Overview
This is the capstone unit in property valuation. It incorporates the valuation of complex investment, specialised and development property . You will gain insights into current issues in property economics, and social, cultural, environmental and property rights factors that impact on the value of different property types. Advanced valuation approaches for income producing property are analysed, including advanced modelling and risk analysis associated with the expected returns.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: PROP11001 and FINC19014
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Informal feedback
Clear specification of core and extension components of the unit are useful for time poor students.
Continue to specify core and extension components to the unit.
- Apply advanced valuation methods to value complex or specialised property types.
- Articulate emerging issues in property economics.
- Critically evaluate the factors that impact on the value of property rights and assets.
- Effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders on complex or specialised property.
This unit is an element in the required content for accreditation for Certified Practicing Valuer with the Australian Property Institute.
Students will have the opportunity to pursue Estate Master professional accreditation as an extension to the core activities in this unit related to development analysis. Estate Master accreditation is a widely recognised industry standard within the Australian and international development industry and can benefit the career prospects of students. Accreditation is independent of the university, however students receive a special student package which includes extended student access to the software and a heavily discounted accreditation. Details of how to pursue accreditation will be found on the Moodle site for this unit.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||
| 2 - Take Home Exam - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microsft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or similar software such as Open Office
- Microsoft office Suite or equivalent (Especially Spreadsheets)
- CoreLogic RPData
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Week 1
Begin Date: 04 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Property as investment
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Week 2
Begin Date: 11 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Property Cash Flow Studies and Rental Valuations
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Week 3
Begin Date: 18 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Partial interests
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Week 4
Begin Date: 25 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Ground Rent Determination
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Week 5
Begin Date: 01 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Development Valuations
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Vacation Week
Begin Date: 08 Apr 2024Module/Topic
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Week 6
Begin Date: 15 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Specialist valuations
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Week 7
Begin Date: 22 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Investment Valuation Reports
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Week 8
Begin Date: 29 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Valuation of Land Affected by Customary Rights
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Relevant literature available in the Unit Moodle site.
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Week 9
Begin Date: 06 May 2024Module/Topic
Plant & Machinery Valuation
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Week 10
Begin Date: 13 May 2024Module/Topic
Emerging Factors in Property and Valuation
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Relevant literature available in the Unit Moodle site
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Week 11
Begin Date: 20 May 2024Module/Topic
Professional Practice and Market Analysis
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Relevant literature available in the Unit Moodle site
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Week 12
Begin Date: 27 May 2024Module/Topic
Property and the Environment
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Relevant literature available in the Unit Moodle site
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Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 03 Jun 2024Module/Topic
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Exam Week
Begin Date: 10 Jun 2024Module/Topic
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1 Written Assessment
This assignment consists of an advanced valuation project of the sort encountered in property economics practice. It will require valuation skills and the ability to creatively apply property economics theory to a practical problem in the property investment and/or development arena of an actual investment or specialist property. The submission will consist of a consultancy report based on a valuation.
Specific details will be found on Moodle.
File to be in a word processor format able to be opened by Microsoft Word (e.g. ".doc" format).
Week 9 Friday (10 May 2024) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 11 Friday (24 May 2024)
The assessment will be marked against the following criteria:
| 1 | Presentation |
| 2 | Property Description |
| 3 | Economic Outlook |
| 4 | Valuation approach |
| 5 | Computations |
| 6 | Ground Rent or DF |
| 7 | Practitioner contact |
| 8 | Insightfulness |
The criteria are not equally weighted and further details of assessment criteria may be found on the Moodle site.
- Apply advanced valuation methods to value complex or specialised property types.
- Articulate emerging issues in property economics.
- Effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders on complex or specialised property.
2 Take Home Exam
No Assessment Task Description
No Assessment Criteria
No submission method provided.
- Articulate emerging issues in property economics.
- Critically evaluate the factors that impact on the value of property rights and assets.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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