Accreditations
Australian Property Institute (API)
The Australian Property Institute (API) has a proud history as Australia’s premier property professional organisation. Founded in 1926 as the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers, the Institute has evolved over time, adapting to the changing needs and influences of the property profession.
The API are a National body with over 7,500 Members each of whom is a professional involved in the valuation, administration and use of land, property, and plant and machinery. Members have degree level tertiary qualifications, have served a period of rigorous training, passed examinations and required to achieve annually accredited compulsory Continuing Professional Development.
Members of the Institute include valuers, professional property advisors, analysts and facilitators and all share a common attribute – they are property experts.
The API sets and maintains the highest standards of professional practice, education, ethics and discipline. Its Members are persons of professional integrity operating under the supervision and discipline of the Institute and bound by a Code of Ethics and Rules of Conduct.
Members of the Australian Property Institute provide independent, fair and honest advice, and only members of the API are CERTIFIED PRACTISING VALUERS.
Matt Garmony is a recipient of the Australian Property Institute’s Excellence in Property Award.
Source: www.api.org.au
Certified Practising Valuers (CPV)
The API states; “A Certified Practising Valuer is a person who, by education, training and experience, is qualified to undertake a valuation of real property. Learn more about Certified Practising Valuers.
The Certified Practising Valuer Certification must be applied for in conjunction with Associate Membership. All applicants for Associate Membership with Certified Practising Valuer are required to meet the API’s Educational and Experience requirements, provide reports for review, and sit a professional interview.
The API’s Certified Practising Valuer (CPV) Certification comes with the AAPI CPV post nominals for Associate Members and FAPI CPV for Fellow Members) and enables its members to work as a property or plant and machinery valuer. The API states; “Holding a CPV certification will unlock a range of professional opportunities and is recognised by all major financial institutions as a pre-requisite to access valuation work.”
To be eligible for for a CPV status the value Must have completed an API CPV accredited course, Must have completed all requisite API Practical Valuation Training (PVT) program and Must have accrued a minimum of two years’ experience in real property valuation the past four years.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
RICS, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, is the pre-eminent organisation of its kind in the world. As such, it represents everything that is good in the property profession.
RICS members offer the very best advice on a surprisingly diverse range of land, property, construction and related environmental issues.
As part of RICS’ role, they help to set, maintain and regulate standards. They also provide impartial advice to governments and policy-makers.
RICS operates out of 146 countries, supported by an extensive network of regional offices located in every continent around the world.
Our Licensed Valuers are all licensed under the Western Australian Land Valuers Licensing Act of 1978, which is regulated by the Western Australian Government’s, Department of Commerce, Consumer Protection Department, requiring an application for renewal every 3 years.
Our professional staff are all members of the Australian Property Institute, who with the Department of Commerce, requires its members to conform with its Code of Conduct and keep up their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points every year to maintain their Certified Practising Valuer (CPV) Status.
Furthermore, all our licensed valuers must maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) status with the Australian Property Institute, which is a minimum of 20 hours of CPD training per year.
As well as being a Licensed Valuer, Matthew Garmony is a Licensed Real Estate and Business Agent, being the holder of a Triennial Certificate. He is also a Certified Development Practitioner (CDP) and a Certified Property Practitioner (CPP) accredited by the Australian Property Institute.
Our valuers are recipients of the Australian Property Institute’s Excellence in Property Award.
