Property owners frequently assume a single valuation figure applies across every situation they might encounter, whether that is insuring their home, transferring property to a family member, refinancing with a bank, or challenging a land tax assessment. In reality, two…
A commercial property valuation is a more complex assessment than most owners and investors realise until they receive a report and want to understand how the final figure was determined. Unlike residential property, where comparable sales often provide much of…
Strata title property makes up a significant proportion of the residential and commercial property stock in Sydney and across Australia’s major cities. Apartments, townhouses, commercial suites, industrial units, and retail shops are frequently sold, transferred, and held on strata title,…
Most property owners in Australia know an easement exists on their land because it is recorded on the property title. What many do not know is how significantly it may affect the property’s market value or whether any compensation paid…
INTRODUCTION Insurance is one of those things most property owners set up once and rarely revisit until they need to make a claim. By then, it is often too late to discover that the sum insured on the policy bears…
Most property buyers assume stamp duty is simply a percentage of whatever price is written on the contract. For a standard arm’s length sale between unrelated parties, that assumption is correct. The moment a transaction steps outside that standard pattern,…
It is a reasonable assumption that any professional valuation report should work for any purpose. It is also wrong, and it catches out a surprising number of property owners every year. A stamp duty valuation and a general market valuation…
Transferring property to a family member in NSW sounds simple. In practice, an inter-family property transfer NSW triggers up to four simultaneous tax obligations stamp duty, capital gains tax, land tax, and potentially GST , each with its own valuation…
Stamp duty in NSW officially called transfer duty is calculated on the market value of the property, not just the price on the contract. For most arm’s length property sales, the contract price and market value align. However, when a…
Trusted Stamp Duty Valuers Australia provide independent and compliant property valuation reports for stamp duty assessments nationwide. Whether you are transferring property to a family member, restructuring assets, or managing a deceased estate, an accurate market valuation is essential for…
