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The third edition of this popular textbook offers a comprehensive and student-friendly exploration of the application of property valuation and appraisal techniques. Thoroughly revised and re-structured, it covers topics including risk, residential lease extensions, enfranchisement and cash flows. The text explain the theory concisely but at the same time seeks to show the application of different techniques in the contexts which are often encountered in practice.Detailed yet accessible, is ideal reading both for second and third year undergraduates; for postgraduates, both those new to the subject and those looking to extend their knowledge; and for practitioners who are not valuers but require some familiarity with the vocabulary, principles and application of the valuation toolkit or who are looking to refresh and develop their understanding of property valuation.New to this Edition:- Provides more material on sustainability in relation to property value- Revised and extended learning features and more worked examples to make the book even more user-friendly>
List of contents
1. Introduction
2. Traditional Method of Investment Valuation
3. Discounted Cash Flow
4. Interest Rates and Yields
5. Equated Yields
6. Hardcore Method
7. Equivalent Yields
8. Equated Rents
9. Rent Payments
10. Taxation
11. Risk
12. Problems of Leasehold Valuation
13. Contemporary Methods of Valuation
14. Development Valuations and the Cash Flow Approach
15. Computer Models and the Use of Spreadsheets
16. Financial Appraisal Techniques
17. New Directions.
About the author
David Isaac is a former Professor of Real Estate Management and a former Director of Research and Enterprise at the University of Greenwich, UK.JOHN O'LEARY is Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Construction, UK.
