Our Yacht Listing Analysis Methodology

1. Factors reviewed

• · Asking price, currency and any published price movement.
• · Technical specification completeness, including hours, tankage, draft and range.
• · Refit history and whether its scope is itemised.
• · Photographic coverage, sequence and apparent age of the image set.
• · Description accuracy, structure and unanswered questions.
• · Consistency of the same listing across the portals where it appears.
• · The competitive set a buyer sees at the time of the analysis.

2. Selecting comparable listings

A comparable set reconstructs what a buyer would assemble using search filters. Length band and build year carry the greatest weight, followed by builder standing, then hull type and intended use, then region. The set is drawn at the time of the analysis and reflects a moving market: a set assembled three months later may differ.

Where fewer than a workable number of comparable listings exist, the analysis widens one criterion at a time and records which criterion was relaxed.

3. Treatment of public market information

Public listing information is treated as evidence of what buyers can see, not as evidence of what yachts are worth. Asking prices are recorded as published. Where a listing appears with conflicting figures, both are noted rather than reconciled silently.

4. Assumptions and data limitations

Every assumption is labelled in the section where it is used. Common limitations include unpublished transaction prices, yachts marketed privately, prices shown on application, undated photography and refit descriptions without scope. A finding that depends on an unverifiable input is presented as an observation, not a conclusion.

5. Why this is not a valuation

A formal valuation is produced under a valuation standard, for a defined purpose, by a qualified valuer, and states a figure. A Yacht Listing Analysis describes position and presentation and states no figure of value. Where a valuation is required for finance, insurance, accounting or legal purposes, a qualified valuer should be instructed.

6. Human judgment and research tools

Technology supported research is used to collect and organise public listing data. Selection, interpretation and every written conclusion are the work of an analyst. Proprietary internal working methods are not published, but the inputs, the assumptions and the limits of each finding always are.