New Book – The Appraisal of Real Estate, 14th Edition

The newest edition of the appraisal bible, “The Appraisal of Real Estate, 14th Edition” is being released in mid-September 2013.  It’s a book that will act as the Gold Standard for real estate appraisers worldwide.

According to the Appraisal Institute, it will be available for the first time in digital formats: as a PDF in September 2013 and in E-pub and Kindle formats in January 2014!

It is an essential text if you are in the appraisal field, or engage appraisers in your practice:

http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/14thedition/

UPDATE: The Appraisal Institute just released the table of contents for the 14th Edition.

You can download the PDF here: The Appraisal of Real Estate 14th Edition – Table of Contents

I’m looking forward to Chapter 14, “Statistical Analysis in Appraisal”–it appears to be new in this edition.

Table of Contents
Foreword – ix
Acknowledgments – xi

PART I Real Estate and Its Appraisal
Chapter 1 Introduction to Appraisal – 1
Chapter 2 Land, Real Estate, and Ownership of Real Property – 11
Chapter 3 The Nature of Value – 19
Chapter 4 The Valuation Process – 35

PART II Identification of the Problem
Chapter 5 Elements of the Assignment – 49
Chapter 6 Identifying the Type of Value and Its Definition – 57
Chapter 7 Identifying the Rights to Be Appraised – 69

PART III Scope of Work Determination
Chapter 8 Scope of Work – 87

PART IV Data Collection and Property Description
Chapter 9 Data Collection – 95
Chapter 10 Economic Trends in Real Estate Markets and Capital Markets – 129
Chapter 11 Neighborhoods, Districts, and Market Areas – 163
Chapter 12 Land and Site Description – 189
Chapter 13 Building Description – 219

PART V Data Analysis
Chapter 14 Statistical Analysis in Appraisal – 275
Chapter 15 Market Analysis – 299
Chapter 16 Highest and Best Use Analysis – 331

PART VI Land Value Opinion
Chapter 17 Land and Site Valuation – 359

PART VII Application of the Approaches to Value
Chapter 18 The Sales Comparison Approach – 377
Chapter 19 Comparative Analysis – 397
Chapter 20 Applications of the Sales Comparison Approach – 427
Chapter 21 The Income Capitalization Approach – 439
Chapter 22 Income and Expense Analysis – 463
Chapter 23 Direct Capitalization – 491
Chapter 24 Yield Capitalization – 509
Chapter 25 Discounted Cash Flow Analysis and Investment Analysis – 529
Chapter 26 Applications of the Income Capitalization Approach – 541
Chapter 27 The Cost Approach – 561
Chapter 28 Building Cost Estimates – 581
Chapter 29 Depreciation Estimates – 597

PART VIII Reconciliation of the Value Indications and Final Opinion of Value
Chapter 30 Reconciling Value Indications – 641

PART IX Report of Defined Value
Chapter 31 The Appraisal Report – 649

PART X Appraisal Practice Specialties
Chapter 32 Appraisal Review – 671
Chapter 33 Consulting – 683
Chapter 34 Valuation for Financial Reporting – 689
Chapter 35 Valuation of Real Property with Related Personal
Property or Intangible Property – 703

ADDENDA
Appendix A Professional Practice and Law – 717
Appendix B Regression Analysis and Statistical Applications – 733
Appendix C Financial Formulas – 753
Bibliography – 797
Index – 819