Real Estate Valuation Theory

Manya M. Mooya holds a PhD in Real Estate from the University of Pretoria, an MPhil in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Land Economy from the Copperbelt University. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Property Studies in the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town. He teaches courses on property valuation at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research work, both theoretical and applied, focuses on the twin questions of how value is created in real estate markets and on the links between these markets and capital accumulation.

Preface.- 1 Standard Theory of Real Estate Market Value: Concepts and Problems.- 2 Aristotle to Marshall: The Evolution of Economic Value Theory.- 3 Traditional Valuation Methods.- 4 Automated Valuation Models.- 5 Real Estate Markets and Neoclassical Economic Theory - A Heterodox Critique.- 6 An Alternative Theory of Market Value: Ontological Foundation.- 7 An Alternative Theory: Market Value as Convention and Market Value as Emergence.- 8 Applications to Problems of Theory and Practice.- Postscript.