Data on houses sold between 2005 and 2015 in Grinnell, Iowa
A data frame with 929 observations on the following 15 variables.
DateCoded value for date of sale (Jan 1, 2005=16436)
AddressStreet address of the house
BedroomsNumber of bedrooms
BathsNumber of bathrooms
SquareFeetThe square footage of the home's living space
LotSizeLot size (in acres)
YearBuiltYear the house was built; many pre-1900 homes are listed as 1900
YearSoldThe year the house was sold, for this case
MonthSoldThe month the house was sold (1=Jan, 2=Feb, to 12=Dec)
DaySoldDay of the month the house was sold (1 to 31)
CostPerSqFtSalePrice / SquareFeet (round to nearest penny)
OrigPriceList price of the house when originally put on the market (dollars)
ListPriceList price at the time of sale (dollars)
SalePriceSale price of the house (dollars)
SPLPPct(Sale_Price / List_Price ) * 100
A local Grinnell realtor, Matt Karjalahti, put these data together to see what patterns might be found, perhaps with an improvement in how one sells houses or buys them. He asked Grinnell College economists, Lee Logan and Eric Ohrn, to help with the analysis and we obtained the data from them.