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COVID-19 - Victoria update

10 days into Victoria’s second lockdown has shown this second wave to be significantly different to the first lockdown. With numbers continuing to increase and new daily records being set,…

Standards

COVID-19 Updated Valuation Protocol– Significant Valuation Uncertainty

API State of Emergency Declaration We have been monitoring the changing environment and reviewing when the State of Emergency can be declared over. Due to current economic uncertainty and the rising unemployment rate in Australia, the API…

Research Paper

How will Australian Property Markets fare in the face of COVID-19?

In these unprecedented times, it becomes increasingly difficult to predict the outlook for Australian property markets. However, at the Australian Property Institute we are fortunate to have access to some…

Member Alert

5 weeks in, where are we at?

As it is now week 5 of our API office evacuation and remote working model, we felt it was time to provide you with an update on what’s been happening behind the…

Member Alert

API Valuation Protocol State of Emergency: Woodina Underwriting

The API wishes to clarify a couple of matters for our members with Woodina PI Insurance, with respect to the Policy Endorsement set out below, which has been provided to…

News

Up-to-date Government Advice: 1 April 2020

As of 3:00pm AEDT on Tuesday 31 March 2020, the following guidelines have been implemented by the Australian Government: Social Distancing - further measures Public gatherings, excluding household members, have been reduced to a…

Member Alert

State of Crisis - State of Emergency Declaration

Effective 8am AEST Monday 30 March 2020, the API Board has declared a State of Crisis/State of Emergency in accordance with the API Valuation Protocol - Guidelines For API Declared Time…

Member Alert

API CEO Update

In light of recent announcements by Australian governments restricting movement and business around the country in an effort to reduce the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), I want to empathise with…

Member Alert

COVID-19 New Valuation Protocol released - Significant Valuation Uncertainty

Due to the rapidly changing environment in which we are now operating market uncertainty is all but a given. This new Valuation Protocol deals with the concept of significant Valuation Uncertainty…

Blog

Ways to stay grounded during these uncertain times

As humans we crave certainty. When we tried to switch up the Christmas holidays last year by suggesting a different beach, my husband and I were hit with immediate howls…

Member Alert

API Office Shutdown

As the situation continues to unfold at an increasingly rapid pace in relation to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, the API has taken the decision to shut our offices and instruct…

News

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Given current concerns about the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the purpose of this Member Alert is to provide advice and guidance for API Members in relation to their interaction with…