Article:

An Adorable Housing Paper: The Informational Content of Agent Remarks

Author: Sean Brunson, Richard J. Buttimer Jr., Steve Swidler

Start Page: 333
End Page: 357
Volume: 22
Issue Number: 3
Year: 2019
Publication: International Real Estate Review

Abstract:

This paper considers the information content of Multiple Listing Service (MLS) descriptions and employs a significantly larger data set than previous studies. The analysis first catalogs the most frequently used terms by real estate agents in MLS descriptions. Using hedonic modeling, we estimate the effect of this qualitative information on transaction price and days on the market. Finally, we extend earlier empirical work by utilizing our larger MLS data set to forecast the probability that a house will sell after it is listed. This last contribution further sheds light on the role of qualitative information to infer property condition or circumstances that surround the sale of the property.

Keywords

Textual Analysis, Agent Remarks, MLS, Hedonic Pricing

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