Market Rental Valuation Reports – What should they include
Monday, July 22nd, 2019The Licensed Valuers at Garmony Property Consultants prepare detailed Market Rental Valuation Reports for Market Rent Reviews. So what do our reports include? Our valuation reports need to meet the strict guidelines and standards of the Australian Property Institute (API). It also needs to comply with the Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses and in Australian Courts or Tribunals. The reader of the valuation report needs to obtain a clear understanding of the property, its location and its legal description. In some circumstances, the reader may be a judge, magistrate or mediator who has never visited the Property or Premises. So ...
Read moreMarket Rent Reviews for Retail Shops in Perth
Friday, April 26th, 2019It is important to obtain expert valuation advice from a licensed valuer for Market Rent Reviews particularly for Retail premises. The Commercial Tenancy (Retail Shops) Agreement Act 1985 has provisions to assist tenants, particularly in the Market Rent Review process. The requirement for disclosure statements, minimum 5 year tenancies, no ‘Ratchet’ clauses and single rent review methods are just some of the few provisions the Retail Shops Act has to assists retail tenants. With the showroom and retail market rental values falling over the past few years, it is important for landlords and tenants to obtain accurate rental valuation advice ...
Read moreMarket Rent Reviews – The Need for expert valuation advice
Monday, July 30th, 2018It is well publicised that the commercial, industrial and retail property market has declined in recent years following a downturn in the Western Australian economy. In these conditions, it is important to obtain expert valuation advice for Market Rent Reviews. The commercial office market has been the hardest hit, with significant reductions in rents and a surplus of offices available for lease, particularly in the fringe CBD and inner suburban locations of Perth. This surplus provides tenants with many opportunities and an ability to negotiate favourable lease terms for new space. Examples have included significant rental abatement’s of between 25%-50% ...
Read moreLANDLORDS NEED TO MEET THE MARKET
Friday, March 4th, 2016The Perth property market is currently experiencing declining rental market conditions across most market sectors. Therefore it is important for landlords to be astute and proactive when their tenant’s leases are coming up for market rent reviews and or lease renewal and option periods in their investment properties. Given the current conditions it is likely that most rental rates will experience a rental reduction (provided they were historically at market levels) and therefore landlords need to ‘meet the market’ in order to keep tenants in their investment properties. This rental reduction or incentive for the tenant to renew or extend ...
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