Valuation and real estate market
Since the spectacular increase of real estate market has tempered, the valuer’s role became significant. On a continuous increasing market the value was a “perishable” thing, now the first signs of stagnation became visible and the valuer’s role in making a decision (the investor’s decision or bank’s decision) is striking.
The financial institutions are making a greater account of the “risk zone”, in concordance with BNR’s new regulations and also a greater pressure is set on the quality of the valuation reports.
An important problem regarding the developing of the valuer’s profession in Romania was the lack of pressure that the investor or the client should have set on the quality of the valuation reports. Unfortunately this pressure was set only on the value of the property.
From a deontological point of view, the valuer should explain some issues regarding especially the fact that the value of a property is not negotiable. The risk departments within financial institutions are attentively supervising this particular aspect, the establishment of the value.
The obvious signs of temper on the real estate market and of the decrease in the speculative aspect, will lead to the maturation of the market and also to a more significant role for the valuer. In Romania, after more than 15 years of valuation, in Romania the time for the consolidation of the real estate market has come. This thing has guided to the appearance of true professional valuators; just as an instrumentalist within a symphonic orchestra is playing through score, that’s how a valuer should always work, in concordance with the professional and ethical standards.
Adrian Crivii, FRICS, MAA
