Property type·8 min read·Sample: Condo1, Condo2
Condominium appraisals in UAD 3.6
Project data, ownership interest, and unit-level modeling for attached condominium units — using the two condo sample scenarios.
Ask the copilot about this guide — it has read the whole hub and cites what it uses.
A condo appraisal is really two appraisals stapled together: the unit you're valuing and the project it lives in. On the old 1073 those were rows on a form; in UAD 3.6 the project is its own data with its own required fields, and the unit's requirements shift depending on what the project is. The two condo samples cover both a clean mid-rise unit and a messier project scenario.
- $778,000
- Condo1 opinion of value
- 1973
- Year built
- C3 / Q4
- Overall condition / quality
- Hybrid
- Valuation method (used a PDR)
Condo1 is a hybrid appraisal of an attached mid-rise unit — a good one to open because it also shows how a Property Data Report threads through the assignment data.
Project membership rewrites the requirements
PropertyInProjectIndicator and ProjectLegalStructureType are the switches. When the property is in a project, project-level data — name, legal structure, ownership, control — is expected. When it isn't, the estate-type requirements move instead. The trap is that these interact: the estate type is required both when there's no project AND when the project is a condominium, so "it's a condo, surely the project covers it" is exactly the wrong instinct.
- Rule logic
If (PropertyInProjectIndicator = "false" or ProjectLegalStructureType = "Condominium"), and PropertyEstateType is not provided- Fix
- Provide the estate type whenever the property is not in a project, or the project is a condominium. This is a compound condition — both branches require it, and a condo hits the second branch.
- Seen in a sample
FeeSimplein Single-family (SF1)
Keep the unit and the project in separate boxes
The single most common data-quality issue in condo reports is putting project-level facts on the unit and vice versa. Common areas, parking assignment, and shared amenities belong to the project; the unit carries its own interior improvements and condition. Cross them and you get consistency edits that are hard to trace because everything "looks" filled in.
Keep reading
- Completing a single-family URAR in UAD 3.6A walk-through of the detached single-family assignment using the five SF sample scenarios — from subject identification through the cost approach and reconciliation.10 min
- Cooperative (co-op) appraisals in UAD 3.6Why co-ops model ownership differently, and what that means for the estate type and interest fields — using the Coop1 sample scenario.7 min