Mapping Houston Real Estate Data using Python and Basemap (Zillow Data)

In this notebook I am going to use real estate historical price data downloaded from Zillow to visualize changes in single family residences within Houston area.

The data required for this notebook are:

  • Zip_Zhvi_SingleFamilyResidence.csv: Single family residence price data downloaded from Zillow data research. This file is downloaded from Zillow Data Research. Since this file is larger than 25 MB. You can download this file and run it on your own machine.
  • Zip_Codes shape file that contains zip codes from greater Houston area. This file is used to plot zip codes maps using Matplotlib and Basemap. This file is downloaded from City of Houston Open Data Website
  • cities_population_data.csv: US Census population data. This file used to compare Huston Population to other crities in US. This file is downloaded from US Cenus Website

Hope you enjoy it!

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