Course Information

This half-day course is designed to introduce delegates to the residual land appraisal concepts and functionality of the SDS ProVal Private Finance module.

Delegates will be able to understand how a private developer values land and learn how private sector appraisal techniques can be applied to social housing development.

Pre-requisites

Those attending this course should have a good understanding of development and of the appraisal process, and have had prior experience of using SDS ProVal.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Create a land appraisal
• Optimise scheme mix to maximise land values
• Understand the key terminology and concepts in residual land valuation
• Understand how to interpret the results of the appraisal

Agenda:

• Introduction
• Principles of land valuation
• Creating a new appraisal
• Opening existing appraisal
• Saving as a new version
• Doing a quick appraisal
• Understanding the viability results
• Linking the results to the rent appraisal
• Review of the ancillary reports