Valuation

Appraisals in today’s market are not for the faint of heart. Comparable sales are scarce, markets are changing quickly, and rules and regulations are stricter than ever.

Debt valuation is affected not only by fluctuating market rates, but also by the methods used to perform the valuations. While the volatile rate environment of the financial crisis has dissipated

The chasm between bid and ask prices that emerged after the commercial real estate market plummeted in 2008 has narrowed significantly, and in some cases, disappeared altogether.

In today’s market, investors, lenders with REO assets, and property owners are trying to maintain as much value as possible in commercial investment property sales.

During most commercial real estate sale transactions, an appraiser is required to value the property and issue a report.

Capitalization rates are often controversial and misunderstood variables in commercial real estate valuation equations.

Each year, auctions are used to sell billions of dollars of commercial real estate.

A broker's client asks him to evaluate a real estate asset.

Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb where the median home price is $430,000, recently passed a zoning ordinance mandating that 20 percent of new multifamily developments