Commercial valuation services
We shape each commercial appraisal or advisory assignment around the decision, property, intended use, and people who will rely on it.
Start with the intended use—not a generic product list.
Scope before product
A lender evaluating collateral, an attorney preparing a case, an owner considering a sale, and an executor documenting an estate may all be looking at the same building. They are not asking the same question.
That is why we begin with the intended use and users, effective date, property interest, and required level of reporting—then propose the work.
Financing & credit
Commercial appraisal and review assignments can support new originations, renewals, collateral monitoring, participation interests, and special-assets work. The scope begins with the institution's intended use, intended users, property rights, and applicable requirements.
Acquisition & disposition
A purchase price and a supportable opinion of value answer different questions. Valuation and advisory work can help owners, investors, and advisers evaluate a purchase, sale, contribution, exchange, or internal transfer with a clearer view of the real estate.
Litigation & dispute
Disputes demand more than a final number. They require a carefully defined question, transparent assumptions, relevant evidence, and a conclusion that can be followed by attorneys, clients, and other reviewers.
Estate, gift & succession
Estate and planning assignments often turn on an historical effective date, a specific ownership interest, or documentation needs established by the client's legal and tax advisers. Those details belong in the scope from the beginning.
Property tax matters
Owners and advisers may need market-based analysis to understand whether an assessed value is supported. The valuation question, relevant tax date, property facts, and appeal requirements should be confirmed before the work is scoped.
Public purpose & development
Public and development assignments may involve a whole property, a partial acquisition, an easement, proposed improvements, or competing uses. A tailored scope keeps the analysis focused on the actual property rights and decision.
Property types
Assignment fit and service availability are confirmed before engagement.
Scoping questions
Property facts, intended use, timing, and reporting requirements shape the assignment and the proposal.
The fee depends on the property, rights appraised, intended use and users, effective date, complexity, research requirements, reporting format, and timing. A proposal follows review of the assignment details.
Not necessarily. A review can focus on the work under review or include additional analysis. Any separate value opinion must be expressly included in the agreed review scope.
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Tell us what decision the appraisal needs to support. We’ll use those details to shape the right scope for the assignment.
