PROPERTY VALUATION BY MULTIPLE CRITERIA METHODS

Abstract

Summary Multiple criteria valuation methods are widely used in real estate valuation all over the world. In USA, UK and other countries these methods are part of techniques based on comparative and reinstatement values as well as on income of use. They are used in valuating various property characteristics, ie its location or obsolescence degree. In Germany, however, multiple criteria valuation technique refers to a separate group of property valuation methods applied when market data are unavailable or insufficient (ie purchasing, selling or renting prices are not known). The above methods have been used for real estate valuation since 1976. Dr. H. E. Auerhammer [1] was the first to apply these approaches to solving real estate valuation problem caused by the scarcity of market data. These methods supplemented with systems of criteria developed by other authors were later applied to particular cases when three major commonly used property valuation methods could not be applied. Thus, K. Gablenz [2] sugge...