Comparative Evaluation of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models for Real Estate Price Prediction

Muhammad Khateeb Khan; Asad Ullah Khan; Usama Khan; Faheem Shaukat

Authors

Muhammad Khateeb Khan Iqra University Islamabad Campus (IUIC)
Asad Ullah Khan Iqra University Islamabad Campus (IUIC)
Usama Khan Iqra University Islamabad Campus (IUIC)
Faheem Shaukat Iqra University Islamabad Campus (IUIC)

Keywords:

Real Estate, Price Prediction, Machine learning, Deep Learning, Ensemble Methods

Abstract

Accurate real estate price prediction plays a vital role in informed decision-making for investors, policymakers, and stakeholders. This study evaluates various machine learning and deep learning models for predicting real estate prices using the House Prices 2023 dataset which contains 168,000 entries of Pakistani property data. In our proposed methodology we performed data preprocessing and features engineering to standardize the data. We performed extensive experiments by using machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models on our preprocessed data. The model’s performance was evaluated based on the R-squared (R²) score and Mean Squared Error (MSE) metrics. Based on the provided metrics, the Decision Tree achieved the highest performance with an R² of 0.9968 and an MSE of 0.0021, followed by Random Forest with an R² of 0.990 and MSE of 0.0007. Similarly, other ML models like Gradient Boosting and XG Boost also outperformed by achieving (R² 0.9959, MSE 0.0028 R² 0.9747, and MSE 0.0170) respectively. In contrast, models like AdaBoost, Neural Network, and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) showed comparatively lower performance due to the nature of the data. The study emphasizes that ensemble-based models like Decision Trees and Random Forests are highly effective at identifying patterns in real estate prices. Additionally, applying optimization techniques improves the models ability to generalize and perform well on unseen data.

Author Biographies

Usama Khan, Iqra University Islamabad Campus (IUIC)

Lecturer, Computing Department

Faheem Shaukat, Iqra University Islamabad Campus (IUIC)

Lecturer, Computing Department

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