Neighborhood Effects, Immigration and Real Estate Valuation: A Machine Learning Approach

  • Erkan Yönder, Concordia University
  • Meriç Yücel, Istanbul Technical University
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Abstract

Real estate has become an alternative asset class as being the best diversifier in pension fund portfolios, sovereign wealth funds, and life insurance companies. By its nature, real estate valuation is complex.

In this latest paper on real estate valuations, the authors merge housing data with a large set of neighborhood data and estimate house prices using machine learning models.