Does CV Really Matter When Appraising a Home, and Do Buyers Actually Look at It? Few property numbers generate as much conversation in Auckland as the CV. When a new Auckland Council valuation arrives, homeowners naturally compare it with neighbours, recent sales and online estimates. Then, when the property is eventually appraised or brought to market, one of the first questions is often: “But what about the CV?” The answer is that the CV is useful information. It just isn't

When I Would Tell a North Shore Owner Not to Sell Yet Real estate agents make their living when properties sell. So you might reasonably assume that if you ask an agent whether you should put your home on the market, the answer will always be yes. I don't think it should be. Sometimes selling now is absolutely the right decision. Sometimes it isn't. If someone asks me for advice, I think my responsibility is to consider their circumstances first, rather than simply looking fo

Why Two Similar Torbay Homes Can Sell for Very Different Prices It's something homeowners notice all the time. Two Torbay houses look fairly similar. Perhaps they have the same number of bedrooms, were built around the same time and sit on similarly sized sections. Then one sells for significantly more than the other. Why? The answer is usually that buyers aren't purchasing a spreadsheet of bedrooms, bathrooms and square metres. They're purchasing the whole property and the w

One of the first questions homeowners naturally ask me is, “What do you think my home is worth?” It sounds like a simple question, but a good property appraisal involves considerably more than looking at the size of the house, checking the CV and finding a couple of recent sales nearby. When I appraise a home in Browns Bay, I’m trying to answer a more useful question: If this property came to the market today, how is the current pool of buyers likely to respond to it? That me