Real Estate Data Analytics

Real estate has become a sophisticated industry that now relies on advanced data analysis to drive investment and other critical decisions. This course is designed to give students an understanding of the techniques of data analysis and quantitative methods used in the industry. Students will be exposed to hands-on projects using data from major providers in the industry. Applied statistics will be presented using the open-source R statistical computing environment, together with Jupyter notebooks, an increasingly popular presentation environment. Students will gain hands-on experience creating statistical models to drive informed decision making in real estate investment decisions.