#HACK4DK Disrupting online real estate - Jonas Åradsson, Boliga

Disrupting online real estate

Jonas ÅradssonWeb developer andco-founder of Boliga

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Open DataOr not-so-open

data

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Online real estate in Denmark 2007

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2007: Consumers need answers

- What’s it worth?- What did the neighbour sell for?- Has it been for sale long?- Is there a highway in the back yard?

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Opening up dataNo one is going to do it for

you

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Closed data

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Go get it

HTML is just really ugly XML

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Hello Boliga

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Tracking price development

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Geocoding on open address data

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Next step: Selling prices

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Data + paywall != OpenWe had to pay for data.

Visitors had to pay + authenticate.Politicians wanted it to be public.

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2010: Public selling prices

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Full disclosure in house prices

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2013: Lots of new open data

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Example: Property outlines

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House hunting became more fun

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2013: Consumers can answer!

- I know what it’s worth!- The neighbour sold for 2.3 mill kr in

2011- It’s been for sale for 42 days- There’s a highway 200 m from the

house

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Empowering consumers to sell their own house

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Go hack!

@JonasWhojonas@boliga.com

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