Qval Property Advisors

What Qval Property Advisors does

Qval Property Advisors, LLC is a commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm headquartered in Houston, Texas (1401 Enclave Parkway, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77077), with additional offices in Houston and Orange County, California. The firm was founded in February 2004 by Jerry W. Witte Jr., MAI, CRE, FRICS, through a management buyout of his real estate advisory practice from Hein & Associates LLP. Project experience spans all 50 U.S. states and four international markets — Canada, Australia, Mexico, and Brazil — though operating geographies remain anchored to the two U.S. offices.

The firm delivers five integrated service lines: Real Estate and Business Valuation; Acquisition/Disposition Due Diligence; Real Estate Capital Markets; Real Estate IT Consulting; and Investment Sales and Leasing Brokerage. Its technology stack consists of statistical analysis tools, financial modeling systems, electronic database systems, and the proprietary "Qval Methodologies" developed from the founder's accounting-firm background, with data secured by 128-bit encryption and nightly off-site backups. Delivery is team-based, with each assignment staffed by at least three professionals across research, consulting, managerial, and principal tiers; multiple team members hold MAI (Appraisal Institute), CRE (Counselors of Real Estate), and FRICS (Royal Society of Chartered Surveyors) designations.

Qval generates revenue exclusively through project-based professional service fees billed to institutional real estate investment funds, legal counsel, and investment advisors. Its go-to-market is consultative and relationship-driven, with no public pricing, no paid marketing channels, and no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or acquisition history. The firm is privately held by its founder and operates as an independent Texas LLC.

Name

Qval Property Advisors

Legal name

Qval Property Advisors, LLC

Website

https://qvalpa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Houston-based Qval Property Advisors provides commercial real estate valuation, due diligence, capital markets advisory, IT consulting, and brokerage services to institutional investment funds, legal counsel, and investment advisors across the U.S. and four international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Appraisers (53132), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Real Estate Credit (522292)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Mortgage Bankers & Loan Correspondents (6162)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE), Estate, Gift & Trust Valuation (BPAHANAL)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate valuation
• Real estate appraisal services
• Institutional property consulting
• Real estate capital markets
• Acquisition due diligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Valuation Services: Commercial real estate and business valuation services provided to institutional clients. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service fees.
2. Acquisition/Disposition Due Diligence: Due diligence services for real estate transactions including market research, financial analysis, lease abstraction, and portfolio diagnostics.
3. Real Estate Capital Markets: Capital markets advisory including loan valuation, debt restructuring, loan portfolio diagnostics, and underwriting due diligence services.
4. Real Estate IT Consulting: Technical consulting services including IT systems integration, technology transitioning, property management software implementation, and web-based portal development.
5. Investment Sales & Leasing Brokerage: Brokerage services for buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants including exclusive agency listings, tenant representation, and investment sales package preparation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Qval Property Advisors is a commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm providing appraisals, acquisition and disposition due diligence, capital markets advisory, real estate IT consulting, and investment sales and leasing brokerage services. The firm serves institutional real estate investment funds, legal counsel, and investment advisors across all 50 U.S. states and international markets including Canada, Australia, Mexico, and Brazil. Engagements are delivered by teams of at least three credentialed professionals using proprietary Qval Methodologies.

Product overview

Qval Property Advisors is a commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm offering five integrated service lines. The core offering is Real Estate & Business Valuation, which provides property and business appraisals across diverse property types. This is complemented by Acquisition/Disposition Due Diligence for transaction support, Real Estate Capital Markets for loan valuation and underwriting, Real Estate IT Consulting for technical models and software implementation, and Investment Sales & Leasing Brokerage for buying, selling, and leasing services. The company serves institutional clients including global real estate investment funds, legal counsel, and investment advisors, with team members holding designations from the Appraisal Institute, NCREIF, The Counselors of Real Estate, Royal Society of Chartered Surveyors, and Urban Land Institute.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Valbridge Property Advisors: One of the largest independent commercial real estate valuation and advisory firms in the U.S., serving institutional clients with a similar multi-line appraisal, consulting and capital-markets model — the closest direct competitor to Qval in scale and service mix.
• Integra Realty Resources: National CRE valuation and advisory firm with MAI-credentialed appraisers serving institutional investors, lenders and law firms — directly comparable to Qval's institutional client base and service-line breadth.
• Altus Group: Provider of CRE data, analytics, valuation software and advisory services to institutional investors and lenders — overlaps Qval's valuation, capital markets and IT-consulting practices, particularly with North American institutional mandates.

Broad incumbents

• CBRE Valuation & Advisory Services: Valuation arm of the world's largest commercial real estate services platform — competes for institutional valuation and capital markets mandates with the scale, technology and global footprint that Qval cannot match.
• JLL Valuation & Advisory: Global CRE services firm offering valuation, capital markets and consulting — competes for the same institutional fund clients as Qval and bundles advisory work with investment sales and debt placement.
• Cushman & Wakefield Valuation & Advisory: Full-service global CRE platform with a substantial valuation and advisory practice targeting institutional owners, lenders and investors — directly competes with Qval on large portfolio mandates.
• Colliers Valuation & Advisory: Global CRE services firm offering valuation, capital markets and investment sales — competes for institutional CRE mandates and offers the same multi-service delivery model Qval does.
• Newmark Group: Full-service commercial real estate advisor with capital markets, valuation and investment sales capabilities — a scaled competitor pursuing many of the same institutional clients as Qval.
• Duff & Phelps (Kroll) Real Estate Advisory: Global valuation and corporate finance advisor with a dedicated real estate practice serving institutional investors, lenders and legal counsel — competes for portfolio-level valuation and complex CRE mandates.

Others

• PwC Real Estate Advisory: Big-4 advisory practice providing real estate valuation, transaction support and capital markets services to large institutional investors — directly comparable given Qval's founder PwC lineage, though not a primary competitor for mid-sized institutional mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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