Highest and Best Use - Economic Theory

Economic Theory

The economic concepts of utility and substitution drive the highest and best use analysis. The highest and best use of a property determines its utility to a potential purchaser. The purchaser of such a property would pay no more than a competing property with the same utility while a seller would accept no less than a seller of a comparable property. That is true to the neighborhood.

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