Braesemann Fabian, Kluge Jan, Lorenz Hanno
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF), Berlin, Germany.
PLoS One. 2025 May 30;20(5):e0322629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322629. eCollection 2025.
The digitisation of economic activity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped housing demands, potentially leading to the hollowing out of inner cities due to reduced reliance on traditional office spaces. Vienna, renowned for its progressive and diverse housing structures, offers a compelling case study to dissect the interplay between digitisation and flexibilisation of work trends and local housing preference dynamics. In this study, we investigated a data set of more than 120,000 apartment listings from a large online real estate platform to unveil broader patterns shaping residential preferences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In analysing rent premiums, we find that amenities related to work-from-home routines have risen in importance while others remained stagnant or saw declining rent premiums. These findings point towards shifted housing preferences to accommodate the need to work from home. This trend is likely to influence housing preferences long after the end of the pandemic, which demands adjusted city planning and housing policies to build sustainable urban environments for a future of hybrid working.
为应对新冠疫情，经济活动数字化重塑了住房需求，由于对传统办公空间的依赖减少，可能导致内城空心化。维也纳以其进步多样的住房结构而闻名，为剖析数字化与工作趋势灵活性以及当地住房偏好动态之间的相互作用提供了一个引人注目的案例研究。在本研究中，我们调查了一个大型在线房地产平台上超过12万条公寓挂牌信息数据集，以揭示新冠疫情引发的塑造居住偏好的更广泛模式。在分析租金溢价时，我们发现与居家办公日常相关的便利设施的重要性有所上升，而其他便利设施则保持不变或租金溢价下降。这些发现表明住房偏好发生了转变，以适应居家办公的需求。这一趋势在疫情结束后可能会长期影响住房偏好，这就需要调整城市规划和住房政策，为混合办公的未来构建可持续的城市环境。
