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Comparable sales method
  • 11 Mar 2005

    WONG KAI HUNG v. DIRECTOR OF HOUSING

    Citation
    WONG KAI HUNG v. DIRECTOR OF HOUSING
    Court
    Lands Tribunal
    Case number
    LDHA4/2004

    The Tribunal determined the prevailing market value as at the valuation date (8 September 2004) by selecting non-corner comparables (Comparables 2,4,8,9,11) and discarding Comparable 13 as temporally remote, applying accepted percentage adjustments (including 0.3% per floor, time index adjustments, view/orientation, averaged 3% for internal defects and a specific noise adjustment for Comparable 11), deriving an average adjusted unit rate of $22,276 per sq.m and applying it to the saleable area of 33.7 sq.m to arrive at $750,700; costs awarded to appellant to be taxed if not agreed.