Resources

Reference Text

Real Estate Analysis in the Information Age: Techniques for Big Data and Statistical Modeling - by Kimberly Winson-Geideman, Andy Krause, Clifford A. Lipscomb, Nick Evangelopoulos (2018).
Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics - by Nathan Yau (2024)
Visualization Analysis & Design - by Tamara Munzner(2014)
Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction - by Kieran Healy (2019)
Modern Data Science with R - by Benjamin S. Baumer, Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2024)
Posit Cheatsheets for R

Tools and Softwares

Tidyverse (R) - a collection of R packages designed for data science
ggplot2 (R) - a graphics language for R
Shiny (R) - R package to create interactive web applications
Pandas (Python) - a package data for manipulation and analysis in Python
Matplotlib (Python) - free library for visualizations in Python
Vega-Altair (Python) - Jupyter-friendly Python API for Vega-Lite
Seaborn (Python) - a package for statistical data visualization, built on top of matplotlib
Tableau for Students – a free Tableau license for students
Tableau Public – a free platform to explore, create, share data visualizations, and connect with data analysts worldwide.
Adobe Color - free color palette generator
Viz Palette - picking colors for data visualizations
Visual Studio Code - a popular integrated development environment (IDE) and code editor
Anaconda - platform for data science, simplifying the development and deployment of projects
Windows Terminal - command-line shells for Windows
GitHub - a developer platform to create, store, manage, and share code

Datasets

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Assessor History - By ATTOM (UW login required) [assessment, real estate, dewey platform, attom]
Automated Valuation Model (AVM) Data - By ATTOM (UW login required) [avm, real estate, dewey platform, attom, prices]
Census Bureau - American Community Survey [federal, census, housing, demographics, economic, community]
Census Bureau - Housing Datasets [federal, census, housing]
Community Information Layout - By ATTOM (UW login required) [community, demographics, real estate, dewey platform, attom]
Data Center of Redfin [private, housing, prices, redfin, portal]
Dewey Data Platform (UW login required) [portal, uw, urban, real estate, dewey platform]
Dubai Pulse Open Data [dubai, international, real estate, portal, housing]
Dubai Real Estate Dataset [dubai, international, real estate]
Energy Star Certified Buildings and Plants [energy, buildings, federal]
FHFA House Price Index [federal, housing, prices, fhfa]
Federal Housing Datasets [federal, housing, finance, portal]
HUD (US Housing & Urban Development) Open Data / GIS [federal, hud, gis, housing, portal]
HUD (US Housing & Urban Development) User Datasets [federal, hud, housing, portal]
Historical Housing Prices Project - FRB Philadelphia [housing, prices, federal, historical data]
Housing Data Collection - FRB St. Louis [federal, housing, finance, prices]
Housing Data from Zillow [portal, housing, prices, zillow, avm]
Inside Airbnb Data [airbnb, short-term rental, housing]
King County Assessments Data [king county, assessment]
King County GIS Open Data [king county, gis, portal]
King County Residential Sales and Properties [king county, housing, sales]
National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD) [housing, federal, rental, ngo]
Pre-Foreclosure History - By ATTOM (UW login required) [foreclosure, real estate, dewey platform, attom]
Puget Sound Regional Council Data Portal [puget sound, planning, housing, portal]
Real Estate Listings for Commercial Properties - By REsimplifi (UW login required) [commercial, listings, real estate, dewey platform]
Seattle Open Data Portal [seattle, housing, portal]
United States Building Permits - By Builty (UW login required) [permits, construction, real estate, dewey platform]
United States Residential Rental Data - By RentHub (UW login required) [rental, housing, market, dewey platform]
Urban Institute Data Catalog [housing, urban, ngo]
Washington Center for Real Estate Research [washington, uw, housing, prices]
Washington State Geospatial Open Data Portal [washington, gis, portal]