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Market Value or Other Value?

George Dell

Market value, of course! The great recession, and things like that, which come around every 12-15 years, all concur with the ‘accepted’ definition of market value, as written in the USPAP book Advisory Opinion 30. appeared first on George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE.

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Is Market Value Itself Biased?

George Dell

Could the very definition of market value hold bias? The post Is Market Value Itself Biased? Let’s look. First, we need to figure out what types of bias there might be. There are two major categories: 1) analytical bias; and 2) human bias. And there may be some overlap!

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Is the Definition of Market Value Outdated?

George Dell

Editor’s Note: Is the Definition of Market Value Outdated? Why has the current definition of market value been around without change for so long? The post Is the Definition of Market Value Outdated? is a Guest Post from Bruce Hahn, SRA, MAI, CRE, CCIM. Many decades in fact!

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Is the Definition of Market Value Outdated? Part III

George Dell

Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of Bruce Hahn’s series on Is the Definition of Market Value Outdated? In Part One and Part Two we asked why the current definition of market value has been around without change for so long? Part III appeared first on George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE.

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Is the Definition of Market Value Outdated? Part II

George Dell

In Part One we asked why the current definition of market value has been around without change for so long? We focused on item 4 in the current definition of market value which says: “payment is made in terms of cash in U. Part II appeared first on George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE.

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Is Market Value Obvious?

George Dell

We compared price versus value in Part I. There, the leading paragraph defines “market value” as per USPAP Advisory Opinion 22.) The Appraisal Foundation opinion goes on for a full page to explain the explanation of the definition, and the importance of […]. The post Is Market Value Obvious?

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Unanswered Questions – Part 1

Appraisal Buzz

Fannie Mae defines market value in part as “the most probable price that a property should bring…” Thus, probability is the very foundation of the most common definition of market value. In other words, why are appraiser estimating market value below the contract price so often?