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Property valuation guides

Straight answers to the questions owners, accountants and executors ask most, with the law and ATO guidance linked. Last updated 27 October 2026.

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What is a retrospective property valuation?

A retrospective (past-date) property valuation gives the market value of a property on a date in the past. What it is used for, how it is done and what it costs.

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Valuing your home when it becomes a rental (CGT)

When your home starts earning rent, its market value at that time can set the cost base for capital gains tax. When the rule applies and what valuation evidence to keep.

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SMSF property valuations at 30 June

SMSF trustees must value fund assets at market value each year. What the ATO guide says about property valuations and who can prepare them.

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Deceased estate property valuations

Why executors and beneficiaries need a property value at the date of death, how CGT cost base rules use it, and what a date-of-death valuation costs.

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Desktop assessments vs inspected valuations

The difference between a desktop property assessment and an inspected valuation: what each costs, what each suits and when a desktop report is not enough.

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How much does a property valuation cost?

What a property valuation costs with APAVAL, from a $99 + GST desktop assessment to quoted legal and commercial reports, and what changes the price.

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What does "market value" mean for property?

The meaning of market value in Australian property valuation and tax, the willing buyer and willing seller test, and how it differs from a sale price or an agent's appraisal.

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