NYC Airbnb Price Prediction 2025
Machine learning model to predict NYC Airbnb listing prices using feature engineering and ensemble methods.
Built and evaluated multiple regression models on NYC Airbnb listings data to estimate nightly prices. Conducted extensive EDA, handled missing values, encoded categorical features, clipped outliers, and optimized a Random Forest model via GridSearchCV, improving RMSE from $70.36 (baseline) to $61.81.
- PlatformPython, Jupyter Notebook on Codio
- GoalPredict listing price (USD) from NYC Airbnb features
- MethodsLog-transform, one-hot, outlier clipping, RF + GridSearchCV
- Best ResultRandom Forest → RMSE $61.81, R² 0.5266
- StackPython, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Scikit-learn (RandomForestRegressor, Pipeline, GridSearchCV)
- FutureXGBoost; deploy as API
- GitHubView on GitHub
