Developments Affecting the Valuation Profession in Serbia and Proposed Transactions Database

Presentation at The Association of Serbian Banks

by

Krzysztof Grzesik FRICS REV

Belgrade 26th November 2013

The European Union Today’s New Influence on Valuation

The financial crisis has shifted Power to the EU and made the EU regulator nervous about financial and real estate markets.

EU Directives Relevant Valuation (and mortgage lending)

• Capital Requirements Directive (including definitions of market value and mortgage lending value)

• Mortgage Credit Directive

Mortgage Credit Directive (2013)

• The most important and fundamental EU Law concerning real estate valuation in Europe to date

• Concerns only residental property but will have major repercussions in all other sectors

• A charter for reliable National Standards reflecting internationally recognised standards (IVS, EVS, RICS)

Mortgage Credit Directive (Cont’d)

Article 14 a: Property Valuation

1) „Member states shall ensure that reliable property valuation standards for mortgage lending purposes are developed within their territory…

Recital

“In order to be considered reliable, valuation standards should take into account internationally recognised valuation standards, in particular those developed by the International Valuation Standards Committee, the European Group of Valuers’ Associations or the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors….”

Mortgage Credit Directive Cont’d

1a. Member states shall require that internal and external appraisers conducting property valuations are professionally competent and sufficiently independent from the credit underwriting process so that they can provide impartial and objective valuations which shall be documented in a durable medium and a record of it kept by the creditor

Internationally Recognised Valuation Standards

• International Valuation Standards 2011 - IVSC

• European Valuation Standards 2012 - TEGoVA

• Valuation - Professional Standards 2012 - RICS

• USPAP – Appraisal Foundation

Market Value Definition – The Common Thread

“The estimated amount for which a property should exchange on the date of valuation between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction after proper marketing wherein the parties have acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion.”

Reliable Property Valuation Standards for Serbia?

• In light of Mortgage Credit Directive and Chapter 9 EU Negotiations it seems that main responsibility rests with the National Bank of Serbia, the Banking Community and the Serbian Valuation Profession

Just Published

• NAVS –Consultation Document setting out proposed Valuation Standards for Serbia in line with International Valuation Standards and European Valuation Standards

• AAS – Valuation Standards for Serbia in line with International Valuation Standards and RICS Valuation Standards

Serbia EU membership?

Serbia is now a top candidate for EU accession having applied in 2009.  

EU has opened door to negotiations on each of the 35 'chapters' that must all be closed before the Commission can recommend membership and Council and Parliament vote on it.

 

Serbia EU membership – 35 Chapters

1. Free movement of goods 2. Freedom of movement for

workers 3. Right of establishment and

freedom to provide services 4. Free movement of capital 5. Public procurement 6. Company law 7. Intellectual property law 8. Competition policy 9. Financial services 10. Information society and

media 11. Agriculture and rural

development 12. Food safety, veterinary and

phytosanitary policy

13. Fisheries 14. Transport policy 15. Energy 16. Taxation 17. Economic and monetary

policy 18. Statistics 19. Social policy and

employment 20. Enterprise and industrial

policy21. Trans-European networks 22. Regional policy and

coordination of structural instruments

23. Judiciary and fundamental rights

24. Justice, freedom and security 25. Science and research 26. Education and culture 27. Environment 28. Consumer and health

protection 29. Customs Union 30. External relations 31. Foreign, security and

defence policy 32. Financial control 33. Financial and budgetary

provisions 34. Institutions 35. Other issues

The Mortgage Credit Directive falls under chapter 9 Financial Services.

A „professionally competent” Valuation Profession – Educational Requirements in Europe

A university degree, post graduate diploma or professional qualification relevant to real estate valuation if it prepares the valuer to carry out valuation services on the basis of a multidisciplinary knowledge that should be based on the following core areas of knowledge:

a) Principles of economic theory including those relating to the real estate market b) Valuation principles, practice and standards including statutory valuations c) Real estate finance, investment and statistical analysisd) Real estate, planning and environmental law e) Principles of constitutional, contract and civil lawf) Taxation of revenue, g) Principles of accounting h) Land and property rights registeri) Principles of building constructionj) Professional ethics

Proposed Transactions Database for Valuers

• A joint venture between The National Bank of Serbia, The Association of Serbian Banks and Established Valuer Associations

• Self Financing

• To benefit all stakeholders in the interests of greater market transparency and improved valuation accuracy

Types of Database

• Residential Property Transactions – 1st stage (to assist in valuations under Mortgage Credit Directive)

• Land Transactions – 2nd Stage

• Commercial Property Transactions – 3rd Stage

Database Template for Residential Transactions

• Location• Address (street, no)• Type: House, Flat/Apartment • Plot specification (number)• Type of ownership• Number of floors of the building• Construction (description)• Position on floor• Garage (yes/no)• Area (m2)• Price• Price per m2

• Date• Purchaser (private individual/company)• Seller (private individual/company/developer)• Photographs, Google Map, Register Map and Zoning Plan

Database Template for Land Transactions

• Location• Adress (street, no)• Plot specification (number???)• Type of ownership• Zoning• Price• Price per m2 • Date• Seller• Buyer• Photographs, Google Map, Register Map, Zoning Plan

Commercial (office/retail/warehouse) Transactions

• Type of the property • Location• Address (street, no)• Plot specification (number)• Type of ownership• Planning/Zoning• Yield• Rentable area• Construction (description)• Floor Areas (m2)• Price• Price per m2

• Date• Seller• Buyer• Photographs, Google Map, Register Map and Zoning Plan

Who will source information for database

• Banks – Members of Association of Serbian Banks

• Valuer Associations – Executive Summary valuations?

• Market Analysis

• Secondary Source information gained by valuers

• Press Information, Internet, Publicly available market reports

What is required?

• A small expert team of property analysts and IT specialists employed by Association of Serbian Banks or a separate Joint Venture Company

• Overseen by an Advisory/Supervisory Board made up of representatives of all stakeholders

Residential Property Indices

Establish representative “beacon properties” to be valued by appointed qualified experts throughout Serbia (or Valuer Associations) on a quarterly basis

• Thank you!