There are many underutilized and vacant urban lots throughout the world, which are held by private investors who are interested in maximizing their wealth by land development. Three approaches are commonly used for property and land valuation (Appraisal Institute, 2001; Baum and Crosby, 1988; Isaac, 2002). The first is the cost approach, which estimates the property by summing the land value and the depreciated value of any improvements. The second is the sales comparison approach which compares the characteristics of a subject property with those of comparable properties sold in similar transactions. This kind of method is a.
