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Uniform Residential Appraisal Report
A Uniform Residential Appraisal Report or URAR is one of the most common forms used in United States real estate appraisals. It was created to allow for standard reporting and analysis of single-family dwellings or single-family dwellings with an "accessory unit". It is also suitable for a building in a planned unit development (PUD) but is not meant to be used for appraisals of manufactured homes or condos. The most current incarnation of the URAR is th"Fannie Mae Form 1004"updated for March 2005. It is considered a full appraisal with all three approaches to value, cost approach, sales comparison approach, and income approach. Requirements *The report requires an interior and exterior inspection of the subject property. *A street map that shows the location of the subject property and of all comparable properties that the appraiser used. *An exterior building sketch of the improvements that indicates the dimensions. *Clear, descriptive photographs of the subject property and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Estate Appraisal
Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the process of developing an opinion of value for real property (usually market value). Real estate transactions often require appraisals because they occur infrequently and every property is unique (especially their condition, a key factor in valuation), unlike corporate stocks, which are traded daily and are identical (thus a centralized Walrasian auction like a stock exchange is unrealistic). The location also plays a key role in valuation. However, since property cannot change location, it is often the upgrades or improvements to the home that can change its value. Appraisal reports form the basis for mortgage loans, settling estates and divorces, taxation, and so on. Sometimes an appraisal report is used to establish a sale price for a property. Besides the mandatory educational grade, which can vary from Finance to Construction Technology, most, but not all, countries require appraisers to have the license for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cost Approach
In real estate appraisal, the cost approach is one of three basic valuation methods.Uniform Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice, 2008, Appraisal Foundation, Standards Rule 1-4(b) p. U18 The others are market approach, or sales comparison approach, and income approach. The fundamental premise of the cost approach is that a potential user of real estate won't, or shouldn't, pay more for a property than it would cost to build an equivalent. The cost of construction minus depreciation, plus land, therefore is a limit, or at least a metric, of market value. There are some fairly large assumptions embedded here. One of the basics is that there is a sufficient supply of buildable land that construction is a viable alternative to purchase of an existing property. In some parts of the world today, including in the US, there are areas which are either so fully developed, or so restrictive in their planning approvals, that new construction is not an option because of the scarcity of la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sales Comparison Approach
The sales comparison approach (SCA) relies on the assumption that a matrix of attributes or significant features of a property drive its value. For examples, in the case of a single family residence, such attributes might be floor area, views, location, number of bathrooms, lot size, age of the property and condition of property. Economic Basis The sales comparison approach is based upon the principles of supply and demand, as well as upon the principle of substitution. Supply and demand indicates value through typical market behavior of both buyers and sellers. Substitution indicates that a purchaser would not purchase an improved property for any value higher than it could be replaced for on a site with equivalent utility, assuming no undue delays in construction. Examples of Methods In practice, the most common SCA method used by estate agents and real estate appraisers is the sales adjustment grid. It uses a small number of recently sold properties in the immediate vicinity o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Income Approach
The income approach is one of three major groups of methodologies, called valuation ''approaches'', used by appraisers. It is particularly common in commercial real estate appraisal and in business appraisal. The fundamental math is similar to the methods used for financial valuation, securities analysis, or bond pricing. However, there are some significant and important modifications when used in real estate or business valuation. While there are quite a few acceptable methods under the rubric of the income approach, most of these methods fall into three categories: direct capitalization, discounted cash flow, and gross income multiplier. Direct Capitalization This is simply the quotient of dividing the annual net operating income (NOI) by the appropriate capitalization rate (CAP rate). For income-producing real estate, the NOI is the net income of the real estate (but not the business interest) plus any interest expense and non-cash items (e.g. -- depreciation) minus a reserve for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
