scholarly journals The Value of Design in Real Estate Asset Pricing

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Helena Hang Rong ◽  
Juncheng Yang ◽  
Minkoo Kang ◽  
Andrea Chegut

Does design contribute to real estate value? Practicing architects require evidence to justify both functional and aesthetic building needs within the financial ecosystem. Some buildings that become real estate assets are valued using models that consider some proxies for understanding value, but these features are abstract and may misidentify the sub-optimal differentiation that design brings. The lack of feedback between real estate valuation and building design often leads to poor design and economic outcomes. To address this miscommunication, we investigate the transaction price performance of four external architectural form features—diagonality, curvature, setbacks and podiums. Whilst controlling for drivers that are known to explain transaction price variation, we find that diagonality and podiums have a positive pricing differential of 12.4 and 9.7% more than rectilinear control buildings, respectively. Buildings with setbacks have a negative pricing differential of 10%. Furthermore, these results are also consistent for rental valuation. Results suggest that there is a significant economic impact of some architectural form interventions that differentiate commercial buildings and contribute to the role of form in design, planning and commercial real estate.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McDonald

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a basic model of commercial real estate valuation in which the capitalization rate is the critical variable, and to present empirical results for a study of office building capitalization rates. Design/methodology/approach – The model is derived from standard economic and financial theories. The empirical study uses data from the sale of office buildings in 37 downtown markets for 2012. The empirical results are related to concepts of asset market efficiency. Findings – The empirical results show that capitalization rates depend on features of the office buildings, vacancy rate, and recent change in the office building market as captured by the vacancy rate. In other words, investors are using variables implied by standard economic and financial theory and basic economic data from the recent past to determine the capitalization rate. Practical implications – The empirical results show how investors determine capitalization rates for office buildings, so potential investors can gauge the state of a property market. Originality/value – The paper shows that changes in capitalization rates are predictable; investors use past data to adjust their capitalization rates. Furthermore, if an investor does not agree that current trends will continue, then the investment decision should be determined accordingly. For example, if an investor thinks that the future will not be as robust as the recent past, then other investors will bid more than the investor thinks is reasonable. However, if the investor sees a future that is brighter than the recent past, it is time to buy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles-Olivier Amédée-Manesme ◽  
Michel Baroni ◽  
Fabrice Barthélémy ◽  
Mahdi Mokrane

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the impact of lease duration and lease break options on the optimal holding period for a real estate asset or portfolio. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a Monte Carlo simulation framework to simulate a real estate asset’s cash flows in which lease structures (rent, indexation pattern, overall lease duration and break options) are explicitly taken into account. The authors assume that a tenant exercises his/her option to break a lease if the rent paid is higher than the market rental value (MRV) of similar properties. The authors also model vacancy duration stochastically. Finally, capital values and MRVs, assumed to be correlated, are simulated using specific stochastic processes. The authors derive the optimal holding period for the asset as the value that maximizes its discounted value. Findings – The authors demonstrate that, consistent with existing capital markets literature and real estate business practice, break options in leases can dramatically alter optimal holding periods for real estate assets and, by extension, portfolios. The paper shows that, everything else being equal, shorter lease durations, higher MRV volatility, increasing negative rental reversion, higher vacancy duration, more break options, all tend to decrease the optimal holding period of a real estate asset. The converse is also true. Practical implications – Practitioners are offered insights as well as a practical methodology for determining the ex-ante optimal holding period for an asset or a portfolio based on a number of market and asset-specific parameters including the lease structure. Originality/value – The originality of the paper derives from its taking an explicit modelling approach to lease duration and lease breaks as additional sources of asset-specific risk alongside market risk. This is critical in real estate portfolio management because such specific risk is usually difficult to diversify.


Author(s):  
A.Yu. Palamar ◽  
Ya.V. Osipenko

Purpose: 1) to study the concept of wear in the theory of valuation of real estate; 2) analyze the main types of wear and methods of their assessment; 3) to analyze the requirements for the procedure for determining the technical condition of residential buildings when planning and designing repairs; 4) analysis of the reconstruction and technical inventory of the commercial real estate object; 5) in the given example, determine the accumulated depreciation of the real estate by the method of partitioning. Methodology. Many different methods of estimating the value of real estate have been developed, which shows the importance of this task. However, the practical application of existing techniques is problematic. Most of them follow the international practice of evaluation without taking into account the specifics of legislation and the existing conditions of the economic, urban, political and social life of Ukraine. Findings. Thus, the development of the theoretical foundations of real estate valuation, the improvement of its methods, and the implementation of applied research seem rather relevant and practically significant for land management of settlements. Originality consists in the following: the analysis of the best and most efficient use of the land plot; the calculation of the value of the object of valuation by three independent methods of valuation has been made, namely: the method of taking losses into land improvements; income distribution method; the method of comparing the prices of sales of real estate. Practical value. To date, the situation of the domestic assessment school should be considered as being in the period of formation. A large number of modern methodological developments are based on the theory and practice of assessing foreign developments. Many different methods of estimating the value of real estate have been developed, which shows the importance of this task. However, the practical application of existing techniques is problematic. Most of them follow the international practice of evaluation without taking into account the specifics of legislation and the existing conditions of the economic, urban, political and social life of Ukraine. Keywords: estimation, real estate, tax, rent, foreign experience, land market, land payments


Author(s):  
Josef Kupec

Abstract Valuations of real estate are widely used for various purposes and it relied always upon the financial and other markets. Valuation methodology is based on the operation of the free market economy and the real estate properties. The issue of certified properties is relatively new in the field of real estate valuation and is not sufficiently explored. Certified buildings are preferred by major corporate tenants with international field of activity who often have ethical rules for sustainable development. Therefore, certified properties are attractive to international commercial real estate investors who have higher purchasing power and are willing to pay a higher purchase price. Sustainable property certification is an element affecting the market value of the property. The purpose of this presented research is to quantify the impact of property certification on the value of office properties in Prague and subsequently to determine the impact of sustainability certificates on the market value of the land by using basic valuation techniques. The outcome of the project could be used by real estate valuation experts as a guideline to consider the future project certification and its impact on the land market value.


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