Mark Ruttner, Author at FVG

The Essential Tips When Getting A Property Valuation

Written by Mark Ruttner on June 23, 2014. Posted in Blog, Property Valuation.

The Essential Tips When Getting A Property Valuation There are a number of issues that every party instructing a valuer must do in my opinion to obtain an accurate and true assessment of value. The six essential tips when getting a property valuation. Letter of Instruction Date of Valuation Copy of Certificate of Title Contract of Sale or Rates Notice or any sales that you are aware of or information specific to your locality Lease If Applicable Make sure that the valuer that is valuing your property has the qualifications and expertise

Expert Property Valuations & Consultants in Melbourne

Written by Mark Ruttner on December 30, 2013. Posted in Blog, Real Estate.

Expert Property Valuations & Consultants in Melbourne Real estate may be considered as an evolving market, a market not dissimilar to that of the stock market. An ever changing market that is constantly affected by traditional and non traditional market forces. With today’s technology, not only must you have the implicit data, but importantly you must be able to analyse, dissect, formulate and arrive at a value that will encompass all market forces. In saying this, it is not enough just to collate data and hopefully be near where the value is, you need experienced professionals, not only...

The Top 9 Tips In Getting A Great Apartment Valuation

Written by Mark Ruttner on December 30, 2013. Posted in Apartment Valuation, Blog.

The Top 9 Tips In Getting A Great Apartment Valuation FVG provides you with ‘The Top 9 Tips In Getting A Great Apartment Valuation’ 1. Be very specific and actually measure your apartment area and associated areas One of the most important aspects of determining a value of an apartment is the size of the apartment itself, the size of associated areas such as balcony/terrace area and storage cage, if applicable. In short, the valuer assesses value of the apartment on these units of comparison. If there is a variance between the actual size and perhaps what the valuer measures, you...

The Truth and Nothing But The Truth

Written by Mark Ruttner on December 30, 2013. Posted in Blog, Real Estate.

The Truth and Nothing But The Truth One of the factors which underlines the Melbourne property market regardless of sub market category, is the commentary and headline grabs that support a particular agenda. In most cases, it is a journalist that is stuck providing any true and accurate source of reference and hence sensationalises a headline and then grabs partial information and data to provide very general information to the property participant. As a highly qualified professional with some 25 years of experience in the property industry, spanning from commercial to residential, from sales...

Investor’s Beware

Written by Mark Ruttner on December 30, 2013. Posted in Blog, Property Advisors.

Investor’s Beware The market has turned, all the pundits are selling the virtues of a bull market in 2013, and the REIV is complimenting this fact by providing their weekly results that suggest both an increase in the number of properties sold coupled with sales rates in the order of 70%. If you want to highlight this bull market further, you would be saying that we have the lowest interest rates in over 40 years, a correlation as to the question of ‘cost to rent’ versus ‘cost to buy’, a preceding decrease in levels of value in 2012 of some 0-20% across the board, and maybe more in some localities...

Benefits of Using A Buyers Advocates Especially With A Property Valuation Background

Written by Mark Ruttner on December 30, 2013. Posted in Blog, Buyers Advocates.

Benefits of Using A Buyers Advocates Especially With A Property Valuation Background Undoubtedly, the number one question that is asked of me is why do you still undertake property valuations and why has your property valuation service maintained its momentum in this environment when there is so much information for consumers on the Internet? The simple and logical answer is that our property valuation services have been offered to the market place since 1996, when the company commenced operations. Our property valuation services primarily were offered to a traditional client base of major...

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