Essays about: "house prices"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 179 essays containing the words house prices.

1. 21. Improving House Price Prediction Models: Exploring the Impact of Macroeconomic Features

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Martin Holmqvist; Max Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Machine learning; random forest; xgboost; macroeconomic features; house prices;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates if house price prediction models perform better when adding macroe- conomic features to a data set with only house-specific features. Previous research has shown that tree-based models perform well when predicting house prices, especially the algorithms random forest and XGBoost. READ MORE

3. 22. Assessing the Impact of Ocean Proximity and a Nuclear Power Plant on Property Values : a Hedonic Price Study in Östhammar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Louise Nordmark Strandberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Hedonic pricing; property pries; natural environment; Nuclear power plant; coastline;

   Abstract : This study examines the impact of environmental attributes, specifically proximity to the ocean and a nuclear power plant, on property prices in Östhammar municipality during the period of 2017-2022. By conducting a hedonic price model for evaluating non-market goods, a dataset of 1210 observations of family houses and vacation homes was analyzed. READ MORE

4. 23. House Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Taiwan

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Samuel Attafuah; Ko-Cheng Chang; [2022-06-23]
   Keywords : House Price; Fertility; Taiwan; Realized Fertility RF ; Fertility Intentions LF ; Fertility Gap FG ;

   Abstract : Given the concurrent incidence of falling birth rates and increasing house prices experienced in Taiwan over the past two decades, the current thesis examines the role of house prices on fertility-related behaviors and outcomes among Taiwanese households. Acknowledging that housing is a major cost associated with childrearing and the theoretical assumption that children are normal goods, we hypothesize that house price inflation will adversely impact fertility and that current non-homeowners are the most affected due to the “resource exhaustion effect”. READ MORE

5. 24. COVID-19 and housing market effects from an Icelandic context

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Fastighetsvetenskap

   Author : Elsa Frisk; [2022]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Corona pandemic; restrictions; sales prices; transactions frequency; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The global emergency declared by the World Health Organization in early 2020 due to the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 would later develop into a pandemic that has since affected global markets at large. Though its affects have been varied in nature and magnitude, housing markets in many countries have seen a boom since the initial outbreak. READ MORE

6. 25. Comprehensive Study of Meta-heuristic Algorithms for Optimal Sizing of BESS in Multi-energy syste

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Joakim Ginste; [2022]
   Keywords : BESS; Energy arbitrage; Firefly algorithm; Genetic algorithm; Peak shaving; BESS; energiarbitrage; Firefly algorithm; Genetic algorithm; spetslastutjämning;

   Abstract : The question of finding the optimal size for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to be used for energy arbitrage and peak shaving has gained more and more interest in recent years. This is due to the increase in variability of electricity prices caused by the increase of renewable but also variable electricity production units in the electricity grid. READ MORE