Definition C10

An overall rate or overall capitalization rate is the rate on the overall property (debt and equity). One way of arriving at an overall rate is to use the band of investment approach. This is based on taking into consideration the investment criteria of both the lender and the equity investor involved in a project. This is done by taking a weighted average of the equity dividend rate expected by the investor and the mortgage loan constant (expressed on an annual basis) required by the lender. Two different ways of arriving at an overall rate are the direct capitalization approach and the present value method.

Using the direct capitalization approach, this technique is a very simple approach to the valuation of income producing property. The rationale is based on the idea that at any given point in time, the current NOI produced by a property is related to its current market value. A survey of other transactions including sales prices and NOI (NOI ÷ sales prices) indicates the cap rate that competitive investments have traded for. This survey provides cap rates that indicate what investors are currently paying relative to current income being produced. A parallel in equity securities markets would be earnings yield (or earnings per share ÷ price) or price earnings multiples (Price ÷ earnings per share).

A capitalization rate is equal to the difference between the discount rate and the expected growth in income. In other words, changes in income over the economic life of the property are ignored when using a capitalization rate.

A unit of comparison is used in the sales comparison approach to valuation. To the extent that there are differences in size, scale, location, age, and quality of construction between the project being valued and recent sales of comparable properties, adjustments must be made to compensate for such differences. The appraiser must find an appropriate unit of comparison for a given property. Examples are price per square foot for an office building, price per cubic foot for warehouse space, price per bed for hospitals, or price per room for hotels.

If perfect information was available, then theoretically the same value should result regardless of the methods chosen, be it cost, market, or income capitalization. Even with imperfect information, there should be some correspondence between the three approaches to value, which is the reason appraisal reports will typically contain estimates of value based on at least two approaches to determining value.

Financing should be explicitly considered when using the mortgage-equity capitalization method. With this method, the value of a property can be estimated by explicitly taking into consideration the requirements of the mortgage lender and equity investor, hence the term “mortgage-equity capitalization”.

A terminal cap rate may be lower than the going in cap rate if between the present time and end of a holding period interest rates are expected to fall, risk is expected to decline, or demand is expected to increase (thereby producing higher rents and/or appreciation). A higher terminal cap rate would result if the opposite changes in the three situations stated above occurred.

A reduction in risk lowers cap rates because expected returns are lower. If this occurred at a time when demand increases, property values would rise significantly because of increases in rents from greater demand and lower cap rates.

Problems occur if properties being used as "comparables" have different lease terms, maturities, and credit quality of tenants. Further, if properties are older, have depreciated, have different functional design, etc. than the subject, problems can occur. In these cases cap rates must be either adjusted to reflect these differences or not used at all.

When we sell a property the price paid by the next investor is an assessment of income for his expected period of ownership. Therefore, for the next investor, or potential buyer, the NOI for his first year of ownership will be the year after we sell the property. This will be the first year of his investment.

No. The cap rate is the relationship between the current NOI and present value. The IRR is the return on all future cash flows from the operation and sale of the property. Usually the IRR is greater than the cap rate.

The terminal cap rate approach to estimating a reversion value is based on the assumption that in the year of sale, investors will value the property based on the new "going in" cap rate at the time. Estimates of the terminal cap rate are made by adjusting the current or going in cap rate to reflect any depreciation that is likely to occur over the holding period. A risk premium may also be added because the cap rate is being applied to NOI several years in the future which is less certain than the current NOI that a going in cap rate would be applied to. Using a rate of appreciation to estimate the reversion value is based on the investor's expectation as to trends in property values. This could be a reflection of risk, expected cash flows, interest rates, and returns on other investments such as stocks and bonds.

• BUYER AND SELLER R TYPICALLY MOTIVATED
• PARTIES R WELL INFORMED / WELL ADVISED AD ACTING IN THEIR BEST INTEREST
• REASONABLE TIME IN THE MARKET
• PAYMENT IN CASH OR ITS EQUIVALENT
  • TRADITIONAL FINANCING

• PHYSICAL AND LEGAL IDENTIFICATION
• IDENTIFY PROPERTY RIGHTS TO BE VALUED
• SPECIFY THE PURPOE OF THE APPRAISAL
• SPECIFY EFFECTIVE DATE OF VALUE ESTIMATE
• GATHER AND ANALYZE ARKET DATA
  • APPLY TECHNOQUES TO ESTIMATE VALUE

• SALES COMPARISON
• INCOME CAPITALIZATION
  • COST APPROACH