Section 2.3.3.2.1

2.3.3.2.1. Sales Comparison Approach.In reporting the results of the sales comparison approach for land valuation, the appraiser shall provide detailed descriptions of confirmed sales of lands that have the same or similar highest and best use as the subject property. The description of each sale transaction used as a comparable sale should at a minimum include the date of the transaction, the price paid, the name of the seller, the name of the buyer, the size of the property, the location of the property, the zoning or other legal constraints on the property, and a description of the physical characteristics of the property. The person with whom the transaction was verified should also be identified. 

Differences between the comparable sales and the subject property shall be considered and adjustments made to the sales to address these differences. Items of comparison shall include property rights conveyed, financing terms, conditions of sale, market conditions, location, physical characteristics, economic characteristics, legal characteristics, and non-realty components of value. The adjustments must be summarized in an adjustment grid and each adjustment (whether qualitative or quantitative) should be supported with market data. The data and analysis must provide sufficient detail for the client and intended users to understand the data, the analysis, and the logic of the appraiser’s opinion of market value for the subject land as if vacant.