If yours is not below, ask a real valuer and a valuer picks it up.
A valuer's signed opinion of a property's market value on one nominated day, with the comparable sales and the reasoning set out beneath it. It is an opinion about the property rather than about its address, which matters wherever two homes sharing a building have been treated very differently by their owners.
An appraisal is a free estimate an agent offers while competing for a listing, and it is not signed. A valuation is prepared independently of any sale, effective as at a stated date, evidenced by settled sales, and signed by the valuer who formed the view.
In New South Wales, a valuer with the professional qualification and standing to have their opinion relied on. Their name and credentials appear on the report, which is exactly what allows a third party to act on it.
Yes. A valuer independent of your fund prepares and signs it, SISR 8.02B is the standard it is written to, and the comparable sales are attached rather than summarised, so an auditor can follow the figure back to its evidence.
The valuer who reached the opinion, named with their qualification. Not the model that gathered the evidence, and not anyone signing in their place. (from $550).
No. It carries no signature, so there is no independent opinion in it for an auditor or a revenue office to act on. Use it for deciding. On timing: a signed desktop report normally goes the same day, and the Automated Market Assessment arrives the next business day.
It speaks as at its effective date and does not stay current on its own. Where the body receiving it applies a currency period, that period governs, and your adviser will know which one. Ordering near the time the figure is needed is usually less trouble than ordering early.
Yes. $169 for signed desktop reports, $79 for Automated Market Assessments. Inspection valuations start at $550, with the exact price confirmed at checkout before you pay, never after.
An advertised price is a marketing position, often a range set to attract interest. A valuation reports settled evidence and accounts for the condition the property is actually in, which in a suburb of owner-occupiers varies more between neighbours than a campaign will let on.
Yes, at any point. We credit the $79 against the signed report whenever you upgrade.
No. A rates notice usually gives a land value, which is the ground with nothing standing on it, assessed for rating at a date the council set. A valuation is of the whole property at the date you need. They answer different questions and rarely agree.