FMC Seminar: Fear and Loathing in the Housing Market: Evidence from Search Query Data
Speaker: Dr. Stuart A. Gabriel (Professor of Finance at UCLA & FMC2 Collaborator)
Date: Wednesday, March 12th 2014 at 6:00 PM (All are welcome to attend free of charge)
Location: Clarion Hotel, Excise Walk, IFSC , Dublin
For further details and to register please visit the seminar webpage. http://fmc-cluster.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=224
Refreshments will be available from 5.30pm. For catering purposes please register.
Summary:
In this presentation Professor Gabriel will outline a Big Data approach to determining levels of housing distress. Using Google search data the presentation will document a broad-based and real-time index (the Housing Distress Index (HDI)) of housing distress. The presentation will detail the characteristics of the HDI, how it compares to other indicators of housing distress, and its predictive power in determining the extent of housing distress.