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Deppner, Juergen ; von Ahlefeldt-Dehn, Benedict ; Beracha, Eli ; Schäfers, Wolfgang

Boosting the Accuracy of Commercial Real Estate Appraisals: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach

Deppner, Juergen , von Ahlefeldt-Dehn, Benedict, Beracha, Eli and Schäfers, Wolfgang (2023) Boosting the Accuracy of Commercial Real Estate Appraisals: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 06 Apr 2023 08:41
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.54021


Abstract

In this article, we examine the accuracy and bias of market valuations in the U.S. commercial real estate sector using properties included in the NCREIF Property Index (NPI) between 1997 and 2021 and assess the potential of machine learning algorithms (i.e., boosting trees) to shrink the deviations between market values and subsequent transaction prices. Under consideration of 50 covariates, we ...

In this article, we examine the accuracy and bias of market valuations in the U.S. commercial real estate sector using properties included in the NCREIF Property Index (NPI) between 1997 and 2021 and assess the potential of machine learning algorithms (i.e., boosting trees) to shrink the deviations between market values and subsequent transaction prices. Under consideration of 50 covariates, we find that these deviations exhibit structured variation that boosting trees can capture and further explain, thereby increasing appraisal accuracy and eliminating structural bias. The understanding of the models is greatest for apartments and industrial properties, followed by office and retail buildings. This study is the first in the literature to extend the application of machine learning in the context of property pricing and valuation from residential use types and commercial multifamily to office, retail, and industrial assets. In addition, this article contributes to the existing literature by providing an indication of the room for improvement in state-of-the-art valuation practices in the U.S. commercial real estate sector that can be exploited by using the guidance of supervised machine learning methods. The contributions of this study are, thus, timely and important to many parties in the real estate sector, including authorities, banks, insurers and pension and sovereign wealth funds.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleThe Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Publisher:SPRINGER
Place of Publication:DORDRECHT
Date22 March 2023
InstitutionsBusiness, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Immobilienenwirtschaft / IRE|BS > Lehrstuhl für Immobilienmanagement (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schäfers)
Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Immobilienenwirtschaft / IRE|BS > Professur für Immobilienentwicklung (Prof. Dr. Stephan Bone-Winkel)
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10.1007/s11146-023-09944-1DOI
KeywordsMASS APPRAISAL; RANDOM FOREST; OFFICE RENT; BIG DATA; PRICES; REGRESSION; VALUATION; PROPERTY; MODEL; Commercial real estate; Appraisal; Interpretable machine learning
Dewey Decimal Classification300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-540215
Item ID54021

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