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Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions
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Acquisition analysis Moving expenses
Administrative review  
After acquisitionNavigable waters
AlleysNavigation servitude
Appraisal Foundation Neighborhood data

Appraisal Institute

Appraisal reviewOffer, as admission
Appraiser's certificationOffer to compromise
Appraiser's responsibility Offers to purchase or sell

Assessed value

Office space, lease
Assumptions and limiting conditions Offsetting of benefits
 Option to purchase
Before acquisition
Before and after appraisalPartial acquisition
BenefitsPermits
Buildings, see improvementsPersonal services
Business incomePhotographs
Business lossesPhysical invasion
 Plot plan
Capitalization ratePolicy underlying standards
Cash equivalencyPrice paid by condemnor
Client instructionsProfits, loss of
Comparable lease transactionsProject appraisal reports
Comparable salesProject demand
Comparables sales mapProject enhancement or diminution in value
ConfidentialityProperty data
Conjectural evidencePropety rights, state law generally defines
Consequential damagesPublic facilities
ConsultantsPurpose of appraisal
ContaminationPurpsoe of standards
Contract of sale
Contracting for servicesQualifications of appraiser
Correlation and final value estimate
Cost approachReasonable probability
Cost to cureRelocation expenses
CropsRentable area, determination of
Cumulative appraisal, see Summation appraisalRental history of property
Customers, loss ofReplacement cost
 Replacement property
Date of valuatiionReproduction cost
Denominator, issue ofRestoration
Department of JusticeReview's certification
DpreciationRezoning
Developer's residual approach, see Development approachRiparian land
Development approachRivers and Harbors Act
Direct purchaseRoyalty income capitalization
Discounted cash flow analysis 
 Sale of the subject
 Sales after date of acquisition
EasementsSales by a condemning authority
Economic investment backed expectationsSales comparison approach to value
Entrepreneur's profitSales history
EquipmentSales involving exchange of property
Estate acquiredSales to a condemning authority
Exchanges of landScope of appraisal
 Scope of standards
Federal law controlsScope of the project
FIRREASettlement negotiations
FixtureSeverance damage
Flood hazardSeverance damages in heasehold acquisitions
Floor planSite data
Forced salesSpecial benefits
 Speculative evidence
General benefitsState law
Goodwill, loss of, damage toStreets, highways, roads
Grazing permitsSubdivision approach, see Development approach
 Summary of appraisal problem
Highest and best useSummary of salient facts and conclusions
 Summation appraisals
Impartiality 
ImprovementsTable of contents
In rem nature of proceedingTaylor Grazing Act
Income capitalization approach to valueTemporary acquisitions
Inconsistent useTimber
Intensity of useTitle evidence report
Inverse condemnationTitle page
Investment backed expectations 
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
Janitorial servicesUniform Standards of Professional Appraial Practice
Unique properties
Land residual approachUnit rule
Land use regulationsUnitary holding
Land valuationUnity of ownership
Larger parcelUnity of use
Leasehold appraisalsUpdating of appraisals
Legal descriptionsUse history of property
Legal instructions 
Letter of transmittalValuation date
Limited appraisalValue to owner
 Verification of sales
Market demandVoluntary acquisitions
Market price 
Market value, as measure of just compensationWetlands
Market value criterionWitness, appraiser as
Market value, defined
Mineral propertyZoning

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