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Valuing a part share?

Hi,

If a house is split between 3 people each with a 1/3 share, how does a valuation on a single share usually go?

If for arguments sake the house was worth £90,000 the share would be worth £30,000 if everybody wanted to sell.

But what would the market value of that single share be?

As in an advert went in the estate agents offering for sale a 1/3 share in a property. I'd argue its borderline unsellable, or certainly has a very low market value.

Strange question and I probably explained it badly.

Thanks for any input on this.

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    You've explained it fine and clearly know the answer!
  • pphillips
    pphillips Posts: 1,631 Forumite
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    No one could realistically sell a 1/3 share on the open market. If they did then they could only expect peanuts for it.
  • MobileSaver
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    Jones80 wrote: »
    As in an advert went in the estate agents offering for sale a 1/3 share in a property. I'd argue its borderline unsellable, or certainly has a very low market value.

    As others have said, on the open market the value is practically zero.

    You might be lucky and get someone prepared to gamble a couple of grand but who (other than one of the existing co-owners) would pay more than that for a share in an asset that they may never be able to sell again in their lifetime?
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  • davidmcn
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    Jones80 wrote: »
    As in an advert went in the estate agents offering for sale a 1/3 share in a property. I'd argue its borderline unsellable, or certainly has a very low market value.
    Are you talking about an actual example or something hypothetical? Is it something split among three individuals rather than e.g. a shared ownership property?
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