appraisal 10 – A SEARCH FOR THE EVALUATION PARAMETERS FOR DIRECT PROCEDURE As Prof. Famularo stated as early as in 1942, as to the general principles of estimation: “from the logical point of view there is only one method to estimate the value of all goods, and that is the recognition that the given goods belong to a class of similar goods of a known price, based on a parameter which is common to all those goods” (Famularo, “Ancora sul concetto di dipendenza del valore dallo scopo della stima” / “Still on the concept of dependence of the value on the purpose of the estimation”, in Riv. Cadastre and SS.TT. EE., n. 2, 1942). These claims were, in principle, reformulated and shared by Prof. Marcello Orefice, who wrote: “Therefore, any estimative operation consists of the synthetic comparison between the goods being assessed and one or more groups of functionally similar goods, for which we have historical data about the prices that have already been applied in exchange operations.” (Orefice, Estimo / Appraisal, Utet, 1984). The retrieval of objective historical data to use for a comparison, can sometimes be tricky due to the constant habit of the persons involved in economics to reduce (often for taxation purposes) the actually agreed upon prices, although this phenomenon is declining as a result of the 2006 Budget (Act 266 of December 23, 2005, Art. 1, par. 497) that introduced the requirement of the declaration of the ‘real’ value of the transaction, supported with the documentary evidence and verifying means of payment. In the estimative practice though, a search for sales offers in the so called ‘homogeneous area’,considering the units with the same featuresand uses,still remains a good reference point; which, in case of scarcity of data, may also extend to similar areas; so that one may actually ‘assimilate’ the examined reality into the potential ‘price’ to offer in the course of free bargaining. As is known, the offer does not always match the demand in the market and, in any case, the “time” factor is inversely proportional to the entity of the offer. In fact, the more time passes by after some goods are launched onto the market, the more the financial claims of the tendering party decrease. In our case, since the area is of absolute value, the time factor has a very limited impact on the offer, given that prestigious economic goods remain unaffected by the usual market crises and, in contrast, experience even greater demand in periods like the present one, in which investors are looking for solid bases precisely in the property sector. For these reasons, in order to identify the parameter of estimation, we will refer to properties placed on the market in the area (or the wider area) for the same features and purposes of use, by applying - whenever applicable - “correction coefficients”, by reason of possible major and minor advantages of the goods we are comparing with the one being assessed.oweer considering the prudential and conseratie criteria that the property suggests such coefficients were not adopted. -91 -
appraisal In the course of our research we identified the following properties offered for sale: 1. Villino Giulia Villa at Piazza di Spagna Advertised by Christies Real Estate Surface: Interior: Garden: Cellar: Asking Price: Price/m2: Price/sq ft: 7.911 sq ft/735 m2 3.444 sq ft/320 m2 1.937 sq ft/180 m2 25.000.000 Euro 20.226 Euro/m2 1.881 Euro/sq ft 2. Luxury Penthouse in the Heart of Rome Penthouse over Piazza Venezia Advertised by Christies Real Estate Surface: Asking Price: Price/m2: Price/sq ft: 5.220 sq ft/485 m2 15.000.000 Euro 30.927 Euro/m2 2.873 Euro/sq ft 3. Apartment in Via dei Condotti Advertised by Christies Real Estate Surface: Asking Price: Price/m2: Price/sq ft: 3659 sq ft/340 m2 7.000.000 Euro 20.588 Euro/m2 1.913 Euro/sq ft 4. Apartment in Ludovisi Advertised by Sotheby’s International Realty Surface interior: Terraces (100% of the value) Asking Price: Price/m2: Price/sq ft: 5.489 sq ft/510 m2 2.325 sq ft /216 m2 20.000.000 Euro 27.548 Euro/m2 2.559 Euro/sq ft -92 -