TECHNIQUES OF REAL ESTATE VALUATION
Topics include highest and best use and most probable use analysis, statistical methods for developing adjustment factors and comparable selection for the market comparison approach, discounted cash flow analysis and income capitalization, and cost approach methods. Issues in appraisal ethics and federal requirements for appraisal practice.
Topics
- highest and best use and most probable use analysis
- statistical methods for developing adjustment factors and comparable selection for the market comparison approach
- discounted cash flow analysis and income capitalization
- and cost approach methods
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the concepts, tools, techniques for evaluating individual real estate assets, based on the application of economic theory and principles of urban economics, for the purpose of real estate valuation. Audience: Graduate 2. Create a valuation analysis and a compelling appraisal report for a commercial property. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate the technical skills of appraisal, including but not limited to data gathering market analysis, and cash flow modeling. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how market dynamics, constrained by the geographic, physical and legal parameters, determine values of individual assets in the market. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain the economic forces that drive real estate value in the market. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the concepts, tools, techniques for evaluating individual real estate assets, based on the application of economic theory and principles of urban economics, for the purpose of real estate valuation. Audience: Graduate 2. Create a valuation analysis and a compelling appraisal report for a commercial property. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate the technical skills of appraisal, including but not limited to data gathering market analysis, and cash flow modeling. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how market dynamics, constrained by the geographic, physical and legal parameters, determine values of individual assets in the market. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain the economic forces that drive real estate value in the market. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027