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The Impact of Big Data on the Real Estate Industry

By Ana-Maria Sanders Published July 27, 2020 Updated March 17, 2023

The advent of big data has basically transformed how market analysis is performed in the real estate industry. A lot of businesses create their business strategy based on big data, such as defining SMART objectives for the business, media planning, consumer behavior analysis, market trends, and more. Thus, data science has become an inseparable part of business and management. 

Previously, the real estate industry presumed that a neighborhood is the same, even when a block that is entirely residential is next to a commercial block with eateries or shops. Big data analytics changed that, the distinction between blocks within a community were revealed. There is a line that separates a residential from a commercial area, the housing prices shift at a street level instead of the whole neighborhood level.

When an individual or family is interested in purchasing a property, they will reach out to realtors in a particular area. Big data can track down potential customers even when they’re just starting to look for homes.

A property can be listed in the market if it is built and ready for occupancy. Developers and construction companies band together to improve an area of land for business or residential purposes. Developers sink an enormous amount of capital into the land long before any returns are attained.

A New Kind of Data

Years back, decision-making in real estate was primarily based on intuition and first impressions. With modern technology, big data is one of the main drivers in the present day’s decision-making practice.

Purchasing or renting is made easy with the internet. Big data covers an enormous amount of information that is available through apps, websites, and online platforms. Data innovation makes seeking information on proximity, real-time traffic estimations, noise levels, areas of late-night activity, restaurants, parks, outdoor activities, customer reviews. easy to find, and clears the mind of undecided buyers.

Commercial property management, financiers, and home shoppers can acquire information by clicking, allowing them to make sound investment choices. Data analysis provides precise forecasts about risk and market trends. Big data is changing the real estate landscape into a precise game of information.

Personalized Advertising and Marketing

Big data has transformed the realm of the real estate industry in lots of ways. Aside from forecasting and investment, it is used as inputs to marketing and advertising. Big data is a great source of information to create a marketing strategy for social media, Google advertising, outdoor advertising, etc. 

Many home buyers surf the internet in search of a house. The wants and the needs of a potential customer are matched with the features of a property mentioned in an advertisement.

A customer will visit a website knowing exactly the type of house or apartment that fits his needs. After browsing through several choices the potential client leaves the site without setting a meeting with a real estate agent. Big data will show the information to the commercial property manager of the site about concerns of the site visitors, age, the dialect they talk, country of origin, and many more. It is important information for business owners and property managers to know better their potential clients, to understand their behavior and needs, to analyze why they quit the website without setting a meeting or call. All this information permits to develop the business strategy and to improve service quality based on potential customers’ needs. 

The behavioral data is an opportunity that can be used to make a captivating search process where results are personalized to the client.

Improved Decision Making About Buying Real Estate

When a prospect searches for a suitable property for lease or purchase he sees only the location and a couple of photos. A sales advertisement will leave other significant information behind the scenes. 

Many thanks to big data, when watching an apartment or a house on a property you will find out right away details about how old the house is, when there will be a scheduled repair if the structure will be torn down, the amount to shell out for utilities, parking and everything you would know only after living in a certain area for a long time.

The assortment of data from sources like websites of land brokers, client reviews on social media platforms, property management companies, educational institutions facilitates the selection process of customers.

Detecting Ideal Zones for Real Estate Developers

Location, location, location is the most crucial element of the success in commercial real estate. 

Real estate developers are looking past the basic area arrangements like zip codes or zonal classifications. Planning and development is a daunting task, to make the location productive they have to consider many variables. Commercial real estate big data assists with picking the ideal construction site, taking into account its goals like a place to build a mall to pull in clients, and how to find a business center where employees can easily get to work.

Also, big data makes it possible to see how a community develops and what the residents need in the area.

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Ana-Maria Sanders

Ana-Maria Sanders is a content marketer at LoanStart.com. She has significant experience covering technology, finance, economics, and business topics for about 3 years. He likes to share all the insight and knowledge he has.

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Contents
A New Kind of Data
Personalized Advertising and Marketing
Improved Decision Making About Buying Real Estate
Detecting Ideal Zones for Real Estate Developers

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