RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 An approach to predict Spanish mortgage market activity using Google data A1 González Fernández, Marcos A1 González Velasco, María del Carmen A2 Economia Financiera y Contabilidad K1 Economía K1 Finanzas K1 Mortgage market K1 Google data K1 Spain K1 Out-of-sample AB [EN] The aim of this paper is to use Google data to predict Spanish mortgage market activity during the period from January 2004 to January 2019. Thus, we collect monthly Google data for the keyword hipoteca, the Spanish expression for mortgage, and then, we perform a regression and an out-of-sample analysis. We find evidence that the use of Google data significantly improves prediction accuracy. PB Universidad de Oviedo LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18552 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18552 NO González-Fernández, M., y González-Velasco, C. (2019). An approach to predict Spanish mortgage market activity using Google data. Economics and Business Letters, 8(4), 209–214. https://doi.org/10.17811/EBL.8.4.2019.209-214. DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD 21-may-2024