Bøger af David Isaac

Provides a full overview for students and professionals, examining each stage of the development process. There are new chapters on planning and sustainability, continued focus on appraisal techniques with worked examples, updated content on sensitivity testing and funding mechanisms, and new self-assessment questions with model answers.

This concise textbook is a user-friendly introduction to property valuation for students and practitioners who are new to the subject. The text covers the following key areas of study: valuation and markets, methods of valuation, the investment method in detail, taxation and statutory valuations, and the development appraisal and finance. It is packed with worked examples and photos, and covers the five main methods of valuation, their application in a variety of markets and their relation to the wider economic context. It aims to build knowledge and develop a subject vocabulary. This text is aimed primarily at undergraduates or students on postgraduate conversion courses in estate management, property, surveying, planning, design and construction disciplines. Professional advisors such as bankers, financial advisors, accountants, investors, analysts and lawyers should also find this text useful as an aid to their dealings in the property sector.

The third edition of this popular textbook offers a comprehensive and student-friendly exploration of the application of property valuation and appraisal techniques. Thoroughly revised and re-structured, it covers topics including risk, residential lease extensions, enfranchisement and cash flows. The text explain the theory concisely but at the same time seeks to show the application of different techniques in the contexts which are often encountered in practice. Detailed yet accessible, Property Valuation Techniques is ideal reading both for second and third year undergraduates; for postgraduates, both those new to the subject and those looking to extend their knowledge; and for practitioners who are not valuers but require some familiarity with the vocabulary, principles and application of the valuation toolkit or who are looking to refresh and develop their understanding of property valuation.

This textbook brings together three important aspects of property investment - strategies for investment, markets and appraisal - and explains many difficult concepts in a readable and understandable way. The authors outline the developments in investment and finance theory that have had such an impact on the property investment sector. Concepts are explained with great clarity and worked examples are used to elucidate key principles where possible. This book is ideal for modules taught on third year undergraduate and postgraduate level in Property Investment, Property Funding, Property Management Estate Management, Land Management, Planning and Development Studies, Land Economics, Real Estate (value and management) and is also of interest to students of Architecture, Construction and Surveying.

Property Finance provides an overview of the field, linking the areas of property and construction with an understanding of financial structures and concepts.

The purpose of this book is to provide a key text on urban economics in a global context. The book is driven by the themes of urban economics - urban growth, housing, property investment and development, etc.