Real Estate Valuation: Principles & Practice - Paperback

by Dr Adv Harshul Savla (Mrics) (Author)

Have you ever wondered how property is valued or what is the real worth of the house you bought last summer? Should you care about it? Knowing the value of a property helps you to make affirmative decisions. Come along and dive in the world of valuation with us.Valuation existed, since early days when the Barter system existed back then the concept of money was not yet invented, People use to exchange goods or services in return for other goods and services. Valuing things is also a day-to-day activity in one's life, for example if you want to buy a used cell phone, you evaluate the pricing of it whether its overpriced or a steal deal. Likewise, valuing asset is also important. Knowing the value/worth of an asset is required for decision making like choosing investment in a property, deciding on the proper price to receive or pay in a making investment or takeover of an asset. Valuation gives a reasonable estimate value of all kinds of assets that may be real or financial assets.Over the past years various methods have surfaced like comparable methods, residual methods, income methods, cost methods, etc. The difficulty in valuation and detail varies from asset to assets, but the core principle remains the same.In this book we are going to focus on various standards of valuations followed. This book will be leaned more towards valuation of immovable property and their methods like cost approach, income approach, market approach, belting methods and zoning methods. We are also going to focus on specific asset class like residential, commercial, hotel and many more. A case study of real-life example is also inducted in this book and what are the futuristic methods.