Valuation: Principles into Practice

The sixth edition of Valuation: Principles into Practice continues to be both a core text for all students undertaking surveying qualifications and a handy reference guide for valuers in practice. The new edition has been thoroughly updated with nine completely re-written chapters. The book provides extensive details of valuation principles and practices in agricultural, commercial, residential, industrial and leisure sectors. The balance of academic and practicing contributors explore the law and regulation within the field of valuation and include chapters on valuations for financial investments, taxation and rating insurance, as well as useful case studies and detailed approaches to valuation procedures for a variety of properties from farms to public houses.

With extensive market knowledge and the obvious benefit of his involvement with the five previous editions, Richard Hayward brings the sixth edition well into the twenty-first century. The book continues it’s tried and tested melding of ‘town and gown’, and the twenty six contributors to the twenty three chapters are all leading specialists in their fields.

This new edition of an established text remains core reading for all students undertaking a surveying qualification, as well as a handy reference for valuers in practice.

It details valuation principles and practice in core areas such as residential, commercial and industrial in addition to exploring other more specialist fields including minerals, public houses and hotels.

The text is thoroughly up to date - including nine completely re-written chapters - and considers the developing law and regulation within the field.

26 people, all of whom are leading specialists within their field, have contributed to the 23 chapters and range from university professors to chartered surveyors, chartered accountants and lawyers.

*A student text that is consistently referred to by industry professionals
* An entire revision of Valuation legalities, theory and practices.
* A comprehensive use of industry knowledge to show readers how to value properties correctly.

Author of the previous edition, Richard Hayward also authored Sweet & Maxwells's Handbook of Land Compensation.