Re: Toronto Real Estate Board shuts down local man's data visualization project

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault on Sep 16, 2017; 10:24pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Toronto-Real-Estate-Board-shuts-down-local-man-s-data-visualization-project-tp7708p7714.html

Teresa Scassa wrote a great blog post about this article.

http://www.teresascassa.ca/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=260:data-visualization-removed-over-threat-of-legal-action

He is being bullied and he should not take it down!

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 8:45 AM, john whelan <[hidden email]> wrote:

"Historic house prices can be found in the land registry system, while property taxes are a matter of public record and should be available through the City of Ottawa."

So if you take the property tax for a house you can use it to get back to the estimated house price.  It might not be the complete answer but it would a lot of pressure on someone.

Cheerio John

On 16 September 2017 at 08:08, john whelan <[hidden email]> wrote:

Now compare this tto the UK:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/

and thtat's only one of the sites.  If you plugin the postcode you'll see estimated prices for any house.

Cheerio John

On 15 September 2017 at 06:51, David Murdoch <[hidden email]> wrote:

ICYMI 'I felt like I was being bullied': Toronto Real Estate Board shuts down local man's data visualization project http://ow.ly/LS3730f8M5W 

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