Property Timeline Project

This mapping application demonstrates the power of linking administrative and housing data from a variety of sources. The basic data on the map are “FLIPPED” properties in the City of Buffalo as defined by the Mayor’s Anti-Flipping Task Force. However, their list has been modified to exclude transactions for multi-unit dwellings where individual units are bought and sold.

The databases used in this demonstration include information on real estate transactions, HUD transactions, Buffalo National Association of Realtors transactions, InRem Auction Property transactions, housing code citations, housing court cases, demolitions, intentional fires, and crimes. Click here for detailed documentation of the individual databases used in this demonstration.

A timeline has been created for some of the flipped properties. The timeline demonstrates the sequence of events that occurred at a property based on recorded dates in each database. With each property timeline are the actual records from each of the databases associated with the events at the property. Click here to see a sample property timeline.

To access a property timeline from the mapping application, use the hyperlink tool or identify tools. The active layer should be “Flipped Properties”.

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