Profession property appraiser

Real estate appraisers value property and real estate.

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Personality Type

• Conventional / Investigative

Related professions housing, renting

• Development Manager
• Estate agent
• Home Manager - Assistant/Deputy
• Housing Assistant
• Housing Manager
• Housing Officer
• Neighbourhood Assistant
• Neighbourhood Manager
• Neighbourhood Officer
• Pawn broker
• Project Workers
• Real estate developer
• Recovery Officer
• Rental clerk houses, apartments
• Rental clerk, all other products
• Residential Warden/Scheme Manager
• Support Worker
• Team Leader
• Tenancy Support Worker

Knowledge

• Real estate market

  The trends concerning the buying, selling, or renting of property, including the land, buildings, and natural resources encompassed within the property; the categories of residential properties and properties for business purposes which such properties are traded in.

• Property law

  The law and legislation that regulates all the different ways to handle property, such as the types of property, how to handle property disputes and property contract rules.

• Insurance law

  The law and legislation concerning the policies of transferring risks or losses from one party, the insured, to another, the insurer, in exchange for a periodic payment. This includes the regulation of insurance claims and the business of insurance.

• Risk management

  The process of identifying, assessing, and prioritising of all types of risks and where they could come from, such as natural causes, legal changes, or uncertainty in any given context, and the methods on dealing with risks effectively.

• Energy performance of buildings

  Factors that contribute to lower energy consumption of buildings. Building and renovation techniques used to achieve this. Legislation and procedures regarding energy performance of buildings.

Skills

• Make an inventory of fixtures

  Draw up a detailed overview of the fixtures, fittings and furnishings present in the accommodation.

• Value properties

  Examine and evaluate land and buildings in order to make valuations about their price.

• Examine the conditions of buildings

  Monitor and assess the conditions of buildings in order to detect faults, structural problems, and damages. Assess general building cleanliness for grounds maintenance and real estate purposes.

• Advise on property value

  Provide advise to those that own a property, professionals in real estate, or prospective clients in real estate on the current monetary value of a property, the potential of development in order to increase the value, and other relevant information concerning the value of the in the future developments of the real estate market.

• Analyse insurance risk

  Analyse the probability and size of the risk that is to be insured, and estimate the value of movable or immovable property of the client.

• Organise a damage assessment

  Organise a damage assessment by indicating an expert to identify and examine the damage, give information and instructions to experts and follow up on the experts, and write a damage report.

• Perform property market research

  Research properties in order to assess their usefulness for real estate activities, using various methods such as media research and visitation of properties, and identify the potential profitability in the development and trading of the property.

• Collect property financial information

  Collect information concerning the previous transactions involving the property, such as the prices at which the property had been previously sold and the costs that went into renovations and repairs, in order to obtain a clear image of the property's value.

• Obtain financial information

  Gather information on securities, market conditions, governmental regulations and the financial situation, goals and needs of clients or companies.

• Compare property values

  Obtain information on the value of properties comparable to a property which is in need of valuation in order to make more accurate appraisals and assessments, or to set or negotiate the price at which the property can be sold or leased.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB