R.E.A.L.

What Building Permits Reveal About Climate Adaptation Spending

We use building permit microdata to estimate adaptation spending across U.S. states.

Apr 27 • R.E.A.L.

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Some thoughts on AI-powered review tools

How LLM review tools may transform peer review from gatekeeping to verification and potentially make journals less essential

Apr 22 • R.E.A.L.

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AI in the Housing Market

How AI is transforming the way Americans search for homes, get approved for mortgages, and get screened as tenants.

Apr 6 • R.E.A.L.

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March 2026

The Fuel Cost Burden of Commuting to Work

How much do American households spend on fuel just to get to work? A census block group-level analysis of the four largest U.S. metros.

Mar 23 • R.E.A.L.

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The Geography of Grocery Stores: Demographics, Disparities, and Store Closures

What establishment-level data reveals about grocery store locations and recent closures.

Mar 9 • R.E.A.L.

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February 2026

Multifamily Property Valuation Using Machine Learning

A Comparison of OLS Regressions and LightGBM for Multifamily Property Valuation in California.

Feb 17 • R.E.A.L.

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What Has Happened to Homeowner and Renter Mobility Over the Past Decade?

We document several important trends in the U.S. Census SIPP data.

Feb 10 • R.E.A.L.

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December 2025

How State-Level Incentives Impact Data Center Development

State-level incentives are contributing to the boom in large data center development, but the benefits for local tech job creation remain elusive.

Dec 8, 2025 • R.E.A.L.

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November 2025

When Airbnb Leaves Town: How New York’s Short-Term Rental Ban Hit Local Restaurants

In this post, together with Kaihang Zhao (PhD student in Marketing at Emory University) and Tal Shoshani (PhD student in Marketing at the University of…

Nov 3, 2025 • R.E.A.L.

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September 2025

Another Look at Neighborhood Analysis with Housing Data and Machine Learning

After exploring neighborhoods in LA, we apply our data-driven approach to a different landscape: the housing markets of Indiana

Sep 8, 2025 • R.E.A.L.

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August 2025

Neighborhood Analysis with Housing Data and Machine Learning

We develop a data-driven approach to classify homes, and use it to identify neighborhood features and trends in LA County

Aug 7, 2025 • R.E.A.L.

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July 2025

The Aftermath of the Eaton Fire: Home Sales in the Affected Area

A wave of heavily damaged and destroyed homes has come onto the market, selling for half of 2024 prices, and likely below pre-fire bare land values

Jul 9, 2025 • R.E.A.L.

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