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Module: Real Estate Financial Modelling & Value Add

Day 1 – Residual Valuation Appraisal, Inputs & Outputs

Residual Valuation Appraisal

Property Yields

Land Value

Profit Appraisal

Gross and Net Development Values

Return on GDV, Cost and Equity

Proforma Development Cash Flow

Inputs:

  • Timings: purchase date, works start date, planning, lead in, construction and refurbishment, void period, lease start, sale date
  • Revenue: sales proceeds, estimated rental value per sqf, net internal areas, rental growth and target returns
  • Development Costs: construction and refurbishment, site purchase and vacant possession value, contingency, professional fees, statutory costs, allowances and rights 
  • S-Curve vs. Straight Line

Outputs:

  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  • Net Present Value (NPV)
  • Maximum Bidding Price
  • Total profit, profit on cost and equity multiple

Financial Viability Testing & Analysis

Data tables & sensitivity analysis

Risk visualisation techniques

Case study: Un-geared office redevelopment in the UK

Day 2 – Development Finance

Development finance

  • Debt & Equity Structures
  • Senior Debt
  • Mezzanine Loan

Geared Cashflow

Debt Types

  • Rolled-up interest senior debt
  • Equity first capital deployment waterfall
  • Debt repayment structures for development finance

Joint-venture structures

  • Equity waterfall structure
  • Preferred returns
  • Promote Cash Flow

Capitalised interest & circularities

Case Study: Geared office redevelopment in the UK

Day 3 – Construction period, Lease-up and stabilisation period, Investment options modelling & Risk modelling

Details

  • Current in-place leases, operating expenses – vacancy costs, including rates and empty costs
  • Site acquisition including options, pre-development and planning costs
  • Equity and debt drawdowns, including mezzanine finance

Construction period

  • Development hard and soft costs using S-curve, Straight line and Known curves
  • Construction finance drawdowns following an equity-first model

Lease-up and stabilisation period

  • New leases with gross and net lease clauses
  • Tenant incentives such as rent-free and capital expenditure contributions
  • Operating expenses – delayed rates, letting fees, service charges and void costs

Investment options modelling

  • Lease re-gearing, hold or sell
  • Re-develop, refinance and hold
  • Re-develop, stabilise and sell

Sources of funds

  • Calculating debt and equity peaks
  • Modelling the debt repayment waterfall
  • Calculating total cost of debt (interest and fees)

Carried Interest / Promote Structures

  • Profit shares and preferred equity returns
  • Equity returns based on different IRR tiers

Risk modelling and presentation

      Financial ratios: IRR, NPV, Residual Land Value, Profit on Cost, Profit on GDV, Equity Multiple

      Sensitivity analysis (2-way data tables)

      Scenario analysis

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