Leveraging Web 2.0 for Informed Real-Estate Services
15th International Conference on Knowledge Extraction and Management (EGC 2015), Luxembourg, 27-30 January
2015
Conference/Workshop
- Contact persons: Yannis Stavrakas , Michalis Troullinos
- Relevant research project: RealEstate2.0
Abstract.
The perception about real estate properties, both for individuals and
agents, is not formed exclusively by their intrinsic characteristics, such as surface
and age, but also from property externalities, such as pollution, traffic
congestion, criminality rates, proximity to playgrounds, schools and stimulating
social interactions that are equally important. In this paper, we present the
Real-Estate 2.0 System that in contrary to existing Real-Estate e-services and
applications, takes also into account important externalities. By leveraging Web
2.0 (content from Social Networks, POI listings) applications and Open Data
enables the thorough analysis of the current physical and social context of the
property, the context-based objective valuation of RE properties, along with an
advanced property search and selection experience that unveils otherwise “hidden”
property features and significantly reduces user effort and time spent in
their RE quest. The system encompasses the above to provide services which
assist individuals and agents in making more informed and sound RE decisions.