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Property Development Feasibility: How to Know if a Deal Works

A practical explanation of revenue, cost, time and risk—the four forces behind a useful feasibility.

Property feasibility spreadsheet beside Australian site plans

A feasibility is a decision tool, not a promise. Its value comes from making assumptions visible, testing them and updating them as better information becomes available.

Build revenue from evidence

Use genuinely comparable sales or rental evidence, allow for differences in product and timing, and resist treating an optimistic asking price as the base case.

Capture the whole cost stack

Include purchase costs, consultants, applications, infrastructure charges, construction, finance, holding costs, sales, tax and a contingency appropriate to the uncertainty.

  • Separate known quotes from early allowances
  • Model timing as well as headline cost
  • Record the source and date of major assumptions

Stress-test the result

Ask what happens if revenue softens, approvals take longer, interest costs rise or construction changes. A deal that only works in the best case is telling you something important.

This article provides general educational information only. It is not financial, investment, legal, tax, planning or accounting advice. Property development involves risk, and you should obtain independent advice appropriate to your circumstances and project.

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