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Does better accessibility always mean higher house price? Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 51 (9) ,  \npp. 2179-2195. 10.1177/23998083241242212 Publishers page: [https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241242212](https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241242212)  \nPlease note:  \nChanges made as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing, formatting and page numbers may not be reflected in this version. For the definitive version of this publication, please refer to the published source. You are advised to consult the publisher’s version if you wish to cite this paper.  \nThis version is being made available in accordance with publisher policies. See [http://orca.cf.ac.uk/policies.html](http://orca.cf.ac.uk/policies.html) for usage policies. Copyright and moral rights for publications made  \navailable in ORCA are retained by the copyright holders.  \nThis is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted following peer review for publication in ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B: URBAN ANALYTICSAND CITY SCIENCE  \nDoes better accessibility always mean higher house price?  \nXiang Liu (Corresponding Author)  \nUrban Mobility Institute, Tongji University 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai, 201804, China [Email: xliu02@tongji.edu.cn](Email: xliu02@tongji.edu.cn)  \n[https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-987X](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-987X)  \nXiaohong Chen  \nUrban Mobility Institute  \nKey Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University  \n4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China  \nEmail: [tongjicxh@163.com](tongjicxh@163.com)  \nScott Orford  \nSchool of Geography and Planning  \nCardiff University, Wales, CF10 3WA, UK  \nEmail: [orfords@cardiff.ac.uk](orfords@cardiff.ac.uk)  \nMingshu Tian  \nKey Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University  \n4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China  \nEmail: [2133372@tongji.edu.cn](2133372@tongji.edu.cn)  \nGuojian Zou  \nKey Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University  \n4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China Email: [2010768@tongji.edu](2010768@tongji.edu).  \n[https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-6874](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-6874)  \nFor Citation Please use: Liu, X., Chen, X., Orford, S., Tian, M., & Zou, G.,(accepted) . Does better accessibility always mean higher house prices? Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.  \nDoes better accessibility always mean higher house prices?  \nABSTRACT  \nNumerous studies have explored the correlations between house prices and spatial accessibility, but few have delved into the nonlinearities between both. This study uses Cardiff (UK) as a case study and applies interpretable machine learning algorithms, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), to estimate the nonlinear effects of geometric locational accessibility and street network accessibility on house prices. The findings suggest (1) proximity to the CBD, typically the major determinant of land values in hedonic house price models, does not continuously yield higher prices; (2) street closeness centrality, a network-modelling approach to measuring accessibility, exhibits a more generalised pattern with house prices compared proximity to the CBD regardless of analytical spatial scales. 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