Business Valuations

First, what are the value components of a business? The appraisal industry is like most others – with its terminology changing over time. For the most recently trained appraisers, the Total Assets of a Business (TAB) are composed of 3 broad classes of property which are: 1) Real property (interests in land and permanently affixed …

Expropriation or Fair Game for All?

While Expropriation is potentially a very complex issue, I will attempt to give a meaningful overview in this condensed space. While not exclusively, provincial legislation dictates the expropriation process for property/land for such things as road widenings, etc. In both AB & SK, provincial legislation defines Expropriation as “the taking of land without the consent …

Lease

Leases Impact on Value?

For many potential buyers, kitchen is often a deciding factor before purcha sing or declining a house. Hence it is a smart move to renovate the Kitchen before putting your house for sale. More often than not, it can earn you about 70 percent return on investment once the sale is through.

Depreciation

Broad-based definitions of depreciation include, “a decrease or loss in value” or “a decline over time in the value of an asset”. Various specific fields (taxation, accounting, appraising) of study elaborate on the above to better suite their specific needs. Relative to the real property appraisal field, the Canadian Uniform Standards of Professional Practise defines …