Market Value Investment Worth And Fair Value Case Study

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Question 1: Taking the definitions within the RICS Red Book (2014) explain the difference between Market Value, Investment Worth and Fair Value? When might each be used?
According to RICS (2014) Market Value is the estimated amount for which an asset or liability should exchange on the valuation date between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s length transaction, after proper marketing and where the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion. This shows that the Market Value is the price at equilibrium where the demanded commodity equals the supplied commodity in an open market. This is the exact price of the commodity in the market and it doesn’t consider the supplier inputs in raw material, tax, or …show more content…

This value is determined by the cost of raw materials, labour, taxes and all other cost involved in production process. This price can also be determined by the suppliers own needs example need for cash to pay bills. As opposed to market value, this value may not range anywhere close to the equilibrium point because is not influenced a lot by forces of demand and supply, the supplier requirements might be more than market price and will be unwilling to sell at the market price because it might be a loss for him/her, on the other hand the supplier might have the product price lower than the market price and will be willing to sell it a lower price. This price is used mostly when the supplier want to make a certain percentage of profit, is unwilling to sell unless that profit percentage is reached and the market not controlled by the demand and supply factors. The consumers here have no much say in the price of the …show more content…

Second: The estimated price for the transfer of an asset or liability between identified knowledgeable and willing parties that reflects the respective interests of those parties (IVS 2013).This price takes into consideration what is the right price of commodity without any hidden agendas in the price, as opposed to Investment Worth, Fair value is calculated as the price of the end product which is fair to both suppliers and buyer. Also opposed to market value, here the supplier or buyer might not be willing to buy or sell at this price but other factors such as government policies might force them to sell and buy at this price. This price is mostly set by government and other regulatory bodies to protect consumers from monopoly market, and protect suppliers from

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