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Appraiser behaviour and appraisal smoothing: some qualitative and quantitative evidence

Baum, A., Crosby, N., Gallimore, P., Gray, A. and McAllister, P., (2002) Appraiser behaviour and appraisal smoothing: some qualitative and quantitative evidence. Working Papers in Land Management and Development. 04/02. Working Paper. Reading University, Reading. pp28.

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There is a substantial literature which suggests that appraisals are smoothed and lag the true level of prices. This study combines a qualitative interview survey of the leading fund manager/owners in the UK and their appraisers with a empirical study of the number of appraisals which change each month within the IPD Monthly Index. The paper concentrates on how the appraisal process operates for commercial real estate performance measurement purposes. The survey interviews suggest that periodic appraisal services are consolidating in fewer firms and, within these major firms, appraisers adopt different approaches to changing appraisals on a period by period basis, with some wanting hard transaction evidence while others act on ‘softer’ signals. The survey also indicates a seasonal effect with greater effort and information being applied to annual and quarterly appraisals than monthly. The analysis of the appraisals within the IPD Monthly Index confirms this effect with around 5% more appraisals being moved at each quarter day than the other months. More November appraisals change than expected and this suggests that the increased information flows for the December end year appraisals are flowing through into earlier appraisals, especially as client/appraiser draft appraisal meetings for the December appraisals, a regular occurrence in the UK, can occur in November. January illustrates significantly less activity than other months, a seasonal effect after the exertions of the December appraisals.

Item Type:Report (Working Paper)
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Henley Business School > Real Estate and Planning
ID Code:24031
Publisher:Reading University
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