Just following the rules
Most valuers will be aware of standards, such as the IVS or RICS Red Book, but is simply following the rules and including the necessary...
You want to sell it by when?!
Real estate lenders often ask valuers to provide a value that assumes a limited time to complete the envisaged transaction. The RICS Red...
Suffering from a red mist?
On 1st July the latest edition of the RICS "Red Book" came into effect. This contains rules that must be followed by RICS members...
Does the cap fit your advice?
Although the principles on which an award for damages for being in breach of their duty to a client may not be the first thing on a...
European Valuers: Are they being left on the sidelines?
Recent reports prepared by or for the European Union once again highlight the lack of a readily identifiable body of business and...
More Amusement at the Arcade
In my previous blog article I discussed the similarity of the approaches adopted by the courts in both England and Delaware in two...
Do your valuations weigh up?
“In a competition of experts to see which can generate the greatest judicial skeptism regarding valuation, this case, so far, takes the...
A Better Alternative?
Over two years have passed since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) became operational across much of the EU. ...
A Bridge to Nowhere?
In June The Appraisal Foundation and the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) published A Bridge from USPAP to IVS. This is...
Progress or Regress? What is happening to Valuation Standards?
As flagged in my earlier article “Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” the IVSC is proposing some...
