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Thismonograph critically reviews and updates real estate valuation theory, which isbased on neoclassical economics, in light of developments in heterodox economictheory. Building on a comprehensive historical account of the evolution ofvalue theory, the book uses new institutional economics theory and criticalrealism as lenses through which problems in standard valuation theory andpractice are expatiated, and as the foundation for an alternative theory. Thenew theory is employed to explain major problems in real estate valuation thatare beyond the capability of the standard theory, such as price bubbles in realestate markets, anchoring bias, client influence andvaluation under uncertain market conditions.
List of contents
Preface.- 1 Standard Theory of Real Estate Market Value: Concepts and Problems.- 2 Aristotle to Marshall: The Evolution of Economic Value Theory.- 3 Traditional Valuation Methods.- 4 Automated Valuation Models.- 5 Real Estate Markets and Neoclassical Economic Theory - A Heterodox Critique.- 6 An Alternative Theory of Market Value: Ontological Foundation.- 7 An Alternative Theory: Market Value as Convention and Market Value as Emergence.- 8 Applications to Problems of Theory and Practice.- Postscript.
About the author
Manya M. Mooya holds a PhD in Real
Estate from the University of Pretoria, an MPhil in Land Economy from the
University of Cambridge and a BSc in Land Economy from the Copperbelt
University. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Property Studies in the Department
of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town. He
teaches courses on property valuation at both the undergraduate and
postgraduate levels. His research work, both theoretical and applied, focuses
on the twin questions of how value is created in real estate markets and on the
links between these markets and capital accumulation.
Summary
This
monograph critically reviews and updates real estate valuation theory, which is
based on neoclassical economics, in light of developments in heterodox economic
theory. Building on a comprehensive historical account of the evolution of
value theory, the book uses new institutional economics theory and critical
realism as lenses through which problems in standard valuation theory and
practice are expatiated, and as the foundation for an alternative theory. The
new theory is employed to explain major problems in real estate valuation that
are beyond the capability of the standard theory, such as price bubbles in real
estate markets, anchoring bias, client influence and
valuation under uncertain market conditions.
