Using single-family sales data for Louisville, Kentucky, we show the benefits of applying robust methods to down-weight problematic transactions in a repeat sales context. Robust estimators reduce the influence of outliers in repeat sales price changes that are due to data entry errors, quality...

Purpose ‒ The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the application of robust techniques to the estimation of hedonic house price indexes.Design/methodology/approach ‒ We use simulation analysis to compare an index estimated using ordinary least squares (OLS) with several indexes estimated...

Using single-family sales data for Louisville, Kentucky, we show the benefits of applying robust methods to down-weight problematic transactions in a repeat sales context. Robust estimators reduce the influence of outliers in repeat sales price changes that are due to data entry errors, quality...