The effect of environment on housing prices: Evidence from the Google Street View

Guan‐Yuan Wang

Journal of Forecasting, 2023, vol. 42, issue 2, 288-311

Abstract: As Google Street View visually depicts areas with disparate social characteristics, we use them to analyze the effects of environmentally locational factors on housing prices by constructing a convolutional neural network model. Instead of manual classification and judgment, the model decomposes views' pixels then assigns latent scores for street views. This score factor can improve the interpretability and the prediction accuracy of hedonic models and machine learning models. We empirically show this score is statistically significant and has stronger predictive power, suggesting that Google Street View provides visual cues regarding the dwelling's location and improve the regional and housing research.

Date: 2023
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