Chapter 4: Procedures of the sales comparison approach Flashcards
Adjustments only need to be made (and should be made) when there is a
significant, measurable difference between the subject property and a comparable sale.
The order in which quantitative adjustments are applied to the sale prices of comparable properties
sequence of adjustments
“Absolute ownership unencumbered by any other interest or estate, subject only to the limitations imposed by the governmental powers of taxation, eminent domain, police power, and escheat” is the definition of Leased fee Partial Interest An estate Fee simple estate
fee simple estate
“Divided or undivided rights in real estate that represent less than the whole, i.e., a fractional interest such as a tenancy in common, easement, or life interest” is the definition of Condominium Partial interest Divided interest Limited partnership
partial interest
In traditional appraisal theory, the first step in the adjustment sequence is an adjustment for Market conditions Real property rights appraised Sales or financing concessions Physical characteristics
real property rights appraised
There are many kinds of partial interests. Some are specific forms of ownership that are created by special situations. These would include:
life interests
leased fee interests
leasehold interests
Rights of use, occupancy, and control, limited to the lifetime of a designated party, sometimes referred to as the life tenant.
life interest
The ownership interest held by the lessor, which includes the right to receive the contract rent specified in the lease plus the reversionary right when the lease expires
leased fee interest
The right held by the lessee to use and occupy real estate for a stated term and under the conditions specified in the lease
leasehold interest
An easement that benefits a legal person or entity (individual, corporation, partnership, LLC, government entity, etc.) and not a particular tract of land; an easement having a servient estate but no dominant estate.
easement in gross
An easement that is attached to, benefits, and passes with the transfer of the dominant estate; runs with the land for the benefit of the dominant estate and continues to burden the servient estate, although such an estate may be transferred to new owners
easement appurtenant
The right to perform a specific act on a property owned by another
affirmative easement
An easement preventing a property owner from certain, otherwise permitted, uses of his or her land, e.g., agreeing not to do something such as building a wall or fence blocking an adjoining property’s view.
negative easement
Examples of negative easements would include:
Conservation easements Drainage easements Historic preservation easement Subsurface rights Air rights
An interest in real estate restricting future land use to preservation, conservation, wildlife habitat, or some combination of those uses. A conservation easement may permit farming, timber harvesting, or other uses of a rural nature as well as some types of conservation-oriented development to continue, subject to the easement
conservation easement
The right to drain surface water from one owner’s land over the land of one or more adjacent owners
drainage easement
The preservation of historic sites, structures, and districts by regulation or rehabilitation.
historic preservation
raditionally considered a type of preservation easement that protected only the facade of a building, not the entire structure.
facade easement
The rights to the use and profits of the underground portion of a designated property; usually refers to the right to extract coal, minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances as designated in the grant; may include a right of way over designated portions of the surface.
subsurface rights
The right to undisturbed use and control of designated air space above a specific land area within stated elevations. Air rights may be acquired to construct a building above the land or building of another or to protect the light and air of an existing or proposed structure on an adjoining lot. Air rights do not always include development rights
air rights
A development right that cannot be used by the landowner, or that the owner chooses not to use, but can be conveyed to landowners in another location or leased for a period of years to then revert back to the original owner; TDRs are said to be transferred from a landowner in a sending district to the use of a landowner in a receiving district
transferable development rights
"The right to perform a specific act on a property owned by another" is the definition of License Negative Easement Encroachment Affirmative Easement
affirmative easement