This title provides a basic introduction to valuation for undergraduate students studying surveying. It covers five areas of study: valuation and markets; methods of valuation; the investment method in detail; taxation and statutory valuations; and the development appraisal and finance. As a result of studying from this text, students should be able to understand property appraisal in the context of property markets, understand and use the principle methods of valuation, understand the application of valuations in a variety of investment and development contexta, and begin to relate techniques of appraisal to a wider economic context related to property development, finance and the financial management of property projects.

DAVID ISAAC is Professor of Real Estate Management and Associate Head of the School of Land and Construction Management at the University of Greenwich.