scholarly journals New Insights into Rental Housing Markets Across the United States: Web Scraping and Analyzing Craigslist Rental Listings

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Boeing ◽  
Paul Waddell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Web Scraping

scholarly journals New Insights into Rental Housing Markets across the United States: Web Scraping and Analyzing Craigslist Rental Listings

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Boeing ◽  
Paul Waddell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Single Digit ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Apartment Complexes

Current sources of data on rental housing—such as the census or commercial databases that focus on large apartment complexes—do not reflect recent market activity or the full scope of the US rental market. To address this gap, we collected, cleaned, analyzed, mapped, and visualized eleven million Craigslist rental housing listings. The data reveal fine-grained spatial and temporal patterns within and across metropolitan housing markets in the United States. We find that some metropolitan areas have only single-digit percentages of listings below fair market rent. Nontraditional sources of volunteered geographic information offer planners real-time, local-scale estimates of rent and housing characteristics currently lacking in alternative sources, such as census data.

scholarly journals New Insights into Rental Housing Markets across the United States: Web Scraping and Analyzing Craigslist Rental Listings

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Boeing
Keyword(s):  
Census Data ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Single Digit ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Apartment Complexes ◽  
The U.S

Current sources of data on rental housing – such as the census or commercial databases that focus on large apartment complexes – do not reflect recent market activity or the full scope of the U.S. rental market. To address this gap, we collected, cleaned, analyzed, mapped, and visualized 11 million Craigslist rental housing listings. The data reveal fine-grained spatial and temporal patterns within and across metropolitan housing markets in the U.S. We find some metropolitan areas have only single-digit percentages of listings below fair market rent. Nontraditional sources of volunteered geographic information offer planners real-time, local-scale estimates of rent and housing characteristics currently lacking in alternative sources, such as census data.

Institutional Ecosystems of Housing Support in Chinese, Southeast Asian, and African Philadelphia

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenic Vitiello ◽  
Arthur Acolin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
History Of

How has the diversity of post-1965 immigration to the United States influenced newcomers’ housing experiences and civil society’s housing support systems? Planning scholars have shown immigration’s role in revitalizing cities and housing markets, but we have done less to parse the variety of housing problems that immigrants experience and the ways civil society addresses them. This article examines the recent history of civil society organizations’ housing support strategies in Chinese, Southeast Asian, and African communities in Philadelphia. We find that the diversity within and between groups has shaped largely distinct “institutional ecosystems” and approaches to housing support.

The Use of Rental Housing Assistance by Immigrants in the United States and New York City

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Friedman ◽  
Michael H. Schill ◽  
Emily Rosenbaum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Housing Assistance

scholarly journals Cjenovni balon na tržištu nekretnina u Republici Hrvatskoj

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Josipa Mustać
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Price ◽  
Real Estate Prices ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
The City

The market balloons are fast-growing price phenomena, followed by their dramatic drop. In some parts of Croatia - the coastline and in the city of Zagreb, real estate prices have been growing drastically, considering the period from the year 2000. The global economic crisis occurred in the United States came 2008 due to the inflation of real estate prices, which also transferred to the Croatian economy due to the flooding effect from one market to another. This paper examines whether the same case is happening in Croatia today, namely whether the real estate price increase in Croatia was justified or they are balloons that will suddenly break. Real estate prices in Croatia are growing due to several factors, such as increased real estate demand for tourist rental, housing loans subsidies for young people and increased real estate demand by foreigners. If there is a significant drop in tourist activity in Croatia, real estate prices could fall dramatically.

Unintended or Intended Consequences? The Effect of Below–market Housing Mandates on Housing Markets in California

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-64
Author(s):  
Tom Means ◽  
Edward P. Stringham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Price Controls ◽  
Inclusionary Zoning ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Do So

Abstract Inclusionary zoning, also known as below-market housing mandates, is now in place in one-third of California cities and is spreading around the United States. Supporters of this policy advocate making housing more affordable by placing price controls on a percentage of new homes. But if almost all economists agree that price controls on housing reduce quantity and cause shortages, why do so many policymakers or voters support them? Ellickson [1981] argued that inclusionary zoning may be popular precisely because, contrary to the expressed goals of the program, it actually restricts supply and leads to higher prices. Incumbent homeowners and policymakers catering to them can benefit from restricting new supply. Using panel data and a first difference model, we test how the policy affected the price and quantity of housing in California cities between 1980, 1990, and 2000. Under various specifications we find that cities adopting below-market housing mandates end up with higher prices and fewer homes. Between 1980 and 1990, cities imposing below-market housing mandates end up with 9 percent higher prices and 8 percent fewer homes overall. Between 1990 and 2000 cities imposing below-market housing mandates end up with 20 percent higher prices and 7 percent fewer homes overall. Consistent with Ellickson's hypothesis, the program may not be about increasing die supply of housing or making it more affordable overall.

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