisation rate – based on similar estates.

Bottom slice: market rent. lower yield as know can achieve. capitalised into perpetuity
top slice: current rent. higher yield as risky.

hardcore bottom slice
Core
MR YP in perp @% lower

Topslice
CR-MR (froth)
YP X years to next lease event

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What are the RICS valuation global standards (Red Book)?

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Set of global valuation standards created to achieve the highest standards and best-practice in valuation

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What are the main changes from the previous Red Book Version?

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Sustainability and ESG factors – definitions, inspections and valuations

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What are the pros and cons of Argus?

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pros- efficiency
cons- not completely visible

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How do you know you are competent?

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SUK
-Skills
-understanding
-knowledge

Valued a few retail/office/ industrial units in a similar location so I know I’m competent.

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What is included in terms of engagement?

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A few of these include:
property address
valuation date
client details
fee

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What is Net internal area?

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The useable area within a building measured to the internal face of the perimeter walls at each floor level

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What to include / exclude for NIA

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include: kitchens and area above 1.5 meters high
exclude: cleaners’ cupboards, plant rooms, stairwells, lift wells, those parts of entrance halls, landings.

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Why do we zone? what about upper floors or basement?

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Zoning is a standard method of measuring retail premises to calculate and compare their value for lots of sizes, shapes equally.
6.1 meters depth from the frontage. Halfing each zone back.

market evidence for upper floors and basement

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What is the hierarchy of evidence for comparable properties?

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Stated in Comparable evidence in Real Estate Valuations
Cat A – direct comparables
Cat B – general market data
Cat C – other sources

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What is the definition of fair value?

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price that would be recieved to either sell or be paid between market participants at a measurement date.

Price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date

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What is the gross internal area?

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The area of a building measured to the internal face of the perimeter walls at each floor level.

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What is a good spec of an industrial unit?

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3 phase power, minimum 8m clear eaves. Full height loading doors. Site cover of 40%. LED lighting

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How can planning impact value - why do you need to check this

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What is the definition of market value?

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Price an asset/liability should exchange for in the open market, between willing seller and buyer, on the valuation date, after proper marketing, in an arms length transaction and where both parties have acted prudently and without compulsion

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What is WAULT and how do you calculate it?

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weight average unexpired lease term

Unexpired term of each tenant. used when there are multiple occupants or portfolio.
Work out multiplier by rent x unexpired term / total income

Add these all together at the end

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Can you talk me through the term and reversion method

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implicit
Current rent
YP years to next event lower @%
Value

Market rent
YP in perp @% higher
PV X years to next event
Capital value

Total Value (value + capital value)

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21
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What is the definition of freehold

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you own the building and the land it stands on

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What is a grade A office spec?

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raised floor and suspended ceilings (ceiling void 3.50)
A/C (VAV) and double glazed windows
passenger lift- Equality act compliant- lower buttons, Braille
LED lighting- LG 7
maximised opportunities for daylight

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What is a special assumption and what is an assumption?

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Assumptions – Facts and conditions that don’t need to be agreed by the valuer.

Special Assumptions- an assumption/not real that assumes facts that differ from the actual facts existing at the valuation date

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What is the RICS VRS?

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Valuer Registration Scheme – regulatory monitoring scheme for valuers introduced in 2011: to 1.improve valuation quality, 2. self-regulate, 3. elevate status of profession

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Tell me about the factors that impact Market Rent, and how this differs from Market Value?

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MR – location, specification, construction, size
MV – impacted by the same issues, but when analysing comparables, will also be paying consideration to covenant and income profiles.

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Why are ToE important?

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Set out the agreement of instruction -provide a document to refer back to so you know the scope of work and what to deliver.

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Did you include PI cover? What PI cover would be included?

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Yes, mandatory for surveyors in all disciplines, as set out in RICS Professional Indemnity Insurance Requirements (2022)
Ensure an adequate and appropriate level is taken out.
For Colliers as a firm with a turnover >£200,000 then >£1m over cover is required and as >£10m also no limit on excess
RICS recommends the use of liability caps for jobs
An industry accepted standard is c.30% for a valuation instruction.

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28
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What defects industrial could have been present?

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Spalling or efflorescence of the brickwork, penetrating damp, rising damp, condensation, cracking due to heave/subsidence, any deleterious materials that had been worn away from use

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What made the property suitable for lending purposes?

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The property would be saleable if the borrower defaulted on their loan – e.g. didn’t have any onerous conditions on title, easements, was a depreciating LLH

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30
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why is a report on title important?

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report on title might cover charges on the land, any rights or easements, or anything else onerous that might impact value

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Can you give me an example of when a property wouldn’t be suitable for loan security?

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Onerous conditions on title, restrictive covenants, depreciating LLH

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What is a yield?

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Measure of return on an investment

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33
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Why does the Red Book exist?

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To ensure consistency, objectivity and transparency.

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What type of advice does the Red Book cover?

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Red book provides advice for all valuation types and methods.

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If you have previously valued an asset, do you need to make any additional disclosures and what might they be?

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Yes, within your ToE, report and other published reference you must state:
* The relationship with the client and previous involvement
* Rotation policy
* Time as signatory
* Proportion of fees

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36
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When is fair value used? Why is it important?

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When undertaking valuations for financial statements such as balance sheet.

Property inputted as ‘asset’ on balance sheet. Which in turn affects company’s net worth.

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37
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What purchaser’s costs do you deduct from a valuation?

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Stamp duty (varies%)
Agent fees 1%
Legal fees 0.5%
VAT 20%

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How does a term and reversion and DCF differ?

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DCF – explicit – expected future cash flows

Term and reversion – implicit

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What is NPV?

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Net Present Value
Sum of the discounted cash flows of a project

40
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What is a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)?

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It is a growth explicit method that estimates the exit value.

41
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What is turnover / gross profit / net profit?

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Turnover – total company’s revenue
Gross profit – revenue - costs of goods sold
Net profit – gross profit – expenses

42
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What is EBITDA?

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Earnings
Before
Interest
Tax
Depreciation
Amortization

43
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What is a development appraisal?

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DA assess the viability of a development project for developers / used to assess the profitability of a scheme.

44
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How would you deal with depreciation/obsolescence?

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It depends
Depreciation – condition
Obsolescence – how it works as a building

45
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if no rent what valuation methods could you use?

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comparable method.
if no comparables, use the investment method. calculate rent property could generate and apply appropriate yield.

46
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Hierarchy of evidence (rent)

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Open market rent- arms length transaction
Lease renewal
Rent reviews
independen review
determination
arbitration
sale or lease back

47
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Office Kennington valuation. What advice did you give?

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Adviced Refurbishment needed
Advised Opinion of fair value
Advised the office block should be assessed as multi let scenario

48
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Why do we use the investment method?

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  1. Asset income producing
  2. Chance of change of occupation such as from vacant to an investment. Need to see what the yield would be if occupied.
  3. Who the most likely purchaser is of the asset.
49
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how would you take account for void period?

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term and reversion
term at £0 rent for however long void period is

50
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what is the residual valuation method?

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gross development value
- costs
- profit

= residual valuation

51
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how to work out Gross development value (GDV)?

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Comparable analysis

52
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costs of residual valuation

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build cost- use BCIS
demolition
contiguency- 2-5% proff costs and fees
finance costs
professional fees- 12.5%- project manager, architects, building surveyor, QS
interest rate- 6-7% based on risk
developers profit- 15% GDV or total development costs

53
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unit of measurement and basis of measurement does BCIS refer to?

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  • meter square (m2)
  • gross external
54
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why inspect for valuation purposes?

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requirement of red book
condition of property

55
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typical industrial spec

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40% site cover
steel portal framed
profile steel cladding
roller shutter doors
10% offices
concrete screed floor
services: gas and water

56
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What are some RICS publications you use in vals?

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comparable evidence in real estate

57
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Can you tell me how would you value an oil refinery?

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Contractors Basis

58
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Can you tell me about a recent valuation you’ve undertaken using Argus Enterprise?

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retail unit in clapham

59
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What are prime Industrial rents in Ealing?

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range from £15-20/ sqft

60
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If you were unable to gain access to any part of the property, what would you have to do?

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tell the client- ask to reinspect if not then make note in the report that access was not given.
any restrictions must be written in the terms of engagement.

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Guildford retail level 3- What sort of condition were your units? What would you have done if they were all in poor condition?

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in a relatively good condition
applied a high yield

62
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What are some requirements of a Loan Security Valuation that may not be in accounts vals?

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  • conflict of interest must be disclosed- valuers responsibility to decide to either accept or decline instruction having record to the RoC.
  • reporting- additional info must be reported on the instruction to advise whether to agree to the loan.
    an example of info included: comment on any environmental consideration. valuation methodology adopted.
63
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what are the yields in Aylesbury?

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6-8% yield

64
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What did you look for in the profits test?

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turnover
pre tax profit
net worth

65
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retail inspection what to look out for?

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location,
fit out- return frontage, width to depth

66
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is IPMS mandatory for offices? are you permitted to not use IPMS?

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yes, need to justify reasons. if comps are measured using code of measuring practice you wouldn’t use as you cant compare.

67
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main difference between IPMS 3 and NIA?

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1.5 meters are included in IPMS3 but seperatly
IPMS Global standard, NIA used UK.

68
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DCF

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financially modelling technique in which future inflows and outflows of cash associated with a project are expressed in present day terms by discounting
holding years- 5-10 years
future income with reference to void, rent review- explicit rental growth
bring it back to today’s value
discount rate-

advantage- explicit and transparent- all assumptions laid out. any future voids etc.
when little market evidence- good way to reflect risk through discount rate. can out a lot more inputs

disadvantages- complicated, hypothetical assumptions, growth on rent is subjected, discount rate is based on market, subjective.

an opinion of value.

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Explicit valuation

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Investor allows for the assumption of growth to be included in the calculation.

70
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Implicit valuation

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the valuer is deriving the appropriate all risks yield (initial yield) from market evidence of other property transactions. The all risks yield is a convenient measure for the analysis and valuation of similar rack-rented investments.

71
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Changes in the Red Book. What do they include?

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Need for compliance
ESG
Sustainability interpretations

72
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What are the 5 exceptions to the requirement to use the red book global

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73
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what should clients expect from a RICS valuation?

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openness and transparency
expertise and clear reporting

73
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what Market Value did you achieve for Ealing Industrial

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£200/sqft

74
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what is VPGA 1

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provides guidance on valuations for financial statements

75
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what is VPGA 2

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guidance on secured lending
deals with:
independence, objectivity and conflicts of interests
basis of value and special assumptions
reporting and disclosures

76
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What are the components of the Red Book?

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  • Part 1 – Introduction
  • Part 2 – Glossary
  • Part 3 – PS (Professional Standards)
  • Part 4 – VPS (Valuation Technical and Performance Standards)
  • Part 5 – VPGA (Valuation Applications)
  • Part 6 – IVS (International Valuation Standards)
77
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Are there any exceptions to the use of the Red Book?

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5 exceptions to the requirements of the RBG:
1. litigation or negotiations
2. Some statutory functions
3. Internal purposes
4. Agency or Brokerage
5. expert witness

78
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Are you still liable for advice given orally?

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Yes – This is detailed under PS1 – Compliance with standards where written valuation is provided.

79
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What are the differences between a desktop and a full valuation report?

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Desktop valuations – this is where no inspection is carried out. The valuer must confirm that they have sufficient information to undertake the valuation. Stated in the Terms of engagement.

Full valuation report – is where the valuer will inspect the property.

The extent of any investigations must be stated in the ToE as per VPS 2

80
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Give me some Due diligence examples

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Flood risk, planning, EPC

81
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What is synergistic value? (marriage value)

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The result of a combination of two or more assets/interests where the combined value is more than the sum of the separate values.

82
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What is hope value?

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Value arising from any expectation that future circumstances affecting the property may change.

Example – future prospect of securing planning permission for development of land where no planning currently exists.

83
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To what extent can a valuer reflect hope value?

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I don’t have experience in this – depends on the terms. Could reflect it implicitly depending on comparable evidence.

84
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Explain what you understand by the term, margin of error.

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It is the permissible range allowed by the courts in respect of valuation.

Dependent on case law – between 5-15%

85
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How would you value a ransom strip?

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Have not had experience in this, however a ransom strip is a piece of land which controls the access to another piece of land.

86
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How could you value a long leasehold interest?

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Long leasehold
1. Rent received Less ground rent
2. Capitalised at appropriate yield for the remaining length of lease

87
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When might you use the profits method? Can you roughly explain how this works?

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Used for trade-related properties (hotels, pubs, petrol stations) – where value of prop. depends upon profitability of biz / trading potential.

Need 3 yrs audited accounts.

Method:
1. Turnover less costs = gross profit.
2. Less reasonable working expenses = unadjusted net profit
3. Less operators remuneration = adjusted net profit (Fair Maintainable Operating Profit) FMOP

87
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Can you name some inputs that you would account for in a residual?

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Build costs, finance rate, dev profit, contingency, planning costs (s.106/CIL), professional fees.

88
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What are the different bases of value?

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VPS – Bases of Value
1. Market Value = amount asset/liability will exchange on -val date -willing buyer etc.
2. Market rent = as above but for an interest in property for lease
3. Fair value = price in an orderly transaction between two market participants on the measurement date
4. Investment value = value of an asset to a particular owner

88
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What is the calc for NIY / GIY / RY / EY ?

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Net Initial Yield = Current rent (net of costs), expressed as % of cap val after adding purchasers costs.

Gross Initial Yield = Passing rent divided by the property value.

Reversionary Yield = MR divided by current price

EY = Time weighted average between Initial and reversionary yield

89
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Why would a property be over-rented or reversionary?

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market conditions

90
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Why would a property be rack-rented?

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New letting close to val date.

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