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Fair value

Valuation

Reference

The price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants, as defined under IFRS 13; broadly aligned with market value but framed for financial reporting.

Related terms

  • Forced sale value

    The amount realisable where the seller is under compulsion to sell within a restricted marketing period; typically below market value and specific to the const…

  • Going concern

    A valuation basis assuming the business or property continues to trade and operate as at present, capturing the value of an operating enterprise rather than ba…

  • Gross development value (GDV)

    The total expected sales or capital value of a completed development.

  • Hardcore and top-slice method

    An investment technique that splits income into a secure base layer (hardcore) and a riskier layer above it (top-slice), applying different yields to each to v…

  • Income approach

    Valuing an asset by capitalising or discounting the income it produces.

  • Insurance reinstatement value

    The estimated cost of rebuilding a property to its existing condition following total loss, including demolition, professional fees, and inflation over the reb…

  • Investment value

    The value of an asset to a specific owner, given their particular circumstances and assumptions.

  • Market rent

    The estimated rent at which an interest would let on the valuation date between willing parties on appropriate lease terms in an arm's-length transaction; the…