If non-comparability is an issue with one or two sales in the sales comparison approach:

• A. The appraiser may discard the sales
• B. The appraiser may give the less comparable sales lesser weight in final reconciliation
• C. The appraiser may replace the sales with more similar properties
• D. The appraiser may rely on the remaining sale

Answer: (A)

In the sales comparison approach, you want to base the value on transactions that are truly comparable to the subject property. When one or two sales are non‑comparable—maybe due to significant differences in features, location, conditions, or timing including them would skew adjustments and distort the final value. The best course is to discard those non‑comparable sales so the analysis rests on genuinely similar transactions. If you have enough good comparables, you can make reliable adjustments and reach a credible final value. Other options, like giving a lesser weight or replacing with more similar properties, aren’t as solid when a sale isn’t truly comparable, and relying on the remaining sale alone can be risky if it leaves too little data.